Passing strange stew heidi rodewald short north stage, columbus, ohio details, video excerpts, video promo. Starring leroy bell the x factor, this awardwinning offbroadway hit is finally taking the seattle stage. Queer history, san francisco history and a pinch of weird tales. Stew and heidi rodewalds passing strange at the wilma theater tells an. The second ones a collection of all the short fiction ive done in the last ten. Id seen his vocal quartet, vocal impact, and i knew the name from his time with chapmyn spoken word and flow theater, but id never seen any of his theatrical work and i was blown away. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line presents one mans story in an effort to crystallize the state of u. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical new york. Passing strange short north stage opening night youtube.
Passing strange is a brilliant work about migrationa geographical. Well, short north stage found the perfect man for the job because ron jenkins is a damn star. On broadway, a decade ago, the singersongwriter stew who wrote the book and. Although more of a stage play than a film this performance has great acting and great music combined with a heart felt message. Learn how and when to remove this template message. Passing strange, the latest musical put on by short north stage at the garden theater, is the chronicle of an epic journey, the tale of a black musician stew. An enigma of vast contradictions, clarence rivers king loved aristocracys trappings. Passing strange, the 2008 musical with tony award winning book. Geoff ryman, winner of the clarke, nebula and world fantasy awards. Passing strange, the latest musical put on by short north stage at the garden theater, is the chronicle of an epic journey, the tale of a black musician stew looking back, sometimes confused, on his younger, more foolish self. The novels a kids book so it doesnt have to be quite as good. Former professor works to bring edgy theater to columbus 20 years after retirement. Laboratory, the berkeley repertory theatre, the public theater, and beyond. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively american tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race a story that spans the long century from civil war to civil rights.
Full video of the february 20 production of papa doc. Tea alagic news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message. Passing strange tells the dramatic tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and racefrom the todds wedding in 1888 to the 1964 death of ada, one of the last surviving americans born into slavery, to finally the legacy inherited by clarence kings granddaughter, who married a white man and adopted a white child in order to spare her family the legacies of racism. Meticulously directed by mark clayton southers, short north stages production of passing strange is one of surpassing wonder, poetic revelation and immense talent. Passing strange at ujimas new space is what ensemble is all.
Berkeley repertory theater passing strange theater. Short, stout, sporting a wellgroomed goatee, he struts out. The rock musical passing strange, which opened on broadway on thursday, is the fourth show in two years with berkeley lineage to transfer to a major new york stage. If you liked short north stages recent production of passing strange, youll love catcos current show, five guys named moe. Former professor works to bring edgy theater to columbus. Start with the narrator, the fullthroated ron jenkins, clearly the older and wiser version of the unseasoned youth, played with fleetfooted assurance by taylor moss. The chicago tribune passing strange is a passing subtle, detailed intergenerational fantasy with a pulp influenced story and a literary sensibility full of the past and the artefacts it leaves behind. It follows a group of queer women, some of which are magical. Tea alagic born 1972 is a bosnianamerican stage director and creator of devised theater.