Audiences are loving FIRE ISLAND THE MUSICAL! Grammy-winner Emilio Solla and Jarlath Barsanti Jacobs’s musical a hit at Createtheater’s New Work Festival onTheatre Row. TICKETS AND FURTHER INFO AT https://newworksfest.org/fire-island-musical/

Grammy-award winner Emilio Solla (music) and award-winning NYC advertising lyricist Jarlath Barsanti Jacobs (book/lyrics) are enjoying great success with their new musical, Fire Island The Musical, currently running through May 14 on Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd St. Theater Four as part of the CreateTheater New Works Festival.

A book & lyrics by Jarlath Barsanti Jacobs and music by Emilio Solla, FIRE ISLAND is directed & choreographed by Fred C.L. Mann III with musical direction by Trevor M. Pierce. Richard Ouellette designed the set; Anthony Paul-Cavaretta created the costumes; and Michael Cole designed the lighting. The production features projections by Peter Leibold VI and Paul Deziel. Jesica Garrou is production stage manager.

FIRE ISLAND THE MUSICAL brings us to the famed Long Island retreat on June 24, 2011 – the historic day same sex marriage became legal. Gay housemates of Gabe and Anne (who almost married but didn’t – on that same beach many years ago) are having a wedding and house reunion.
Gabe and Anne are invited. She has arrived. But will he? Cn love lost get a second chance?

“FIRE ISLAND brings all the romance, summer love and beach fun to the stage that you would expect to see in a musical set here,” says producer Cate Cammarata, who has been watching this show develop over the last several years. “The real Fire Island is such a special place for many people, both personally and historically. It played a real role in its crusade against the AIDS epidemic in the 80’s, which many people don’t know. I’m so happy that detail found its way into the musical. And of course, the Horace Gifford architecture is extraordinary – which set designer Richard Ouellette captured so well. The July 4th Invasion scene is not to be missed!”

Emilio Solla won a 2020 Grammy for the album, Puertos and Jarlath Barsanti Jacobs is a multi-award-winning copywriter for major NYC agencies, specializing in lyrics.