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Arts at ASU Musical: “Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)”

Thursday, February 13, 2014 12 a.m.
Repeats daily (to February 15, 2014)

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.

“Witty! Refreshing! Juicily! Merciless!” - Michael Feingold, Village Voice

 

 

Location

ASU Auditorium, Mayer Administration Building, 2601 W. Avenue N