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The Beastly Bombing — L.A.'s Cult Theatre Hit Comes to Chicago

Trap Door Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Title: The Beastly Bombing
Venue: Trap Door Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50
Rating: 3.0 stars

Rated 3.0 by 8 members who went.

Framed by the plot mechanisms and charming music of a 19th-century Gilbert and Sullivan-esque comic operetta, The Beastly Bombing is a romance about white supremacists and Al Qaeda terrorists plotting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. The show's controversial but hilarious take on modern politics, fundamentalism and the war on terror has produced a touchstone event, leading to debate about which issues comedy can address in our polarized society.

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Members Who Went Said:

2 Star Rating
Written on
May 05 2008

KOH

KOH

A good show but this was the last night. Not as funny as I was led to believe but enjoyable in any case.

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4 Star Rating
Written on
Apr 30 2008

Anonymous Member

Supremely profane, hysterical, outlandish and wonderful! Thank you! The nation really needs this production right now.

*two things for Trap Door Theatre: please avoid mercilessly shoe-horning folks into the tiny theatre and ... get a bigger theatre! You all deserve much better!

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3 Star Rating
Written on
Apr 28 2008

Annie

Annie

I had a great time at this show! The young, energetic cast, and hilarious music kept me laughing the whole time!

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Event Highlights

  • "The first great work of comedy to emerge from the post-9/11 little planet of horrors.” --The Huffington Post
  • "An equal opportunity offender." --L.A. Times
  • “A striking concoction of urbane nihilism and Victorian charm. It could become a cult classic, a political valentine to the first decade of the new century…it’s Dr. Strangelove meets HMS Pinafore.” --The LA Weekly

More Details About This Event:

Libretto by Julien Nitzberg

Music by Roger Neill

Directed and choreographed by Kevin Remington

Originally directed in Los Angeles by Julien Nitzberg

Musical direction by Michelle Hackman

Cast: Tiffany Bedwell, Noah Durham, Matthew Gottlieb, John Gray, Michelle Hackman, Steve Konet, Alyssa Nicole Larson, Melissa Law, Andrew Luckenbill, Gabriel Pastrana, Alzan Pelesic and featuring Stephen Lydic as the President of the United States.

About Trap Door Theatre:

Trap Door Theatre maintains a family of artists, loyal to each other, the art, and their own artistic integrity.

Incorporated in March of 1994, Trap Door Theatre took their three-year tradition of touring European Theatres and Festivals and transferred it to Chicago's world renowned Off-Loop Theatre scene. Residing in it's permanent home, which is a 45 seat, 900 square foot converted performance space in Bucktown, Trap Door has presented over sixty productions on the cusp of its ninth season, winning the praise of critics and patrons that catapults a whirlwind of activity, keeping the doors open five days a week.