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Focused on different aspects of his biography, they adopt diverse ways of bringing the famous composer back on stage. All of them visibly draw from the rich tradition of American musicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the 100th Anniversary of Poland regaining independence celebrations, Adam Mickiewicz Institute has announced a competition in the United States for a musical inspired by the figure and the legacy of Ignacy Jan Paderewski \u2013 the great artist, philanthropist, businessman, politician and diplomat, the first Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic and a hero of both nations. Through an unprecedented process of offering support to several promising ideas simultaneously, we have arrived at a crucial point in the competition \u2013 the public stage presentation of seven One-Act \u201cworks-in-progress\u201d in four American cities this November and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;<strong>Wednesday November 28th<\/strong>&nbsp;in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Paderewski Musical Project tour will open with a presentation of \u201cVirtuoso\u201d by Matthew Hardy (Music, Book &amp; Lyrics), directed by Laura Hope, at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December the tour moves on to Los Angeles for a presentation of four pieces over two days. At the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at 849 West 34th Street on the USC Campus, on&nbsp;<strong>Saturday, December 1st<\/strong>, we will see \u201cThree Paderewskis\u201d by Oliver Jai\u2019Sen Mayer (Book &amp; Lyrics) and Jenni Brandon (Music) and \u201cGolden\u201d by Paula Cizmar (Book &amp; Lyrics) with music by Nathan Wang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday,&nbsp;<strong>December 3rd<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201c13th Point\u201d by Jeremy Kamps (Book &amp; Lyrics) and Chopper Jacobs (Music) will open the evening at the Geffen Playhouse on 10886 LeConte Ave. in Westwood, followed by \u201cPaderewski in America\u201d by Katharine Noon and Mark Seldis (Book &amp; Lyrics) and David O. (Music).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our next stop is Albuquerque, New Mexico, where on Tuesday,&nbsp;<strong>December 4th<\/strong>&nbsp;Rachel Jendrzejewski and Emily Mendelsohn\u2019s (Book, Lyrics &amp; Concept) \u201cPaderewski! Paderewski! 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Through an unprecedented process of offering support to several promising ideas simultaneously, we have arrived at a crucial point in the competition \u2013 the public stage presentation of seven One-Act \u201cworks-in-progress\u201d in four American cities this November and December.\nOn Wednesday November 28th in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Paderewski Musical Project tour will open with a presentation of \u201cVirtuoso\u201d by Matthew Hardy (Music, Book &amp; Lyrics), directed by Laura Hope, at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans\nIn December the tour moves on to Los Angeles for a presentation of four pieces over two days. At the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at 849 West 34th Street on the USC Campus, on Saturday, December 1st, we will see \u201cThree Paderewskis\u201d by Oliver Jai\u2019Sen Mayer (Book &amp; Lyrics) and Jenni Brandon (Music) and \u201cGolden\u201d by Paula Cizmar (Book &amp; Lyrics) with music by Nathan Wang.\nMonday, December 3rd \u201c13th Point\u201d by Jeremy Kamps (Book &amp; Lyrics) and Chopper Jacobs (Music) will open the evening at the Geffen Playhouse on 10886 LeConte Ave. in Westwood, followed by \u201cPaderewski in America\u201d by Katharine Noon and Mark Seldis (Book &amp; Lyrics) and David O. (Music).\nOur next stop is Albuquerque, New Mexico, where on Tuesday, December 4th Rachel Jendrzejewski and Emily Mendelsohn\u2019s (Book, Lyrics &amp; Concept) \u201cPaderewski! Paderewski! Paderewski!\u201d to the music of Chris Hepola and Jenna Wyse, will be performed at the Tricklock Company (Tricklock Performance Laboratory) on 110 Gold Avenue SW, in the historic Downtown Arts and Culture District.\nFinally, Paderewski Musical Project arrives in the mecca of the musical, New York City, for our last performance, the rock musical \u201cBlacksmith\u201d conceived by James Fluhr, Music &amp; Lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, directed and developed with Eliie Heyman, Thursday, December 6th at the Public Arts theater on 215 Christie Street in SoHo.\nThis project has been commissioned by The Adam Mickiewicz Institute in collaboration with the following Institutions: UCLA TFT, USC School of Dramatic Arts, Ghost Road Company, Playwright Arena, Wang Music International, CAC New Orleans, University of New Orleans, Tricklock Company, The University of New Mexico - UNM, Philadelphia Theatre Company, MASS MoCA, The Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles, Polish Cultural Institute New York, as part of the international cultural program POLSKA100 accompanying Poland's Centenary of regaining independence.Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual program NIEPODLEGLA 2017-2022.\nMORE INFORMATION"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2020\/04\/18\/blacksmith-a-musical-about-ignacy-jan-paderewski-conceived-by-james-fluhr-zoe-sarnak-and-ellie-heyman\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/blacksmith.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/blacksmith.jpg","width":300,"height":169},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2020\/04\/18\/blacksmith-a-musical-about-ignacy-jan-paderewski-conceived-by-james-fluhr-zoe-sarnak-and-ellie-heyman\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BLACKSMITH a musical about Ignacy Jan Paderewski conceived by James Fluhr, Zoe Sarnak, and Ellie Heyman"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/8655c3aa9aedacd785b301216bc109b6","name":"smolarskit","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12b7826139cd8224865e19000a93f9a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12b7826139cd8224865e19000a93f9a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"smolarskit"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/author\/smolarskit\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}