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The Musical of Musicals (The Musical)

February 8, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - February 9, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

$25

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.

Details

Start:
February 8, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
End:
February 9, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
Cost:
$25
Website:
www.cincinnatiarts.org/events/detail/musical-of-musicals

Venue

Aronoff Center
650 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202 United States
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Phone:
(513) 621-2787
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