Tom Waits-William Burroughs Musical to open in LA

Hmmmmmmm...... with Robert Wilson directing, this sounds like something that would play a limited engagement at BAM, than ever head to Broadway (if it ever comes to New York at all) .......

From Playbill:

"The Tom Waits-William S. Burroughs musical The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets opens April 26 at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theater starring Broadway's Matt McGrath.

Robert Wilson stages the work which began previews April 22 for a run through June 11, returning to California since its Aug. 2004 debut at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater.

The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets is a musical theatre piece featuring music and lyrics by Tom Waits, text from the late William S. Burroughs and musical arrangements by Greg Cohen and Waits. The work re-imagines a 19th century folk tale about a clerk who makes a Faustian pact with the devil, accepting magic bullets in order to win the hand of his beloved in a shooting contest."


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99321.html

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It has played in SF, Sidney and London. So far reaction in LA has been very mixed (as is always the case with Robert Wilson's opera productions). Some audience members loved it...a considerable portion has been leaving at intermission every night. This is definitely not going anywhere near Broadway.

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