THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field
Presents
ALWAYS YOUNG The Musical
January 15 2026 – February 1, 2026
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 90 minutes
COMMUNITY SPACE
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions
Always Young is a heartwarming, magical reflection on school days in the eighties. Discover the possible stories behind the characters we all remember from school. An insightful and thought provoking look at how our childhood experiences and parenting influenced who we are today.
A show for adults about our collective memories. A nostalgic yet disconcerting reality check, that uses music, and tall tales to deliver powerful messages.
Our unreliable Narrator takes you on a journey through his past and introduces us to many different characters in a British school somewhere. These individuals, often seen as misfits, outcasts or troubled youths explore their own self-discoveries, reflections, passions, ambitions, and nightmares as they try to conform to society or just fit in at school.
20 Original musical numbers with lyrics by Mark Tunstall and musical score by Lulu Chen and various artists, accentuate the stories with genre bending sounds and styles that traverse musical history. Honky-Tonk Piano meets Contemporary Rock Anthem Stylings, Hip Hop, Jazz, Rock n Roll, Bitter-Sweet Ballads and Toe Tapping Feelgood Broadway and Vaudevillian style numbers.
Always Young explores many themes at large today, not just childhood insecurities. The show explores acceptance and inclusivity of LGBTQ, the development of individuality verses forced conformity, crime, neglect, abuse, mental health, bullying and unrecognized neurodiversity in its many guises.
CAST
Haywire – Mark Tunstall
Little Short Sally – Eleanna Fin
Celia Bott – Marion Avila
Quiet Thomas –
Tiffany Olsen – Lexi Rosenblum
Moel Rothwell – Zach Liddick
Hairy Harry – Braderick Morrison
Greasy Gary – Mark Edelstein
James Freeman – Johnny
Joe Smiley – Tony Azzaro
No-Name Jones –
PRODUCTION
All information including the content warnings are on our website, www.alwaysyoungthemusical.com
The website is our programme as a QR code on a school Hall Pass handed out on arrival.