ASYLUM: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 14, 2006
Closed Oct 1, 2006
Opened Sep 14, 2006
Closed Oct 1, 2006
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The York Theatre Company presents the world premiere of the new musical ASYLUM: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, featuring a book by June Bingham and music and lyrics by Carmel Owen. Fabrizio Melano directs, with musical direction and arrangements by Bob Goldstone. Carolann Page heads the cast in the role of Mary Lincoln.
Ten years after the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Mary Todd Lincoln faces off against her late husband's former political allies and her only remaining son as they attempt to have her committed to an asylum for her erratic behavior. Witness the greatest challenge of her life as she fights those she trusted most, the country that once loved her, and the ghosts of a haunted past to keep alive the love that she and her husband shared.
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Michael John LaChuisa aside, First Ladies don't get much attention in musical theater. In fact, once their husbands are out of office, First Ladies don't get much attention, period. True, Betty Ford will always be remembered for her clinic, and as for Jackie Kennedy, she was surely the poster child for marrying well. And then there is Mary Todd Lincoln, who is best known, if she's known at all, for going crazy after old Abe's assassination. Or did she?
ASYLUM: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, the new musical at the York Theatre Company, provides a fresh take on the subject, and taken as an examination of women's rights circa 1875, it's fascinating. As a musical, however, it's a dud.
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