Recital Hall Series
Gunmetal Blues
Jan 23 - Feb 4, 2012
A Musical Parody
Book by Scott Wentworth
Music & Lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler
Directed by Max Reimer
Cast:
Tom Arntzen (The Piano Player, Buddy Toupee)
Meghan Gardiner (The Blonde)
Andrew Wheeler (The Private Eye)
Andrew Wheeler (The Private Eye)
Production:
Production Design by Conor Moore
Performances in the Recital Hall
Jan 23 - Feb 3 at 9:30pm | Sun Feb 4 at 4pm
"Mr. Bohmler's torchy swiveling melodies echo the moody grandeur of the 40's film- noir soundtracks." - The New York Times
"Scott Wentworth's sendup of film noir, with three actors playing more than twice as many characters, hits scarcely a wrong note in it's serpentine story of a weary private eye on the trail of a missing young woman. Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler who wrote the show's music and lyrics, also know their way around the genre. They've created a bluesy, sinewy, cunningly cynical score that compels admiration on its own terms even as it ribs the conventions within which it operates." - Philadelphia Inquirer
See our 2012/2012 Performance Calendars for a full schedule of our Plays with Fire!
Set in a piano bar in a second-rate hotel, this musical pastiche of the hard-boiled detective story tells the tale of a world-weary private eye solving the mystery of a missing blonde, while lounge singer Buddy Toupee narrates and comments on the action through song.More
