Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 17, 2009
Closed May 3, 2009
Opened Apr 17, 2009
Closed May 3, 2009
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Prospect Theater Company presents the world premiere of the new bluegrass musical Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, with book, music, and lyrics by Peter Mills. Cara Reichel directs.
The work is adapted by Mills and Reichel from J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, and re-set in the wilds of 1930's Appalachia. On the run and desperate, outlaw Clayton Monroe appears one evening at the door of fiesty Maggie McFarland and her father J.M., a moonshiner. J.M. hires Clay to protect his daughter from the revenuers, as well as her overly attentive fiancee, Luther, and the conniving neighbor, Hazel. Left alone together, spitfire Maggie softens, and Clay begins to see himself through her eyes, becoming the "golden boy" she has always envisioned would find her. This tale of an unlikely hero, a backwoods romance, and a slapdash murder make for a darkly comic and truly American story of self-discovery.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge shines on 59th!
I laughed out loud throughout this show! I loved it! Im a Southerner and the music was great. I thought the band might steal the show at one point but everyone in the cast was so entertaining you cant choose a favorite! This show will make you forget your troubles, go see it!!
Reviewed by LizzieMac
on Thursday, Apr 16th, 2009
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It's unlikely that rioting will break out at the Prospect Theatre Company's
Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, now debuting at 59E59 Theaters. Indeed, while watching Peter Mills' Appalachian-flavored musical adaptation of J.M. Synge's 1907 classic Playboy of the Western World, a collective sigh of indifference from the audience seems more likely. Under co-adapter Cara Reichel's direction, the performers give it their all -- and some have more to give than others -- but the overall effect is a tiresome, unimaginative redaction rife with cultural stereotypes that don't go down well in a post-PC environment. Just because this is New York City, does this make poor, ignorant hill people fair game?
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