July 17, 2008
Congratulations to our buddies and fellow NYMF '04 alumni Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen on their opening night of the AMAZING [title of show].
June 30, 2008
The B*tch comes back! The York Theatre, site of the first full reading of Like You Like It, hosts The 7-Year B*tch, reuniting the whole gang: Director Carlos Armesto, Dan, Sammy, Brian Cimmet, Becca Ayers, David Perlman, Joanna Young, James Donegan and Amy Rutberg. Full house and great show!
May 4 & 5, 2008
The Altamont School in Birmingham presents the first full high school production of the show (and even makes fancy t-shirts to mark the occasion).
Director:
Martha S. Summey
Music Director: Debbie Mielke
Cast:
Jamese Bearden,
Collier Brown,
Mary Paty Bryant,
Heather Burgess,
Mary Regan Harvey,
Steven Johanson,
Sarah Letcher,
Alexandra Logan,
Alex Lupo,
Ashlon McGee,
Keene McRae,
RaiNesha Miller,
Julia Murray,
CeCe Pless,
Faith Servant,
Blake Sutton,
Lucy Swift,
Jack Williamson
November 15, 2007
If you want to hear and see a cut song from Like You Like It (one of the first written AND first cut from the show), check out LYLIer and The 7-Year B*tch castmember David Perlman's website. It's "Phil's [original] Answer (aka Betty White)," as sung by David and Amy Rutberg in the October 1, 2007, production of the B*tch.
November 13, 2007
Shakespeare meets John Hughes meets the internet!
Check out the retro-MTV-style music video of "Be a Little Wild" on youtube.com, featuring the cast from our Theatre Under The Stars/Sam Houston State University production – Briana Resa as Rosalind, Grace Marie Walton as Celia, Robby Bardwell as Eddie/Teacher, Lee Jane Walker as Jackie, Nkrumah Gatling as Orlando, Nikki Anthony, Mark Capalbo, Kent J. Coppock, Christie DeBacker, Dylan Godwin, Mitchell Greco, Rebekah Allyse Harris, Tony Johnson, Nathan Ryan Linn, Larry A. Lozier, Jr., Pamela Moore, Rebecca Naomi Moyes, Jordan Muller, Jordan O’Hara Smith, Amanda Spindola, Katey Tidwell, Sandy Valles, Johann Robert Wood – with direction by Igor Goldin and choreography by Jeffrey J. Bateman. Vocals are by Rebecca Soler as Rosalind, with Becca Ayers, Jeff Gurner, Adam Overett, Joshua Park, Jamie McGonnigal, Tara Sands and Joanna Young.
November 5, 2007
The 7-Year B*tch, featuring Like You Like It songs "It Could Totally Happen," "So Close So Far Away" and "I Wanna Know Why," as well as cut songs "Turn It Off" and "Phil's [original] Answer (aka Betty White)", fills the house at The Beechman Theater! We even had 30 people on the waiting list. Not bad for only ten days of marketing. So, hopefully we will do the show again in the spring.
If you want to be part of the mailing list, email info@likeyoulikeit.com. Many, many thanks to our cast (and frequent Like You Like It-ers) Becca Ayers, James Donegan, David Perlman, Amy Rutberg, Joanna Young and music director/bass singer/therapist Brian Cimmet, as well as to fabulous director Carlos Armesto and our press guru Scott Denny, who got us a great mention on broadwayworld.com, as well as coverage on a lot of other theatre-oriented sites.
October 25, 2007
We made a decision: The B*tch is back! We only have ten days to fill the house, but we're remounting The 7-Year B*tch at THE BEECHMAN THEATER, 407 West 42nd Street.
We'll be "unplugged," with only piano and drums, and James Donegan is back in the cast, and - get this - we'll be right across the street from The Beckett Theatre, where Like You Like It played in the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004! It's taken three years to cross one street. For reservations, call 212.695.6909. It's a $10 cover/$15 food & drink minimum (and it's great food).
October 22, 2007
This is getting ridiculous and wonderful all at the same time. The 7-Year B*tch, Dan and Sammy's concert/revue/almost-book-musical about Like You Like It's long journey, was just named an OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL in the Talking Broadway Summer Theatre Festival Citations. Many, many thanks to Peter Filichia, who chose us among all the other NYMF, Fringe and other festival shows! We are proud to share the award with Unlock'd (Sammy is so happy to have introduced writer Sam Carner to director Igor Goldin last year!) and Such Good Friends (by friend Noel Katz).
October 5, 2007
So, it's 1:10am, Dan, Sammy and Scott Denny are at Yoshinoya Beef Bowl on 42nd Street, surfing the net on Scott's iPhone for the 1:00am posting of Peter Filichia's theatermania.com column about The 7-Year B*tch. He wrote about us in a column way back after the first reading of Like You Like It, and he has been a tremendous source of support.
Peter emailed us the other day to let us know he was writing about it in his Friday column, but little did we know what a rave it would be! He calls it "The Seven-Year Hit!" and goes on to compare us to [title of show]. Read his amazing review. We DEFINTIELY want to do the show again now!
October 1, 2007
WOW! The 7-Year B*tch went so well! Many thanks to Kris Stewart for his lovely pre-curtain speech.
As for the Like You Like It connection, one of the cut songs (Phil's love song to Betty White) rocked the house. Kudos to castmembers Becca Ayers (Les Miserables, Avenue Q), Nick Dothée (Broadway Idol), David Perlman (Calvin Berger), Amy Rutberg (Our Leading Lady) and Joanna Young (Drowsy Chaperone) as well as bass player Arnold Gottlieb and guitarist Andrew Ingkavet. Thanks and praise to stage manager Amy Sulds, press rep Scott Denny, and as always to music director Brian Cimmet and director Carlos Armesto.
The theatre was packed, we had a great response - and just might do it again. Stay tuned!
September 25, 2007
Congratulations to James Donegan, one of the The 7-Year B*tch castmembers (he sings "It Could Totally Happen" from Like You Like It in the B*tch). He's starring in Forbidden Broadway till November 4! He'll be replaced in The 7-Year B*tch by Nick Dothée.
September 20, 2007
We're well underway into rehearsals of our one-night concert in the New Yotk Musical Theatre Festival, The 7-Year B*tch, featuring songs and cut songs from Like You Like It. We also have a bit of a tell-all about the show, too. Our cast (Becca Ayers, James Donegan, David Perlman, Amy Rutberg, Joanna Young) is awesome, and Dan and Sammy both sing and act in this one). Our director Carlos Armesto, is doing a great job. We open in eleven days and are already sold out (but just show up and maybe you will be able to get seats: OCTOBER 1, 8 P.M., TBG THEATER, 312 W. 36TH ST.
September 10, 2007
Break a leg to all of the RSAMD cast members as they embark on their showcases and into the "real world."
September 7, 2007
Congratulations to SHSU/TUTS castmember Becky Moyes on getting cast in the national tour of Whistle Down the Wind! This high school student is bound for great things.
September 1, 2007
Tickets go on sale today for The 7-Year B*tch *an anniversary concert of two never-was has-beens, Dan and Sammy's revue playing on October 1, at 8pm at TBG Theater, 312 W. 36th Street (bet 8th & 9th Ave). It’s a one-night-only gig at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Check out our page on the NYMF website.
July 2, 2007
Our fabulous SHSU/TUTS cast stars in a music video of our song "Be A Little Wild." Keep a look out for it!
July 1, 2007
The show sold out at Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts! Theatre Under The Stars and Sam Houston State University co-produced the show, with an amazing cast made up of university and high school student from TUTS' conservatory. Check back for pics and videos.
Director:
Igor Goldin
Choreographer: Jeffrey J. Bateman
Music Director: Sandra Johnson
Scenic and Lighting Design: Eric Marsh
Costume Designer: Patti Osborne
Assistant Director: Christie DeBacker
Stage Manager: Kent Coppock
Assistant Stage Managers: Ashtyn Sonner, Sam Weeks
Dance Captain: Larry A. Lozier, Jr.
Department Chair, Theatre, SHSU: Penny Hasekoester
Associate Artistic Director, TUTS: Roy Hamlin
Cast:
Nikki Anthony. Robby Bardwell, Mark Capalbo, Nkrumah Gatling, Dylan Godwin, Mitchell Greco, Rebekah Allyse Harris, Tony Johnson, Nathan Ryan Linn, Larry A. Lozier, Jr., Pamela Moore, Rebecca Naomi Moyes, Jordan Muller, Briana Resa, Jordan O’Hara Smith, Amanda Spindola, Katey Tidwell, Sandy Valles, Lee Jane Walker, Johann Robert Wood, Grace Marie Walton
May 18, 2007
Tickets go on sale today for Like You Like It at Theatre Under The Stars! The show will be performed on Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 7:00pm as a benefit for the Tommy Tune Awards Scholarship Foundatin. Get your tickets! (Can we have enough links to the ticket page in this paragraph?
April 25, 2007
After living in the ’80s for so long, Sammy & Dan discover this new craze called the Internet and launch their new website.
AND GREAT NEWS!
Theatre Under The Stars in Houston is partnering with Sam Houston State University to bring the show into Houston's Zilkha Hall on Sunday July 1. Check back for details. Email us to be put on our mailing list,
April 18, 2007
Check out this "e-terview" between Sammy and NYMF's Kris Stewart about developing new musicals on the Australian website ARTSHUB.
November 1-6, 2006
Like You Like It joins fellow BMI shows About Face (David Arthur & Jeffrey Lodin) and The Fabulist (David Spencer &
Stephen Witkin) at the Cardiff International Festival
of Musical Theatre in Wales.
Director:
Andrew Panton
Music Director: David Higham
Cast from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music masters program:
Josh Canfield, Caley Cheney, Jill Davy, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Allan Gilmour, Kieran Griffiths, Evan Grosshans, Tammy Joelle, Vikka Pauls, Michael James Stacey, Robbie Townsend, Mairi Jayne Weir
Days
later, Dan and Sammy sit on Cameron Mackintosh’s comfy
couch (but not in THAT way). Check out sammybuck.blogspot.com
for the whole story.
August
21, 2006
In
the effort to whittle the show for the Festival, we have a table
read. Talented friends help us immensely: Monica Yudovich, Ryland
Shelton, Joanna Young, Kim D’Armond, Jon Satrom, Scott
Denny, Igor Goldin, Carlos Armesto, Jeffrey Bateman and Brian
Cimmet.
August
10, 2006
Just
got word we’re going to Wales in November. Sammy begins
packing. Dan gets his camera ready. Oh, and we have to cut Act
One by 20 minutes.
June
8-9, 2006
The
students at Brooklyn’s Windmill Montessori School perform
the work of Dan Acquisto, including the Like You Like It
songs “Like You Like It” and “Be With
Me” (the latter IN FRENCH!).
February
27, 2006
Kerry
Butler sings “Be a Little Wild” at the NYMF
“Best of Fest” benefit.
January
22, 2006
Rebecca
Soler, James Donegan and Lucia Giannetta along with Any
Minute Now company members Francis Kelly and Bridget
Harvey sing a few Like You Like It songs, including
“Be a Little Wild,” “It Could Totally Happen”
and “So Close, So Far Away” at the company’s
A Beat Ahead concert. The role of Sammy Buck
is portrayed by Scott Denny. The role of the pianist is played
by Clay Zambo.
August
19, 2005
After
two very intense weeks, the students at Dos Pueblos High School
in Goleta, CA (outside of Santa Barbara) perform a reading of
the new and high school-friendly version of the show as part
of their Broadway Beginnings program. An enthusiastic audience engages in a very helpful talkback.
Director: Clark Sayre
Music Director: Dan Acquisto
Accompanist: Chris Kimbler
Cast: Kelly Ary, Sammy Peter, Kate Bergstrom, Sarah Mutinelli, Katie Thatcher, Michael Curtis, Tim Smith, Trevor Dow, Adam Trent, Erik Kinck, Kat Brady, Whitney Hutchings, Damien Pearson, Dylan Morrow-Jones, Chris Moray, Geoffrey Bell, Max Sosna-Speare, Molly Nugent, Jen Okeneko, Claire Gordon Harper
June 5, 2005
We have another table read of the show – lots of changes since NYMF. Cast includes Becky Bellingham, Geoff Hemingway, Joanna Young, Scott Denny, Monica Yudovich, Jonathan Monk, Missy Hall, Ryland Shelton, Stephanie Schweitzer, Eddie Sugarman, Jason Blaine and Shoshanna Richman, with Brian Cimmet on piano.
May 10, 2005
Jay Records releases its recording of the York Theatre’s N.E.O. event, featuring “Be With Me” sung by Matt Cavenaugh.
September 26 - October 2, 2004
Like You Like It plays to sold-out audiences at the very first New York Musical Theatre Festival, who graciously adds two performances to our schedule.
Director: Jen Bender.
Choreographer: Stephen Nachamie.
Producer: Sharon Fallon, with associate producer Matt Wolf.
Music Direcor: Gillian Berkowitz.
Casting Director: Robin Carus.
Cast: Rebecca Bellingham, Charlie Mechling, Tara Sands, Colby Foytik, Monica Yudovich, Joshua Park, Joanna Young, Jonathan Monk, Michael Messer, Ayler Evan, Jason Blaine, Stephanie Schweitzer, Charly Seamon and Michele Ragusa
August 16 & 18, 2004
Los Angeles welcomes the show to the McCadden Theatre.
Producer: Lauren Bass
Director: Jen Bender
Music Director: Ryan Scott Oliver
Cast: Lesli Margherita, Tom McMahon, Amy Rutberg, Jeffrey Todd, Kara Greenberg, Tom Lenk, Jordan Bass, Julia Faussone, Kathryn Arnett, Beau Davidson, Meredith Roberts, Darrin Revitz, Bryan Thompson, Emily Clark, Daniel Lincoln
Stage Directions: Aaron Moody
May 20, 2004
Yael Maxwell, a senior at Hart High School in Valencia, CA, performs “Be a Little Wild” in her show choir performance.
April 23, 2004
The York Theatre celebrates Shakespeare’s 440th birthday with a reading of the show.
Director: Scott Schwartz
Music Director: Dan Lipton.
Casting Director: Robin Carus.
Cast: Rebecca Soler, Joe Machota, Tara Sands, Christopher Graves, Joanna Young, David Perlman, Amy Rutberg, Kevin Cahoon, Scott Denny, Luther Creek, Veronica Arriola, Geoff Hemingway and Michele Ragusa.
Stage Directions: Steve Rosen
The character of Mr. Duke (Sonny’s brother) will be cut from the show.
August 17, 2003
The Village Theatre’s Village Originals Festival concludes with it largest audience to date at Like You Like It.
Director: Rich Gray
Music Director: Jim Fisher
Cast: Kathryn Arnett, Bhama Roget, Tanesha Ross, Kat Ramsburg, Vickielee Wolbach, Dan Connor, Ryan Lumpus, Will Halsey, Alec Stephens III, Tiger Budbill, Andrew DeRycke, Nicole Boote, Brandon Peterson.
The character of Sonny Duke will be cut from the show.
June 9, 2003
The York Theatre’s N.E.O. (New, Emerging. . . Outstanding!) event features Matt Cavenaugh, singing “Be With Me.”
June 2, 2003
Becca Ayers and John Lloyd Young sing the Like You Like It songs we wrote during our yearlong stint as Jonathan Larson Dramatists Guild Fellows: “So Close, So Far Away,” “Sylvie’s Reaction” and “All of the Above.”
May 12, 2003
Dan and Sammy appear at Merkin Hall’s Broadway Bound 3, introducing Rebecca Soler as Rosalind in “Be a Little Wild.”
March 28-30, 2003
The first draft of the whole show is complete and makes its premiere via a black-box workshop production at NYU’s Steinhardt School.
Director: John Simpkins
Music Director: Brian Cimmet
Choreographer: Michael Harrington
Cast: Lauren Berard, Joey DelBuono, Jarret Mallon, James Newport, Adrian Peña, Shoshanna Richman, Annemarie Rosano, Jon Satrom, Ryland Shelton, Rebecca Sherman, Colby Spencer, Kristina Teschner, Arjana Vizulis, Kristin Wolf.
September 22, 2002
Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlon host the NAMT “In the Wings” Showcase of songs. After they interview Dan and Sammy, the cast closes the evening with a performance of the opening number.
Director: Stephen Nachamie
Casting Director: Robin Carus
Cast: Rebecca Soler, John Lloyd Young, Becca Ayers, Jeff Gurner, Tara Sands, Tally Sessions, Joanna Young, Jeff Miles, Heather Ayers, Jamie McGonnigal, Kenneth Boys.
April 10, 2002
John McDaniel utters the words “Like You Like It, written by Sammy Buck and Daniel Acquisto” on The Rosie O’Donnell Show. Rosie asks if we are going to finish the show.
April 9, 2002
ASCAP workshop. Presentation of the first 50 minutes of Act One.
Our panel: Stephen Schwartz, Lynn Ahrens,
Lee Johnson, John McDaniel.
Music Director: Brian Cimmet
Casting Director: Robin Carus
Cast: Rebecca Soler, Eric Bondoc, Tara Sands, Steve Lavner, Allison Tilsen, Joshua Park, Heather Ayers, Randy Kurstin, Kenneth Boys and Sara Levine.
March 19, 2002
ASCAP workshop. Presentation of the first 20 minutes of Act One.
Our panel: Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Carol Hall
Music Director: Brian Cimmet
Casting Director: Robin Carus
Cast: Rebecca Soler, Eric Bondoc, Tara Sands, Kevin Cahoon, Allison Tilsen, John Lloyd Young, Joanna Young, Randy Kurstin, Kenneth Boys and Sara Levine.
January 30, 2002
BMI Workshop Smoker. We do the opening number and “Be a Little Wild.”
Music Director: Jana Zielonka
Cast includes: Amy Zimmerman, David Joseph, Lucia Giannetta, Stephen Nachamie, Tara Sands, Kevin Cahoon, Debra Wiseman, Joanna Young
December 3, 2001
The first public reading of Like You Like It at Musical Mondays at the Century Center. Act One plus a sneak preview of the Act Two song “Be With Me.” A second show is added because the first one sold out quickly.
Director: Bick Goss
Music Director: Tom Kitt
Casting Director: Robin Carus
Cast: Amy Zimmerman, David Joseph, Lucia Giannetta, Steve Lavner, Farah Alvin, Joshua Park, Tara Sands, Kevin Cahoon, Stephen Lee Anderson.
May 21, 2000
Dan and Sammy present their first song they write together for Like You Like It at BMI: the first draft of “Easy Way Out.”
