Grand Theft Musical

Written and Directed by Lissa Moira / Music Direction by Andy Peterson /
Choreographed by Carlos Gomez, J. Alan Hanna & Mallory Brophy

Theater for the New City, East Village, NYC

A boisterous, bawdy, bang-bang musical comedy, which openly purloins from some of the greatest examples of the genre to hilarious effect.  The cast of 19 characters includes a powerful, bisexual, vindictive columnist and his network of adorable spies; a ridiculously successful good guy Broadway producer, his gorgeous super-smart stripper girlfriend, and his envious sneaky business partner; an exceedingly dangerous mafia Don and his tap-dancing nephew; a larger-than-life Broadway director - a big bear of a man who is an unapologetic Socialist; a beautiful, sensitive suicidal actress and wide-eyed, optimistic writer composer - a stunningly insufferable super-star British couple who invite sexual intrigue; and a highly talented acid-tongued choreographer. How they relate to, deal and double-deal with, fall in and out of love and in and out of bed with each other, while singing and dancing up a storm, constitutes the plot.  Grand Theft Musical is a sophisticatedly silly, satirical lampoon yet warm embrace of Broadway and all things theater.  Beg, borrow but please don’t steal a ticket to Grand Theft Musical.