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December 20, 2010

Yank! named Best Show of 2010 by The Advocate


November 9, 2010

Yank! team snags two Callaway nominations


September 28, 2010

Yank! Director David Cromer receives "genius" grant


May 3, 2010

Yank! racks up seven Drama Desk nominations including Outstanding Musical


April 26, 2010

Outer Critics Circle hands Yank! two nominations including Outstanding New Off-B'way Musical


April 1, 2010

Yank! garners Lortel nominations for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Choreographer


March 31, 2010

Broadway Bound
YANK! announces that we're headed to Broadway in the 2010-11 season!


March 30, 2010

Interview with David and Joe Zellnik
Read the article here: Yank! Comes to Broadway


March 24, 2010


March 17, 2010


March 16, 2010

You'll love this one...


March 8, 2010


March 7, 2010


March 2, 2010

Another busy day over at Yank!
Performances are selling out to happy audiences every night!


February 25, 2010

What a Night!
Enjoy some of the Opening Night coverage! It was an excellent evening.

And the wonderful reviews poured in!
Backstage, AP, NY Times, and Variety. Some additional reviews include Life Upon the Sacred Stage, Harry Forbes, and After Elton.


February 24, 2010

Tonight's Opening Night!
Thanks to all the Yank! fans out there who stuck by us for the journey up through this point... and thanks to all of the new ones! Looking forward to taking the rest of the journey with you wherever that may lead. Check out some of this amazing press that keeps rolling in...


February 23, 2010

What an exciting day for YANK!
Yank! was featured today on Page One of The New York Times in a story about the evolution of gay theatre. A color picture of Bobby and Ivan ran on the front page of the print edition and was featured prominently on nytimes.com. We’re also front page news in The Advocate.


February 17, 2010

YANK! at SPLASH!
The cast of Yank! will appear at Splash bar on March 1st for "Musical Mondays". Be sure to join us at the canteen!


February 16, 2010

More interviews....
Things are really off and rolling! Another great day of press! Bobby’s interview was featured in Theatremania, NYMag.com named Yank! a “Critic’s Pick”, and the beginning of the run was announced on Playbill Online.


February 12, 2010

Front page on Variety!
Today Yank! was featured as the cover story of Variety! How exciting is that?? There was also an amazing interview in the Daily News with Bobby!


February 11, 2010

YANK! in the press
Some more amazing press came out today in Times Square Gossip about the press Meet and Greet and a fantastic interview with the Zellniks was published in Time Out New York!


February 4, 2010

More YANK! photos
More rehearsal pictures were posted… this time on Playbill Online!


February 3, 2010

Sneak Peek at YANK!
The press got a “sneak peek” at Yank! today with David and Joe narrating and the cast performing five numbers from the show. The turnout was excellent and the cast was in tip-top form. Check out some photos posted on Theatremania.com, Wire Image, and Getty Images.


February 2, 2010

YANK! Q&A
David and Joe did a wonderful Q&A session about Yank! and their work together. Check it out!


January 28, 2010

Seth's Broadway Chatterbox!
Bobby is welcomed by Seth Rudetsky for his weekly live talk show Seth’s Broadway Chatterbox!


January 26, 2010

Rehearsal begins!
First Day of Rehearsal was amazing!! We figured you’d like to see them first-hand so we took some pictures!


January 21, 2010

YANK! Cast is complete!
The long-awaited full casting announcement for Yank! came out today! The press release was seen all over the Internet including Playbill, Bway Daily, New York Theatre Guide, Theatremania, and Broadway World!


January 19, 2010

Bobby Steggert Q&A
New York Theatre Guide - Online features Bobby Steggert in their Q&A interview section! Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Bobby.


January 8, 2010

Bobby Steggert announced to play Stu
Fresh from his triumph in Ragtime, Bobby Steggert has signed on as Stu in the York Theatre production of Yank! Lots of buzz in the press, including NYTimes.com, Playbill.com, The New York Post, Broadway World and Theatermania.


December 29, 2009

Follow us on Twitter!
twitter.com/YankTheMusical
Ok so we’re new to this twitter thing but we promise to learn how to use this newfangled tool in time to give you any and all gossip fit to tweet. Which means casting updates (we’re nearly cast! More soon!), production meeting reports, and come January 26th: rehearsal bulletins!


December 1, 2009

Tickets on sale for YANK!
The York Theatre and the entire Yank! team are thrilled to announce that tickets for the Off-Broadway debut of Yank! are on sale! Performances begin Feb 16 through March 21 and if history is any guide, you should buy your tickets now! Order online here or call the York Theatre Box Office at (212) 935-5820, Monday - Friday 12 – 6.


November 17, 2009

"Behind the Scenes at YANK!" travels to Chicago!
Joe and David perform our 45-minute presentation about how we wrote Yank! and why we think it’s so important that it’s happening now. “Behind the Scenes at Yank!” will be performed upstairs at the Victory Gardens Theatre with special guest Charissa Armon. If you or anyone you know in Chicago would like to come, please let us know!


October 13, 2009

Playbill lets the world know: YANK! is coming...


October 5, 2009

Joe and David (hosted by Out Professionals and the JCC of New York) present a look at how they wrote YANK!
“Behind the Scenes at the Creation of Yank!, the Gay World War II Musical”
Come hear cut songs! Come hear how they found producers! Come hear the first song they ever wrote (David age 11, Joe age 13)! Special guest Stacia Fernandez belts out new song “You Boys” and old favorite “Blue Twilight”.


May 17, 2009

YANK! set to make Off-Broadwday debut at the York Theatre in February 2010!
Great news: after much planning, we can finally announce that YANK! will be having its Off-Broadway premiere in February 2010 at the York Theatre! This will be more than a remount of the Brooklyn Gallery Players production of Oct/Nov 2007. It will be an enhanced version with new design ideas, several new cast members... and a new act 2 song. We are tremendously excited to know that YANK! will finally arrive in style in Manhattan at such a wonderful theatre, fresh off its smash hit this season "Enter Laughing". Read about it in the NY Times and Playbill! Check back soon for casting news!


October 14, 2008

Nellie McKay to sing "Blue Twilight" from YANK!
The song will be performed at a benefit on October 20th for the Chase Brock
Experience Dance Company. Chase choreographed the 2005 New York Musical
Theatre Festival production of YANK! and will pair the song with a haunting
male pas-de-deux. For tickets call (212) 307-4100 or visit
www.ticketmaster.com.


October 10, 2008

Two chances to see YANK! next month!
We're excited to announce there will be two full readings of the show, on
November 10th at 3pm and 7:30 pm, again on the stage of the York Theatre -
as we move towards a full production (aiming for Spring '09.) Our fabulous
cast will again be headed by Bobby Steggert, Ivan Hernandez, Nancy Anderson,
and Jeffry Denman, with composer Joe Zellnik on the keyboard! For more
information, or to make a reservation, click here.


September 22, 2008

YANK! wins Best Musical at the 2008 New York IT Awards!
At tonight's award ceremony for the New York Innovative Theater (IT) Awards, Michael Beresse presented the award for "Best Musical” to the 2007 production of YANK! at The Gallery Players. Accepting the award were Gallery producer Matt Schicker, and bookwriter/lyricist David Zellnik. Check out the news at Theatremania - where we're the featured pic! - and Playbill.com.


September 8, 2008

YANK! aims for New York next spring!
We are thrilled to announce that YANK! has been optioned by a team of producers, headed by Pamela Koslow (whose credits include Broadway’s  JELLY’S LAST JAM  and JANE EYRE). Pam is joined by producers Stuart Wilk and Maren Berthelsen. They are currently planning for a Spring 2009 production. For more information, or to find out how you can be a part of making YANK! happen, please contact Pam Koslow at janeroll@aol.com.


September 2, 2008

Diversionary's YANK! makes Stage Scene LA's Best of 2007-08 List!
Even though San Diego is a few hours from LA, Yank! made its presence felt! The show was cited in multiple categories: Outstanding Achievement in Direction of a Musical, Igor Goldin; Outstanding Achievement by a Lead Actor in a Musical, Tom Zohar; Outstanding Achievement by a Musical Director, Amy Dalton; and Best Musical (Intimate Theatre)! Check out the full list of winners here.


August 17, 2008

YANK! at the Divisionary!
Check out our new gallery of show pics from the San Diego production!


July 21, 2008

YANK! receives two New York IT Award nominations!
The Fall 2007 production at The Gallery Players has received two New York Innovative Theater (IT) Award nominations, one for Bobby Steggert as "Best Lead Actor” and one for "Best Musical”!


July 12, 2008

YANK! opens at the Diversionary
Check out the reviews!


July 10, 2008

KPBS Podcast available for download!
For those of you that missed it, or live outside the area, Tom Fudge's interview with David Joe and Igor about YANK! at the Diversionary can be heard here.


July 5, 2008

West Coast listeners, tune in next Tuesday
David, Joe and Igor will be interviewed by host Tom Fudge on one of San Diego's top morning radio shows, These Days, on the local PBS radio affiliate KPBS. The interview will be broacast live from 10:30 to 11:00am on Tuesday July 8.


June 17, 2008

Tickets now on sale for YANK! in San Diego!
For more information, check out the Diversionary Theatre website at www.diversionary.org.


May 10, 2008

A number from YANK! will be featured as part of York Theatre's NEO4 Benefit Concert on May 19!
The song is "Betty", and it will be performed by Bobby Steggert, Ivan Hernandez, Tally Sessions, and Curtis Holbrook. For more information: NEO4


March 13, 2008

YANK! gets Its West Coast Premiere
Yank! will be receiving its West Coast Premiere this July at the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego. Read more about it on Playbill or check out the Diversionary site.
For more on the San Diego production, click here.


February 23, 2008

YANK! to have two readings!
The York Theatre Developmental Reading Series will present YANK! on March 11 at 3pm. The cast will include Bobby Steggert, Nancy Anderson,  Jeffry Denman and Chad Harlow from the Gallery Players production, joined by Ivan Hernandez and Tally Sessions from NYMF and YANK! newcomers   Curtis Holbrook, Kevin Worley, Matt Loehr, Leo Ash Evens, Dennis Stowe and Doug Shapiro. To learn more, read about it on Playbill.
There will also be an invitation only reading on Monday the 10th at the Zipper Factory Theatre. 


February 8, 2008

YANK! listed on Huffington Post in a round up of the year's best new music!
“My favorite new musical of the year was an Off Off Broadway gem called Yank!
about two soldiers falling in love during World War II. I'm greedily listening to a
demo recording of the music and looking forward to a future production Off Broadway
or elsewhere with a full cast.” Read the entry -- look at #37 under the extended list.


January 23, 2008

YANK! gets its first nod from a national organization!
YANK! nominated for an Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway award by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Read more about it at Playbill and GLAAD.


January 21, 2008

Big News Coming Soon!

...in New York:
We're excited to be able to report that plans are in the works for an upcoming remount in New York (in Manhattan, in Fall 2008). More info about that very soon, and ways you can help if you want!

...and Regionally:
Already 3 theatres around the country have expressed strong interest! More as plans become finalized!


January 18, 2008

There's a NEW DEMO of YANK!

It combines tracks featuring the Gallery Players cast as well as a few tracks recorded with our 2005 cast. And the whole thing includes the full orchestration heard at the Gallery! Hear how it sounds! Or click here to request a demo.


January 26, 2008
The New York Daily News says Yank! sure to move Off-Broadway!
Michael Giltz says Gallery Players mounted: “a recent, critically acclaimed production of the appealing new musical "Yank!" (by David and Joseph Zellnik), which is sure to have a future life Off-Broadway!”


January 21, 2008
Yank!'s photo makes Playbill's and TheatreMania's reporting of the GLAAD nominations!


January 21, 2008
YANK! nominated for an Outstanding New York Theatre: Off-Off Broadway award by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).


January 1, 2008
YANK! among "Best of 2007"

YANK! makes Patrick Lee's "Best of 2007" theatre list. Click here to read more.