Award-winning composer, lyricist, playwright & actor based in New York City.
Cherry Orchard in concert April 2nd
A concert performance of Cherry Orchard, as part of Prospect Musicals’ IGNITE series.
Katrina Lenk (The Band’s Visit, Company) will sing Lyuba in the Cherry Orchard
Starring Katrina Lenk (Tony Award-winning actor for The Band’s Visit, Company) as Lyuba
Ari Afsar (Hamilton Chicago) as Anya
Lisa Helmi Johanson (Broadway: POTUS, Into The Woods national tour) as Varya
Sam Balzac (Fifty Million Frenchmen at the York) as Yephi
Jordan Bell (The Wizard of Oz national tour, Kiss Me, Kate at Stratford) as Gaev
McKenna Michael Bisaha (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile at Pasadena Playhouse, The Lesson) as Charlotta
Jenna Rose Husli (Off-Broadway: Teeth, Sister Act international tour) as Dunyasha
Dino Nicandros (The Jury, The Cher Show, Film: The Infiltrators) as Firs
Rick Rea (Kingdom Of The Moon) as Lopakhin/Yasha
Music, Lyrics, Book and Arrangements by Emily Xu Hall
Music Director Daniel Sefik (Broadway conductor: Hamilton)
Music Associate Mateo Chavez
Produced by Prospect Musicals and Zhiwei Ma
Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:30
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue 25th St. betw 3rd & Lexington Aves, New York, NY 10010
Tickets available here!
Please note: The theatre is a black box in the basement of Baruch’s large university building. Walk along the plaza and enter the building. The box office is on the left, then follow signs right to the elevator down to the theatre level.
Run time: 70 minutes
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile the stage musical
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical splashes onto the stage with a song to sing! Join Lyle as he and his new human friends face their fears and find their voices. Inspired by Bernard Waber’s much-loved picture books, this lively musical features new music by EGOT-winning composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land). A celebration for the whole family, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical is packed with humor, heart, and showstopping tunes that will have audiences of all ages roaring with song.
February 15 — March 16
World premiere musical for children aged 5-12 and their families. A Pasadena Playhouse production performed at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA.
Tickets and more information on the Pasadena Playhouse website!
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Ari Afsar, Emily Xu Hall, Joriah Kwamé, Mark Sonnenblick
Libretto by Timothy Allen McDonald, Sara Wordsworth
Based on the Books by Bernard Waber Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile & The House on East 88th Street and the Columbia Motion Picture entitled Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music by Daniel Mertzlufft
Directed by Nina Meehan
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile now streaming on Netflix
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Emily’s first Hollywood movie credit as a writer, was released in cinemas in October 2022! Emily co-wrote “Rip Up The Recipe” with Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning songwriting team Pasek and Paul, a duet for Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, Fresh Off the Boat, Hustlers) and pop superstar Shawn Mendes.
As of March 2023, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile grossed over $150 million in cinemas worldwide. Watch the movie now on Netflix!
Click here to watch the trailer
Letters To The President
Emily’s song “What Women Can Do” was performed in a reading of the musical in which it features, Letters To the President, at the 2024 Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals.
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