Now playing at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.   Perfect Harmony is a musical mockumentary about the greatest a cappella group in high school singing history.  Friendships are tested, loves are lost and won, and really high notes are sung.  Get your tickets now!

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Perfect Harmony will open at Stoneham Theatre in Massachusetts prior to its Off-Broadway return this fall.

For tickets to the Stoneham Theatre production call (781) 279-2200 or visit stonehamtheatre.org. The Stoneham Theatre is located at 395 Main Street in Stoneham, MA.
Tickets for the Off Broadway production at 45 Bleecker go on sale soon.

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“An affecting portrait of the artist as a very young woman.” - Village Voice
“Heartfelt! Sterling! Unblinkingly honest! Stings with truth!”- The New York Times
“Immensely powerful. Raw. Not to be forgotten.” - Broadway World
Runs through May 1st at 3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich Street.  OvationTix: 1-866-811-4111  or visit: www.diarytheplay.com

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The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s Online Urban Education Journal Fall 2009 issue focuses on Arts and Education. the issue includes an article about The Essentials’s partnership with The Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice (SLJ).  Download the Full Article.

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The Essentials return to school, with five new education programs this year.  In honor of that, we thought we’d post this video from Sir Ken Robinson at TED.  He talks about how our educational system can move from one designed to produce efficient workers to one that incubates visionary entrepreneurs, inquisitive doctors, and creative artists [...]

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Evill July, in association with The Essentials, are proud to present Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor  and Oscar and Emmy winner Buck Henry in MOTHER by Lisa Ebersole.
Directed by Andrew Grosso, the cast features Henry, Taylor, Keith Randolph Smith (whose Broadway credits include Come Back, Little Sheba; and King Hedley II), Haskell King, David Rosenblatt and playwright Ebersole. [...]

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Buck Henry and Holland Taylor lead the cast of Lisa Ebersole’s new play, MOTHER,  produced by Andrew Cahill and EVill July in association with The Essentials.
MOTHER is set at a throwback West Virginia resort over the New Year, where two thirty-ish siblings end up once again spending their holiday vacation with their parents. The eccentric [...]

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Susan’s new gig in BLITHE SPIRIT, made us think of all the folks who’ve been Essential who’ve been on Broadway this past season or so. A picture seemed to be the best way to show it:

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Smith & Krause has included Perfect Harmony in three of their “Best Of” books for 2009:
Best Scenes and Monologues for Men 2009,  Best Scenes and Monologues for Women 2009 and Best Scenes, 2009
Available soon from Smith & Krause, Amazon or at the Drama Bookshop.

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Just missing Tax Day, the IRS has recognized The Essentials (technically The Essentials Organization, Inc) as a 501c3 not for profit organization. This means that donations are deductible to the full extent of the law (and this is retroactive to our incorporation last year). We’re super grateful for our amazing legal team, and [...]

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