Lysistrata
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 15, 2002
Closed Jun 30, 2002
Opened Jun 15, 2002
Closed Jun 30, 2002
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Robert Brustein's new adaptation of Aristophanes' irreverent anti-war farce Lysistrata features the music of Galt MacDermot (Hair). Set in modern times, this is the story of "Lys," the wife of the president of an unnamed country, as she organizes all the wives to boycott their husbands' bedrooms until the men put an end to senseless war. Cherry Jones stars in the title role.
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It may rank as one of the most disappointing events in Philadelphia theater history. Lysistrata, a new musical adaptation of Aristophanes' anti-war satire, arrives at the Prince Music Theater amidst a storm of controversy. A co-production of the Prince and Boston's much-admired American Repertory Theatre, the production garnered considerable national attention when A.R.T. artistic director Robert Brustein rejected Larry Gelbart's adaptation as being "crassly commercial" and star Cherry Jones, along with director Andrei Serban, derided it as "vulgar" and "bawdy." As a result, Brustein chose to pen the book of the musical himself; given the endless parade of s[...]