Johnny Guitar - The Musical, from 4 Mar 2004 at Century Center

Mon 2 Feb 2004 Johnny Guitar - The Musical, from 4 Mar 2004 at Century Center Johnny Guitar - The Musical, will open at Century Center, 111 East 15th Street, (Off Broadway), 23 Mar 2004, following previews from 4 Mar 2004 It has book by Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, music by Martin Silvestri, Music & Lyrics by Joel Higgins. The cast includes: Judy McLane, Steve Blandchard, Ann Crumb, Robert Evan, Ed Sala, David Sinkus, Rob Sapp, Jason Edwards. It is directed by Joel Higgins, designed by Van Santfoord, lighting by Ed McCarthy , and costumes by Kaye Yoyce. Based on the 1954 cult film, set in a small town in the New Mexico mountains circa 1885. The story centers on Vienna, a sultry saloonkeeper who built a booming business ' on her back'. Though Vienna is the ultimate 'bad girl gone good', her nemesis, the pent-up Emma, sees things differently. A domineering cattle tycoon, Emma controls the town with an iron fist but loses her grip when she falls for the dangerously hot-headed Dancin' Kid. By the time Johnny Guitar, a tall stranger with a secret past rolls into town, the stage is set for an epic showdown unlike anything the Old West has ever seen.