NY for NY: Broadway in Yerevan
By Paul Chaderjian May 25, 2002 Yerevan, Armenia - Unprecedented, unexpected and unbelievable were a few of the words used to describe last weekend's Nune Yesayan musical stage production called "NY for NY - Armenia for America." Locals and tourists alike were amazed at the caliber and high quality of the show that involved more than five hundred actors, dancers, musicians, singers and crew members. The overwhelming enormity of the Broadway-like musical and the talent showcased in this grand stage production left the six thousand who attended the show in disbelief. Many, including the Republic's first foreign Minister Raffi Hovanissian, were surprised that the local art community could envision and effortlessly execute such a grand, professional and entertaining theatrical production. Hovanissian reacted by simply saying it was "unprecedented." "The production we created was like a living movie for us," said Hrand Vardanyan, the director of the sho...