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Presenting ‘3XL: The Musical” Guilford Technical Community College’s Fine Arts Theatre will debut a new work, “3XL: The Musical,” with book and lyrics by North Carolina native Lori Mannette and music by GTCC drama instructor Giuseppe Ritorto, April 3-5 and April 1012. All shows are at 8 p.m. at the Joseph S. Koury Hospitality Careers Center on GTCC’s Jamestown Campus, 601 High Point Road.
“3XL.” From New York City to Greensboro, they shared and polished their ideas through Skype and emails, and the occasional face-to-face marathon sessions when Mannette was in North Carolina visiting family. The process has truly been a labor of love. “I won’t sleep until April,” Ritorto says with a laugh.
June Guralnick, director of GTCC’s Theatre Program, is thrilled to be producing “3XL” and sees the play as a great learning experience for budding “3XL: The Musical” follows the hilarious drama students. journey of newlywed chefs Nick and Jen, who are offered a dream opportunity to “I selected this show because it’s a marvelous work host a show on the Cooking Channel. with wonderful roles for young actors,” Guralnick However, the test audience feels the said. “And I believe it’s important to enable our couple is too fat to be appealing, so the students to be involved in the production of new station gives Nick and Jen the ultimatum to lose shows by contemporary authors. The experience weight fast or give up their chance for culinary gained on a musical like ‘3XL’ proves invaluable as Want to go? stardom. Can their relationship survive for better or our students continue in their theatrical careers.” k boo ” with What: “3XL: The Musical, worse, in fitness and in fatness? by sic mu and tte and lyrics by Lori Manne About Giuseppe Ritorto Giuseppe Ritorto “The media puts the idea in people’s heads that Brooklyn, N.Y. native, Ritorto discovered his love April 10-12 we have to look and act a particular way to be When: 8 p.m. April 3-5 and of theater at age 10 when he acted in “Hello Dolly,” accepted,” Ritorto said. “What I want to say with , Joseph S. atre presented by the Greensboro-based Livestock The s Art e Fin : ere Wh ‘3XL’ is that we need to accept who we are and Center, GTCC’s Players. Since then, he has served as musical Koury Hospitality Careers forget about the social ideals that consume our h Point Road. director at Catawba College, The Barter Theatre in Jamestown Campus, 601 Hig everyday lives.” l era Abingdon, Va, and recently composed an opera, gen , $15 are s Admission: Ticket i; mn alu The play’ s initial concept came from Ritorto’ s “On a Falling Leaf,” and musical “Sweepstakes!” He and staff CC GT , public; $10 ilable at the ava and upbringing in Brooklyn, where he was raised by teaches drama at GTCC. ts, den stu CC GT $5, ce, located parents who were chefs. The drama and animated High Point Theatre box offi High Point, personalities in the culinary world became the About Lori Mannette at 220 E Commerce Ave., or visiting by calling (336) 887-3001 Mannette’ s writing credits include “Carolina Breeze,” foundation for the play, but over time a larger . There is an www.highpointtheatre.com which has been featured at NYMF, Goodspeed message evolved. “The show is about just loving s for patron additional ticket surcharge Opera House, the New York Theatre Barn, and yourself, ” Ritorto said. “Be happy with who you are. ” purchasing tickets online. was named Best Musical 2012 by the NY Writers Ritorto and Mannette became fast friends while l be offered by Summit; “Dead Woman Crossing” which has been Etc.: A pre-show dinner wil . p.m 7 at both pursuing an MFA in musical theater writing m gra GTCC’s Culinary Arts Pro performed at Playwright’s Horizons, and selections Joseph S. Koury from New York University’s Tisch School of the April 3 and April 10 at the of which appear in the Feb/March 2013 issue of r (first floo Arts. Although Ritorto moved back to Greensboro Hospitality Careers Center “The Dramatist” magazine; “Over the Hill,” and a ed uir req are after graduation and Mannette remained in New dining room). Reservations u. c.ed comedy web series entitled “Sonny and Sherman” .gtc ary ulin ://c York, the two stayed in contact and vowed to one and can be made at http produced by Big Thunder Productions and starring day create a musical together. They’ve spent the Michael Indeglio and Broadway’s Drew Aber. Learn past two years collaborating across the miles on more at http://www.lorimannette.com.