Winner! 2006 NMTN Directors' Choice Award

The reviews are in....

"Smart writing, appealing songs and touching performances."
- Variety

"...features a top-notch cast and songs that not only move the spirit, but will have you tapping your toes."
- Scarsdale Inquirer

"...has all the elements in place ...never lets go of the audience from its opening moment... [Saint Heaven] is pure 'Heaven'"
- Connecticut Post

Saint Heaven World Premiere photos are now online!

©2006 Bruce Glikas

View photos from the Saint Heaven World Premiere.

Saint Heaven in the news:

• Playbill.com: Chuck Cooper and Deborah Gibson Cast in Premiere of Saint Heaven musical
• TheaterMania.com: Alexander, Cooper, Gibson, Glover, Ritchie, Sullivan Set for Saint Heaven
• BroadwayWorld.com: Cooper & Gibson Star in CT World Premiere of Saint Heaven
• Variety: Duo in 'Heaven' onstage
• Stamford Advocate: Just Like 'Heaven'
• The Hartford Courant: That Gibson Girl
• Play: New Haven's Arts and Entertainment Weekly:
  Little Debbie's All Grown Up
• Fairfield County Weekly: Deborah Does Stamford

• Saint Heaven will receive its West Coast Premiere at The Village Theatre (just outside Seattle of Seattle, WA). Performances run from September 17, 2008 through November 23, 2008. Saint Heaven will start at The Village Theatre's Frances J. Gaudette mainstage theater in Issaquah, WA and will commence performances at the Everett Performing Arts Center in Everett, WA on October 31, 2008.

• Saint Heaven presents a special West Coast preview at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA. Stay tuned for news on the next production of Saint Heaven.

• The Saint Heaven MySpace page is now live. Please visit us at http://www.myspace.com/saintheaven.

• David Rosenberg, a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle and feature writer/critic for The Norwalk Hour, names the World Premiere of Saint Heaven one of the 10 Best Connecticut Theatrical events of 2006.

• Frank Rizzo, of the Hartford Courant (and critic for Variety), names Montego Glover's portrayal of Eshie Willington in the World Premiere of Saint Heaven as one of the great Connecticut theatrical performances of 2006.

• Saint Heaven is presented as a special 2 performance encore at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival with Nancy Anderson (Wonderful Town), Montego Glover (The Color Purple), Kingsley Leggs (The Color Purple), Darren Ritchie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Roz Ryan (Chicago) and Patrick Ryan Sullivan (42nd Street).

• A new demo CD of Saint Heaven is completed featuring Cheryl Alexander (Caroline, Or Change), Lisa Asher (Almost Heaven, John Denver's America), Montego Glover (The Color Purple), Chuck Cooper (The Life), Darren Ritchie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), and Patrick Ryan Sullivan (42nd Street). Please e-mail SaintHeaven@vanhillentertainment.com for more information.

• Saint Heaven producer, Van Dean of Van Hill Entertainment, appears on the radio program "Break a Leg" April 8th to discuss the show. "Break a Leg" is hosted by Richard Pheneger and Peggy Nelson and past guests include Betty Buckley, Jeff Calhoun, Linda Eder, Harvery Fierstein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Herman, Rebecca Luker, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Rapp, Chita Rivera, Scott Schwartz, Stephen Schwartz and Kathleen Turner.