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Posted: 7/29/08 at 4:19pm
Has anyone here seen Rainbow Jones? It was a one-performance flop (with three previews, plus a Boston tryout under the name "R.J.: A Musical Fable") from 1974, with book, music, and lyrics by Jill Williams (her only Broadway appearance to date); it starred Ruby Persson (ditto) and was directed by her husband, Gene Persson (not his only Broadway show, but the only show for his production company, Rubykate Inc.).
The basic plotline is that Rainbow Jones is a troubled woman who has imaginary friends in the form of animals from Aesop's Fables, and with the help of a man she meets in Central Park, she realizes that the animals are an emotional crutch she created to represent dead family members, and she learns how to move on and engage in the real world. From what I can tell, it was an original show.
The reason I ask "has anyone seen" rather than "did anyone see" is because I recently learned that you can license the show (through a company called Pioneer Drama Service), which surprised me. I'm just curious to hear about the show from anyone who's seen it in one form or another, because there's so little about it out there. Heck, even Ken Mandelbaum missed it.
The basic plotline is that Rainbow Jones is a troubled woman who has imaginary friends in the form of animals from Aesop's Fables, and with the help of a man she meets in Central Park, she realizes that the animals are an emotional crutch she created to represent dead family members, and she learns how to move on and engage in the real world. From what I can tell, it was an original show.
The reason I ask "has anyone seen" rather than "did anyone see" is because I recently learned that you can license the show (through a company called Pioneer Drama Service), which surprised me. I'm just curious to hear about the show from anyone who's seen it in one form or another, because there's so little about it out there. Heck, even Ken Mandelbaum missed it.