THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS Plays DUPAC 4/16-18
By: Charlie Piane Apr. 09, 2010
The Musical Of Musicals (The Musical!) plays the DUPAC April 16, 17, and 18, 2010.
The show is written by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell, and directed by Krista Hansen.
April 16, 17, and 18, 2010
Friday and Saturday :: 7:30 p.m. | Sunday :: 3:00 p.m.
Martin RecitAl Hall
This is the show for everyone who's ever seen a musical and even those who haven't...
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The basic plot: June is an ingenue who can't pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for not appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in a speakeasy in Chicago. This comic valentine to musical theatre was the longest running show in the York Theatre Company's 35-year history before moving to Off-Broadway.
About the creators
Eric Rockwell AND Joanne Bogart began their collaboration in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. For The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) they were honored with a 2004 Drama Desk nomination for Best Musical, as well as individual nominations for Best Music and Best Lyrics. The show ran Off-Broadway for 583 performances and also was performed on London's West End. In addition, the show received a 2004 Lucille Lortel nomination for Best Musical and a 2005 Drama League nomination for Best Musical. Their parody of Mickey and Judy musicals, Golly Gee Whiz, as originally produced by the TADA! Theatre, then later featured at the Lincoln Center "Reel to Real" series. Their other collaborations include productions of The Trials of Alice in Wonderland and David and Goliath. As a lyricist, Ms. Bogart contributed several lyrics to The Book of Pooh and Bear in the Big Blue House, both for the Disney Channel. Mr. Rockwell composed the score for The History Mystery, and wrote the libretto to Everything About School, both produced by the TADA! Theatre Company in New York.
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