WORLD PREMIERE OF RANDY NEWMAN’S “HARPS AND ANGELS”
AT MARK TAPER FORUM IN NOVEMBER 2010
Grand Finale of 2010 Season to Feature Music and Lyrics of Beloved Songwriter
The infectious music and lyrics of one of America’s most beloved songwriters will be featured as the grand finale of the Taper’s 2010 season, it was announced today by Michael Ritchie. The world premiere of Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels will be presented November 10 through December 19, 2010. Opening is November 21.
Harps and Angels, which has music and lyrics by Randy Newman, is conceived by Jack Viertel. A director will be announced soon.
Not to pile on South Coast Rep, but I hope it's better than The Education of Randy Newman.
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But whatever happened to Randy's "Faust"? It wasn't great by any means, but certainly worth a listen.
One could schedule a full season of little-known musicals and operas by pop/rock songwriters: "Frank's Wild Years" (Waits, produced by Steppenwolf, I think, about a decade ago), Van Dyke Parks' 1991 Uncle Remus adaptation "Jump!" (which is truly a classic, check it out if you can), Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" (which has had a production or two recently). "Passing Strange"? Feh.
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