Any info on Single Rider and Columbus is Happening

[mostly_musicals]

Posted: 5/10/18 at 8:35pm

Anyone have info on either (i know SINGLE RIDER doesn't start till tomorrow)?

https://www.singleriderthemusical.com/

http://www.playbill.com/article/columbus-is-happening-new-musical-from-passing-strange-tony-winner-stew-debuts-may-8

I'm intrigued at the idea of a Stew musical developed w students, and SINGLE RIDER's promo materials look high quality, and i love an almost entirely female production team...

I'm only here till Monday, and new musicals are my primary interest (most years i attend NYMF and NAMT, etc) As far as the big shows, i have seen or am set to see everything i am likely to on this trip, so looking for something interesting to fill out my schedule.

thanks!

[mostly_musicals]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 3:14am

We saw COLUMBUS at the Friday matinee, and i'd say if you're free and can get to LIC on the 7 train on Saturday, GO CHECK IT OUT- it's only 75 minutes long, and it has 2 last performances Sat at 2:30 and 7:30 and tickets are only $10. It's about politics, and resistance, and immigration - a lot of ideas are packed in there with an enthusiastic, energetic multi-cultural cast - it's not a finished polished piece, definitely some rough edges, and it is a student production... but if you can bear with that, it is well worth the trip.

http://www.lpac.nyc/event/105a75142d145cedeb52848da6b1d3d3

From the program notes:

"The classroom has more revolutionary potential than the entertainment industry."

"Art and Education are the same thing. Only the quality of the lighting is different." - Stew