ZERO DARK THIRTY the Musical?

I was at Ripley-Grier rehearsing my one man show about my severe struggle with chronic pneumonia (I will post more once I find the proper, cheap venue.) and in the studio next to me it said ZERO DARK 30 - Presentation....

If my hearing still serves me (Debatable...), I heard Christine Ebersole sing an aria and Mandy Patinkin sang a song in Arabic.

Does anyone know more about this project? NYFM? Fringe? Cherry Lane Theatre?

Sondheimite said: "Can United States Propaganda Films actually not come to Broadway?"

Given the political leanings of both Ebersole (a conspiracy theorist) and Patinkin (an avowed liberal), I don’t see either of them participating in anything that would resemble “propaganda.”

Breaking --- Partial song list:

You kill me

C.I.A. is A.O.K.

Waterboarding means I love you

They can't see you in the dark

Booyah

And the rousing 11 o'clock number... Yes, it's him

Who knows? It could be good. But honestly, it seems like a terrible idea.

My initial reaction is it sounds like an awful idea. However, maybe it'll finally be a good thing that a musical will explore some of the actual causes of 9/11 rather than sweep it under the rug like Come From Away.

qolbinau said: "My initial reaction is it sounds like an awful idea. However, maybe it'll finally be a good thing that a musical will explore some of the actual causes of 9/11 rather than sweep it under the rug like Come From Away."



If you think that Come From Away swept the truth of 9/11 under the rug, then you clearly either haven't seen the show or know what it's about.

I have seen the show and in defense of the show, it's not about what I want it to be about. It doesn't attempt to tackle the issue of why 9/11 happened because that's not the story it aims to tell (it would be far more brave and noncommercial if it did).

It's a lot more pleasant to watch people who "Come From Away" get along with each other and put their differences aside to cooperate (a major theme of the show) than to address why these differences lead to the tragedy in the first place. No one really wants to do anything about this - it just insidiously continues behind closed doors until it leads to another tragedy, and another tragedy, and another tragedy, and another tragedy.

If it goes on Broadway would it play at the Belasco?

kdogg36 said: "It won't be that. Like the movie, it'll be a pep rally for US government killers. Focus on the most popular kill in US military history to distract from the ongoing, cowardly drone murders of Middle Eastern families."

it always amuses me when people who are too much of a coward to serve always love to run their mouths about the people who do serve. "US goverment killers" ::eye roll:: give me a break bro. give up at least 4 years of your life to serve this country THEN feel free to talk all the s**t you want.

robskynyc said: "kdogg36 said: "It won't be that. Like the movie, it'll be a pep rally for US government killers. Focus on the most popular kill in US military history to distract from the ongoing, cowardly drone murders of Middle Eastern families."

it always amuses me when people who are too much of a coward to serve always love to run their mouths about the people who do serve. "US goverment killers" ::eye roll:: give me a break bro. give up at least 4 years of your life to serve this country THEN feel free to talk all the s**t you want."

I assume his criticism is more directed towards those pulling the strings not those pushing the buttons.

This sounds like the worst idea ever x

kdogg36 said: "Actually, I think I'll just go ahead and feel free to say what's on my mind. Enlisting in the army is not a prerequisite for that. Spending years of my life fighting wars I believe to be unjust sounds like a bad choice for me, and I'm ten years too old to join the army anyhow."

and don't you for ONE second forget that the reason you are "free" to say whats on your mind is because of people who sacrificed their lives for that freedom.