Sean McLeod is directing, choreographing and playing a character in a new musical under development in New York City.
This national theater production involves the "highest level of the industry," said McLeod, an Auburn resident and president of New York Institute of Dance and Education.
"I'm humbled every time I'm asked to do a project," McLeod said.
The five-person musical, "Magic on the Moon River," will have two levels in the storyline.
The framing story is that two sister-actresses, who have the power to do magic, are in a musical called "Magic on the Moon River." They are promoting the musical on a talk show shooting on a cruise ship, the "Aurora." Their form of magic is equivalent to the form of magic done on "Bewitched," McLeod said.
McLeod plays the host of the talk show, the "Johnny Talks Show," which has the styling of an Ed Sullivan or Dean Martin show.
The sisters are both frustrated in love and have invited their love interests to accompany them on the cruise ship. The elder sister's love interest is always too busy with work to be available to her, and the younger sister is in love with her best friend who only reciprocates platonic friendship for her. They also play characters in the musical with the similar dilemmas.
"What the characters are experiencing (in the musical), the actors are experiencing in real time," McLeod said.
At one point in the show, the younger sister tries to use magic on her best friend to make him fall in love with her, but he falls in love with the wrong person: the talk show host. Eventually the younger sister learns that her magic can accomplish many things but cannot force love.
Wayne Barker, who did the music for the show, rearranged old Hollywood and Broadway classics for the show's score, McLeod said. Other songs in the show will include "Unchained Melody" and "The Way You Look Tonight."
The musical will be touring this fall and this winter, and might have a regional premiere in Auburn, Aurora or Syracuse, McLeod said.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
"I'm humbled every time I'm asked to do a project," McLeod said.
The five-person musical, "Magic on the Moon River," will have two levels in the storyline.
The framing story is that two sister-actresses, who have the power to do magic, are in a musical called "Magic on the Moon River." They are promoting the musical on a talk show shooting on a cruise ship, the "Aurora." Their form of magic is equivalent to the form of magic done on "Bewitched," McLeod said.
McLeod plays the host of the talk show, the "Johnny Talks Show," which has the styling of an Ed Sullivan or Dean Martin show.
The sisters are both frustrated in love and have invited their love interests to accompany them on the cruise ship. The elder sister's love interest is always too busy with work to be available to her, and the younger sister is in love with her best friend who only reciprocates platonic friendship for her. They also play characters in the musical with the similar dilemmas.
"What the characters are experiencing (in the musical), the actors are experiencing in real time," McLeod said.
At one point in the show, the younger sister tries to use magic on her best friend to make him fall in love with her, but he falls in love with the wrong person: the talk show host. Eventually the younger sister learns that her magic can accomplish many things but cannot force love.
Wayne Barker, who did the music for the show, rearranged old Hollywood and Broadway classics for the show's score, McLeod said. Other songs in the show will include "Unchained Melody" and "The Way You Look Tonight."
The musical will be touring this fall and this winter, and might have a regional premiere in Auburn, Aurora or Syracuse, McLeod said.
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot-engel@lee.net
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