MNM Productions Announces Current Production of Hair is Carbonell

(Delray Beach, FL – June 1, 2016)  MNM Productions today announced that its current production of the critically acclaimed tribal rock musical HAIR has received “Recommended” status for the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s most prestigious award for professional theater. This prestigious status means that the show will be seen by Carbonell judges and is eligible for nominations.

“While this is only MNM’s third production, Michael Lifshitz and I have been actively involved within South Florida’s theatrical community for many years, so we are both delighted that HAIR has received the much-coveted Recommended status from the Carbonell Awards, as did our previous show SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM,” says Marcie Gorman-Althof.

HAIR is running through this Sunday, June 5, at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse in West Palm Beach, with performances at 7:30 pm Tuesday-Saturday, and matinees at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

The talented 22-person cast of HAIR is lead by five highly acclaimed veterans of numerous South Florida stages: Mike Westrich (Berger), Michael Scott Ross (Claude), Alexa Baray (Sheila), Nicole Kinzel (Jeannie) and Fo’i Meleah (Dionne). Director-choreographer Kimberly Dawn (KD) Smith, with Paul Reekie serving as musical director, helmed this audience-wowing production.

Reserved seating tickets for HAIR are $45 each and are now available for purchase at the Kravis Center box office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach; by phone at 561.832.7469; or online through the Kravis Center’s official website at kravis.org.

The Carbonell Awards fosters the artistic growth of professional theater in South Florida by celebrating the diversity of our theater artists, providing educational scholarships, and building audience appreciation and civic pride by highlighting achievements of our theater community. Over 25 professional theater companies in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties participate in the awards process every year. Each season volunteer panelists and judges choose nominees and recipients from hundreds of shows produced on our area stages. The Carbonell Awards also celebrate the accomplishments of our artistic leaders by presenting ‘Special Awards’ and support the next generation of artists and journalists by awarding scholarships. Along with New York’s Drama Desk and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Carbonell Awards are among the nation’s senior regional arts awards and predate others, including Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards. The Carbonell Awards are named after Manuel Carbonell, an internationally renowned sculptor, who designed the original solid bronze and marble award in 1976, the signature trophy that is given to Carbonell Award winners. For more information, please visit www.carbonellawards.org.

This production company is the latest venture by two experienced theatrical producers and arts consultants: Marcie Gorman-Althof and Michael Lifshitz. MNM’s first show, the landmark musical A CHORUS LINE, was both a popular and critical success when it ran for 12 performances in December 2014 at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square. Recently, MNM Productions wowed audiences at both Old School Square and the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse with Side By Side By Sondheim, which was nominated for a prestigious Carbonell Award for Best Ensemble Production, Play or Musical.