Black Friday, This Weekend

Black Friday, the epic rock opera music thesis of Sam Ottinger '09, debuts tonight and is playing until Saturday at the '92 Theater.

This description is from early last semester, but according to Aural Wes the show still promises to be a macabre musical tale of American consumerism and blind religious rapture:

This opera is inspired by God, Death and the mall. The music, a mix of stoner metal/drone/jazz/classical & tom waits. The place, anytown U.S.A. Shopping Mall built inside of a MEGA-CHURCH. The day, Black Friday, the annal orgy consumer culture. The people, Seven sinners left behind after the rapture by a Zeus like Demi-god who urges them on as they decide their fates. There's a chorus of shoppers, a chorus of angels and demons, a pervert who loves God more than anything but can't help watching women change, an alcoholic security guard, a money grubbing evangelist and a power crazed prophet. EVERYONE DIES...almost...

Free Preview:
Wednesday, Feb 25th: 11:00pm
(No ticket necessary, just show up)

Performances:
Thursday, Feb 26th: 8:00pm
Friday, Feb 27th: 8:00pm
Saturday, Feb 28th: 2:00pm and 9:00 pm
(tickets available for free at the box office the day of the performance)

The show will run about two hours, including a fifteen-minute intermission.

More info on Facebook and Aural Wes.

Songs for a New World

Second Stage presents Songs for a New World, directed and choreographed by Elizabeth Trammell '10, music directed by Steph Ross '09.

Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

A six-person cast will take you through a musical journey, portraying an array of characters from Christopher Columbus to the wife of Santa Claus, to more modern stories, such as a woman searching for love in wealth and a young man hoping that basketball will be his ticket out of the ghetto. Ultimately, the show teaches us about ourselves and our journeys throughout the stories and characters of today, accompanied by the music of a new world.

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Showtimes:
Thursday, Nov. 20th, 8 pm
Friday, Nov. 21st, 8pm
Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2pm & 8pm
Where: WestCo Cafe
Cost: Free

Wesleyan Production Sponsored by Second Stage
Sponsored in part by the Adelphic Educational Fund
Songs for a New World is presented through arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

This weekend: The Kotov Syndrome

Ankur Verma '10 writes:

The Kotov Syndrome is an original musical which will go up at the WestCo Café this Thursday (Nov. 13), Friday (Nov. 14th) and Saturday (Nov. 15th).

Union and Annie are two friends who have ended up living together in an apartment. Knowing each other since they were children, their lifelong friendship seems to have been held together through a mutual interest in chess. However, when long withheld emotions finally surface in a misunderstanding, their relationship is changed forever, and ultimately leads to a murder. This is an original show written by Robert Rusli, and directed by Ankur Verma, which is a contemporary musical told in a non-linear approach.

Date: Thurs., Nov. 13; Fri., Nov. 14; Sat., Nov. 15
Time: 8:00 PM; 3:00 PM (Saturday only)
Place: WestCo Café