4 X 4 = 8 Musicals
Forget what you know about big, splashy musicals,…at least for one night cause we’ve shrunk them down to fit on a 4’ X 4’ stage! Taking inspiration from the long running dance series Ten Tiny Dances, this show features eight original 10-minute musicals presented on a dinky 4’ X 4’ stage. These minuscule-musicals are accompanied by a live band and will prove that more is less. Part of the Fertile Ground Festival 2012.
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Eating Raoul - The Musical
Eating Raoul – The Musical is an ironic, amoral goof on marriage and the American dream, based on the wicked and perverse 1982 cult classic film by Paul Bartel. Mary and Paul Bland are a square, celibate couple -- she cooks, he collects wine -- completely out of step with the sexual revolution surrounding them in 1960's Los Angeles. Appalled by the "swinger" neighbors in their apartment complex, they inadvertently bop one on the head with Mary's frying pan and become tempted into a kinky life of crime in order to raise the down payment on a small, rustic restaurant far from LA. The soup thickens when they become involved with a partner, Raoul, their swarthy, sexy janitor, who helps them to help dispose of the bodies.
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Falsettos - In Concert
Falsettos is a powerful and moving musical story about psychotherapy, kosher catering and what it means to be a family. It tells the jaunty tale of Marvin who leaves his wife and young son to live with another man. His ex-wife marries his psychiatrist, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin is reunited with his lover and his fragile but determined family faces AIDS head-on. This show was presented as a 2009 World AIDS Day event and proceeds benefitted Our House and Cascade AIDS Project.
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Winner of the 2000 Outer Critics Circle Award for best Off-Broadway musical and nominated for 13 Drama Desk Awards, The Wild Party tells the story of a fragile relationship gone wrong during the decadent 1920’s in New York. Queenie, a sultry, sweet/tough dancer who is fed up with her boyfriend's abuse decides to throw a party to humiliate him. Party guest Kate and her mysterious beau Black stir up emotions to a thrilling high. The evening turns from heated passion to destruction and murder.
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