Adrift in Macao
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Opened Feb 13, 2007
Closed Mar 4, 2007
Opened Feb 13, 2007
Closed Mar 4, 2007
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Receiving its New York premiere is the hilarious and irreverent new film noir musical parody, Adrift in Macao, with book & lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick. Mixing together farce, camp, and tongue-in-cheek wit, it spins the tale of five quirky characters stranded in a Casablanca-like locale in the Far East. Complete with intrigue, silliness and a playfully melodic score!
Directed by Sheryl Kaller with choreography by Christopher Gattelli and musical direction by Fred Lassen, the seven-member cast features Sunset Boulevard Tony nominee Alan Campbell, Will Swenson, and from the Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of Macao, Rachel deBenedet, Orville Mendoza, and Michele Ragusa, each of whom won Barrymore Awards for their performances. They will be joined by Jonathan Rayson and Elisa Van Duyne.
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Light, silly, and sweetly sophomoric, Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick's musical Adrift in Macao, now at Primary Stages, is a parody of 1940s film noir, complete with tough guy, guns, danger, and good-looking dames with a past. Lest there be any mistake about the genre being lampooned: During the show's opening number, a character hauls out the statue of the falcon that was made famous in the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie, The Maltese Falcon.
For all its charms, however, Adrift in Macao lacks a needed edge. It's not just Durang-Lite, it's Durang-Late; this kind of parody has been done before. Think of much of Charles Busch's work -- except that the leading lady in Macao is actually a w[...]