And you thought the Poster's In Max Bialystock's Office were funny...

Charnin Directs Thrill Me, Musical About Leopold & Loeb Murders, July 16-Aug. 3 in NYC

Thrill Me, the musical about the Leopold and Loeb murders in the 1920s, gets its world premiere in a New York showcase staging directed by Martin Charnin, in the Midtown International Theatre Festival July 16-Aug. 3.

The 90-minute musical has book, music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff, the young writer who is developing the musical about Jesse Ventura, the wrestler-turned-Minnesota-governor.

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Max says: And when I did WHEN COUSINS MARRY they said I was an oddball! Do you really think two weeks is enuff for this project..but I guess when your committed to the JESSE VENTURA Musical, you have to have priorites!

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Updated On: 6/23/03 at 08:23 PM

oh I don't know, the film title for one treatment of that case (SWOON) sounds like a musical theatre title. But it also sounds like a Sondheim show, and no one can do Sondheim like Sondheim. Is the Ventura musical supposed to be a parody?

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