New Astrology-Inspired Musical 'Signs Of Life' Announces Developmental Reading in NYC This October

NEW YORK, September 24, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Astro Lab Productions announces its inaugural project, a new musical Signs Of Life with book, music, and lyrics by Christopher DeLair, will have an Industry Reading in New York City from October 3 through 5, 2024. The reading is by invitation only. The project is being led by Executive Producer James A. Rocco, who is also serving as director. Lead Producer is Astro Lab’s CEO, Erin Coomer. 

Signs Of Life explores a young man's magical return to his chaotic childhood on Long Island. Christopher is a struggling musician in his early thirties living – as he describes it – a “life in the air” floating carefree among the clouds, his mind disassociated from his troubled life. Yet he is increasingly visited by painful flashbacks to the past and the traumatic home life he escaped. 

When a younger version of Chris sees a late-night TV infomercial pitching a book that promises emotional relief by connecting its reader with the 12 Signs of the Zodiac, he sends for it. Amazingly, it works! One by one, the Astrological Signs manifest, embodied by the feminine, and transformed into voices that send him on a musically and visually transcendent journey that guides both Older Chris and Young Chris through the tricky process of growing up, finding a voice, and healing the past. 

Led by Tara Rubin Casting, the reading’s cast is complete and includes Stavros Koumbaros as Older Chris, Leif Coomer as Young Chris and Lauren Blackman (Lempicka, The Music Man), Allison Blackwell (New York, New York, Pretty Woman: The Musical), Pamela Bob (Hand To God, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder), Maya Days (Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida), Alexa Green (Wicked), Ashanti J’Aria (Saturday Night Fever), Heidi Johnson-Spoon (Big River), Veronica Otim (& Juliet, Jagged Little Pill), Diane Phelan (Into The Woods, School Of Rock), Elena Ricardo (Water For Elephants, Mamma Mia!), J Savage (Bad Cinderella, Empire, The Musical), Sabrina Shah (Kimberly Akimbo), Kaye Tuckerman (Mamma Mia!, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) and Maria Wirries (Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots) round out the cast.

“Signs of Life has been in development in Seattle for over a year, and we are thrilled to bring it to life here in New York. Our upcoming reading has an incredible cast of actors bringing their stellar voices to this beautiful story. We look forward to growing our audience by sharing it with the industry in early October and beyond,” said Lead Producer Erin Coomer. 

Learn more at signsoflifemusical.com.

Source: Astro Lab Productions