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Blue Hill Troupe presents:

Thespis

Musical Comedy | Opera | Burlesque

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Performance Date was June 16, 2008

Location:
Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
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Website: bht.org/thespis.php3

Synopsis:
The Blue Hill Troupe is thrilled to present the premiere of a brand new version of Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, Gilbert and Sullivan's long-lost burlesque about a troupe of hapless actors who trade places with the world-weary gods. Thespis was the pair's first collaboration in 1871, but Sullivan's music was lost with his effects, and only two songs endured: "Little Maid of Arcadee," a hit single of the day, and "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain," which the pair recycled in The Pirates of Penzance. Now, 12-time Grammy Award-winner Thomas Z. Shepard...

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Location:
Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

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New York Spotlight:
July 2008

Working Title

[title of show] transfers to Broadway, while Sean Hayes, Jane Krakowski, and Cheyenne Jackson headline Damn Yankees and Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson, and Caryn Lyn-Manuel star in Hair. Additional highlights include Alan Cumming in The Bacchae, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes in Gate/Beckett, and Jamie Farr and Anita Gillette in Flamingo Court. Full Story

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