Birds of Paradise

Mark Cannistraro directs an all-star staged reading of the musical Birds of Paradise by Winnie Holzman and David Evans. The show tells the tale of a group of small-town community-theater players, one of whose members had gone off to find success in New York.

Holzman is best known as the creator of the popular TV series My So-Called Life, and is currntly collaborating with Stephen Schwartz on a new Broadway musical, Wicked. Evans is currently conducting Flower Drum Song on Broadway.