The Pursuit of Persephone a concert reading at the Lucille Lortel Theatre

Prospect Theater Company are to present a concert reading of the musical The Pursuit of Persephone, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on 26 Jun 2006.

The Pursuit of Persephone will feature much of its original cast, including Chris Fuller as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jessica Grov� as Ginevra King, David Abeles as Edmund Wilson, Piper Goodeve as Marie Hersey, and Benjamin Sands as J. P. Bishop.

The concert will benefit the Prospect Theater Company's 2005-06 season of all new musicals, and celebrate The Pursuit of Persephone's Drama Desk nominations for Best Music (Peter Mills) and Best Orchestrations (Daniel Feyer, Peter Mills).

The Pursuit of Persephone: Brilliantly talented, young F. Scott Fitzgerald is swept into the hierarchy of Ivy League society and the antics of the Princeton Triangle Club, in pursuit of the beautiful and elusive debutante Ginevra King. Their romance inspired one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. This is an encore, concert presentation of Prospect's 2005 sold-out production! Based on the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his debut novel 'This Side of Paradise.'

The musical is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald�s This Side of Paradise and features music & lyrics by Peter Mills, with book by Peter Mills & Cara Reichel.