Pascal, Michele, Reichard, Errico & Naughton Set for Alive in the World Concerts

A Broadway dream team of Adam Pascal, Lea Michele, Daniel Reichard, Melissa Errico and Greg Naughton will star in concert performances of Paul Scott Goodman's new musical Alive in the World on January 13 and 14, 2008, at The Zipper Factory. Directed by Kurt Deutsch, the concerts will benefit the Twin Towers Orphan Fund.

Presented as a musical in progress at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival, Alive in the World captures moments in our time, evoking place, memory, love, loss and hope in New York City, where the specter of terror hangs heavy. Kate, a political activist, is married to Sam, a prematurely retired Wall Streeter, but she falls for Michael, a painter. Sam meets Stella, a 9/11 widow. How do we reach for happiness? Who do we hurt by doing so? How do we feel alive in the world? The NYMF cast included Naughton and his then-fiance now wife Kelli O'Hara, along with Marcy Harriell and Aaron Lohr.

Goodman wrote the book, music and lyrics for Bright Lights, Big City. His other musical include Tiny Dancer, Rooms, God Save the New Wave, Metropolitan Music and Just East of Broadway. Deutsch is founder and president of Sh-K-Boom Records. The Alive in the World concerts will feature music direction by Jim Abbott and lighting by Herrick Goldman.