IYF Presents

BOOGIE STOMP

Written by JOHN CAMPANA
With BOB BALDORI and ARTHUR MIGLIAZZA

Directed by KIRK GOSTKOWSKI
Choreographer: TRINA MILLS
Production Stage Manager: JOHN MICHAEL CROTTY
Marketing & Advertising: AMANDA BOHAN MARKETING
Production Design: AARON GONZALEZ
Press Representative: JT PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Elektra Theatre
300 West 43rd Street (between Eighth & Ninth Avenues), 2nd Floor
(866) 811-4111
September 25 – November 28; Opening Night – 10/16/15

You will have to search far and wide to find two pianists more talented than Bob Baldori and Arthur Migliazza. In John Campana’s BOOGIE STOMP these guys tear up two pianos as they take you on a musical odyssey through the history of Boogie Woogie. Defining this music genre as Rhythm, Improvisation, and Syncopation over the Blues, this 100-year journey includes songs influenced and perfected by the likes of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Benny Goodman, Louis Prima, and many more legends. And it’s not just fantastic piano music you will hear. Baldori blows a mean harmonica and is handy with a more modern keyboard. Having worked with Chuck Berry for years, he is full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes along with a plentiful supply of corny jokes. He plays sublimely off of the younger Migliazza, both verbally and musically. There is no doubt that these two are thoroughly relishing what they are doing, and they work diligently to make sure that you enjoy it too. The whole experience is enhanced by vintage video projections and pictures.

BOOGIE STOMP is a journey you will be glad you took – educational, inspirational, and just plain fun.

- Laurie Lawson -