Winner Take All: A Rock Opera

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[Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of roundups on the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival.]


Heaven and Hell engage in a battle of the bands in Winner Take All (A Rock Opera), at the Bleecker Theatre. Featuring a book and score by Claudia Brevis and Skip Brevis, with direction and choreography by John Carrafa, the piece has some amusing moments, but loses steam well before the final confrontation.

The musical centers on star-crossed lovers Catie (Anna Eilinsfeld) and Ricky (Jared Zirilli), whose time on Earth is cut short by the latter's death in a motorcycle accident. Ricky finds himself admitted -- without an audition -- to Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, but would do anything t[...]