Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
This Halloween, sink into the world of a New Orleans-style ghost story musical, a tall tale full of highballs and oddballs, hobgoblins and hemoglobin. With musical influences that range from Tom Lehrer to Tom Waits, Kurt Weill to barbershop quartet, with lots of surprises, monsters, and smutty talk along the way, Beau Fib is like no musical you've ever heard before.
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The last date listed for Beau Fib was Saturday November 21, 2009 / 8:00pm (Closing Night). (view all dates)
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It was a good show. I little on the long side, but very well done.
The theater is an intimate little space. They made good use of it, although acoustically the instruments, especially the drums, were too loud for the vocals. The plot was bizarre and didn't make too much sense. The only reason why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is because Father Christmas, Honey, and Mike Gray were fantastic singers and actors. Unfortunately, the lead was not as strong, which made me not enjoy this musical as much because he was virtually in every scene. I wish the play was shorter--and that's not a sign of a good production.
It's a bit hard to describe what it is about. It does become a bit clearer at the end. The actors were good but the story is strange.
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The Powerhouse Theatre, located in the heart of Santa Monica, is the home of an arts organization that has established itself as a leading community-based theater company. The theater combines old-style architecture with a modern interior recently outfitted with new carpeting, audience seating, stereo sound system and lighting equipment. Outdoors, the theater features a redwood deck in the cour
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The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble kicks off its season with an unprecedented bang – the world premiere of Beau Fib, the Ensemble’s first musical. The show, written by Myles Nye, employs a mischievous and talented team that includes director Andy Goldblatt and music director Scott Passarella. The show contains music by John Graney and Andy Hentz, with Hentz responsible for composing and arrangements.
The cast includes such Ensemble staples as Christopher Young*, Catherine Talton, Jim Merson, Mike Kindle* and Matthew Schueller. Cat Davis*, Scott Palmason*, Chris Sheets, Cristopher Karbo, Ashley Bryant, and Marie Petit round out the cast. Beau Fib is recommended for mature audiences. *Members of Actors’ Equity
“I was at the first reading for the script, three years ago.” Producer Evan Drane said, “and I participated in awe at what was before me: characters I had never before seen, traveling in a world I didn’t know could exist. This show has a playful nihilism, bucking several musical conventions, while retaining a peculiar - and very funny - joie de vivre. Diehard fans and newcomers alike will love this musical.”
This Halloween, sink into the world of a New Orleans-style ghost story musical, a tall tale full of highballs and oddballs, hobgoblins and hemoglobin. Our protagonist, the eponymous Beau Fib, embarks on a quest to find out why he wore his good shoes, something he'd never do without a special occasion. On his journey, he joins forces a heartbroken soldier, a derelict priest, and an acid-tongued stripper. As they reel from danger and stagger into peril, their quest story unfolds through musical influences that range from Tom Lehrer to Tom Waits, Kurt Weill to barbershop quartet, with lots of surprises, monsters, and smutty talk along the way. The humor is dark, the characters are twisted, the whole thing stinks of booze-- it's like no musical you've ever been to before.
Myles Nye from Oakland California is a writer, dancer, and Magna Cum Laude graduate of UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. Since graduating in 2003, he has written and produced scavenger hunts and reality TV challenges as well as winning the first ever Playwrights Survivor Challenge at Orange County's STAGESTheater and the Rogue Artist Ensemble's Script Submission contest. Myles's play "Dirt Cheap Musicals" was nominated for best new play in 2004, and he performs improv comedy at ComedySportzLA.
Originally from Palo Alto, Andy Goldblatt graduated from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in 2002. Her work on Days of Our Lives earned her a Director’s Guild of America Award nomination, and she is co-creator of Kitten Vs. Newborn (Adult Swim). Her award-winning short films have screened in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles’ underground comedy channel, 101, of which she is a founding member. She is associate artistic director of ComedySportzLA and teaches and performs improv all over Southern California.
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