Roadside
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 29, 2001
Closed Dec 23, 2001
Opened Nov 29, 2001
Closed Dec 23, 2001
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Set in the carnival atmosphere of the Old West's traveling shows, Roadside is a love story of two larger than life characters who refuse to settle down and be "house-broke" by the arrival of fences and laws. Book and lyrics are by Tom Jones and music is by Harvey Schmidt.
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Apparently, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt work well under pressure. They tinkered with The Fantasticks for ages until the money to produce it came in, at which point they hammered out a workable draft in three weeks. Roadside, however--their "new musical" at the York Theater--has been on their workbench for over 50 years. They began it as undergrads at the University of Texas, returned to it in the mid-1950s, put it away again, and completed it only recently. As musical gestations go, then, this one is unusually leisurely. And the sad truth is, it shows. The Fantasticks, cobbled together in haste, is a small masterpiece; as for Roadside, someone left the cake out in the rain.
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