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Passing Strange is a musical with lyrics and book by Stew and music and orchestrations by Stew and Heidi Rodewald. The musical was developed at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in 2004 and 2005, one of the only works ever to be invited back for a second round of development.[1] It had productions in Berkeley, California and off-Broadway before opening on Broadway in 2008. The title passing strange come from Shakespeare's 1603 play Othello, the Moor of Venice. In the play, the character, Othello, utters the following lines:
[edit] Production historyPassing Strange premiered on October 19, 2006, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California.[2] It was then produced off-Broadway at The Public Theatre in New York City, running from May 14, 2007, through June 3, 2007.[3] The musical began previews at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on February 8, 2008, and officially opened on February 28, 2008.[4] It closed with the matinee performance on July 20, 2008 after 165 performances.[5] Passing Strange won the 2008 Drama Desk Awards for outstanding musical, music and lyrics (out of seven nominations), among a number of other awards and nominations. The musical has also been awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the Audelco Award for Best Musical – as well as Best Director (Annie Dorsen), Best Musical Director (Rodewald), and Best Performance (Daniel Breaker), an Obie Award for Best New Theatre Piece – as well as Outstanding Ensemble. [edit] Plot summary
A young black musician travels on a picaresque journey to rebel against his mother and his upbringing in a church-going, middle-class, late 1970s South Central Los Angeles neighborhood in order to find "the real". He finds new experiences in promiscuous Amsterdam, with its easy access to drugs and sex, and in artistic, chaotic, political Berlin, where he struggles with ethics and integrity when he misrepresents his background as poor to get ahead. Along with his "passing" from place to place and from lover to lover, the young musician moves through a number of musical styles from a background of gospel to punk, and then blues, jazz, and rock. He finally returns home. [edit] Roles and original Broadway cast
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[edit] Critical reactionReviews on Broadway were positive. Charles Isherwood wrote in The New York Times: "Although it is far richer in wit, feeling and sheer personality than most of what is classified as musical theater in the neighborhood around Times Square these days, its big heart throbs to the sound of electric guitars, searing synthesizer chords, driving drums and lyrics delivered not in a clean croon but a throaty yelp.... Passing Strange is bursting at the seams with melodic songs, and it features a handful of theatrical performances to treasure.... Call it a rock concert with a story to tell, trimmed with a lot of great jokes. Or call it a sprawling work of performance art, complete with angry rants and scary drag queens.... I'll just call it wonderful, and a welcome anomaly on Broadway...."[6] Reviews of the film were even more so. A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times: "But here’s the strange thing. When I saw Spike Lee’s film adaptation, “Passing Strange: The Movie,” in effect a video recording of a performance identical to the one I’d witnessed at the Belasco Theater in 2008, I was blown away. Loose ends ceased to dangle; soft spots were smoothed away and slow passages tightened up."[7] [edit] Passing Strange: The MovieSpike Lee made a permanent record of the Broadway production "for generations and generations to see" by filming the last three performances in front of audiences. His documentary had its world premiere on January 16 at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival [8] and opened at the IFC Center in New York City's West Village on August 21, 2009. [edit] Awards and nominations
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award: Best Musical Outer Critics Circle Awards nomination: Outstanding New Score
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