'The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!' is now booking to the 30 Oct 2005

The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! which re-opened in Febuary 2005 at Dodger's Stage 5 is now booking to the 30 Oct 2005.

The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! first opened on December 16, 2003 as part of the York Theatre�s subscription series, for a limited run through January 25, 2004. The show received good notices from the popular press and was nominated for five 2004 Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical and the 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical.

The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! is a musical about ... musicals! In a comic satire of musical theatre genres, one story becomes five musicals, each in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim.

June, an ing�nue who can't pay the rent, is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to her rescue? In an evening of variations on a theme, this basic plot is musicalized the way Rodgers and Hammerstein might have envisioned it, taking place in Kansas in August, complete with a Dream Ballet. The story is then done in the style of Stephen Sondheim, featuring the landlord as a tortured, artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge because they don't appreciate his art. When presented in the style of Jerry Herman, the story becomes a splashy star vehicle, while the Andrew Lloyd Webber version is a rock musical, with borrowed themes from Puccini. The story is re-told one last time in the style of Kander and Ebb, set in a speakeasy in Chicago. The tone of this evening of satire is loving/irreverent �in a sorry/grateful kind of way.�

The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! has book, music and lyrics by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart. It is directed and choreographed by Pamela Hunt and stars Joanne Bogart, Craig Fols, Lovette George and Eric Rockwell