THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL Delivers Top Box-Office Biz Around the World!
“THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL: For this reviewer, the chorus really steal the show. When the chorus are on the stage, it is difficult to take your eyes of them. Much of this is down to the choreography, which is exciting and varied and well matched to the music, lyrics and storyline, but also to the amazing costumes and stunning make up. The ensemble do an absolutely tremendous job of filling the stage and portraying emotion – they are fully committed. It is very clear that all the performers love their roles and love this production – this shines through. Bravo to all!” —Philip Lowe, EastMidlandsTheatre.com
Douglas Carter Beane’s FAIRYCAKES, the Off Broadway sensation, is now available worldwide!
“Fairycakes playwright Douglas Carter Beane, whose zinger-filled œuvre includes “The Little Dog Laughed” and the musical “Xanadu,” combines an acid wit with a gushy love of show biz.” —The New Yorker
THE COLOR PURPLE
This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story.
With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life. It premiered at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia and opened on Broadway on November 1, 2005, where it was nominated for eleven 2006 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score. The London off-West End production moved to Broadway in 2015, winning the Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical.
BORN WITH TEETH by Liz Duffy Adams
An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless polarized people seething with paranoia: it’s a dangerous time for poets. Two of them—the great Kit Marlowe and up-and-comer Will Shakespeare—meet in the back room of a pub to collaborate on a history play cycle, navigate the perils of art under a totalitarian regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose. One of them may well be the death of the other.
“Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth! And so I was, which plainly signified that I should snarl and bite, play the dog.”
—Henry VI, Part 3, Shakespeare & Marlowe
Casting: WILL: 27-29, KIT: 27 – 29
Note on style:
Iconoclastic, punk-edged; aggressive pacing.
