The Opposite of Sex
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 2, 2004
Closed Oct 31, 2004
Opened Oct 2, 2004
Closed Oct 31, 2004
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Magic Theatre, San Francisco's premiere home for new plays, opens its 2004-2005 Season with the world premiere of The Opposite of Sex, a wickedly funny new musical based on the cult-favorite film of the same name. With music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen, book by Cohen and Robert Jess Roth and directed by Roth, the show brings Broadway talent to San Francisco, including Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba and Kerry Butler.
Based on the screenplay by Don Roos, the musical follows the misadventures of Dedee Truit (Butler), a 16-year-old girl, who upon the death of her stepfather, runs away from home and settles in with her gay stepbrother, Bill. She quickly grows bored in the small Midwestern town, wreaks havoc on Bill and his best friend Lucia (Ziemba), seduces his boyfriend Matt, and takes off with him. With Bill and Lucia giving chase, Dedee trash-talkes, seduces and blackmails her way from Lousiana to LA and back, leaving behind a trail of comic catastrophes.
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Magic Theatre
38 Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Magic Theatre exists to offer the contemporary playwright an artistic home that is nurturing and challenging, truthful and passionate. The Magic is committed to developing and producing the work of theater artists who share our obsessions, and we are [...] Read More
38 Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Magic Theatre exists to offer the contemporary playwright an artistic home that is nurturing and challenging, truthful and passionate. The Magic is committed to developing and producing the work of theater artists who share our obsessions, and we are [...] Read More
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The Magic Theatre's new musical version of The Opposite of Sex is hardly
the opposite of good -- but if you're a scrappy little musical aiming for the big
time, "not bad" isn't nearly good enough. Broadway producers Fran and Barry Weissler were in the audience on opening night, so New York ambitions for this show are hardly the stuff of fantasy. Yet, at this early stage, Sex feels like an amiable Off-Broadway musical.
There's a lot that works in the production, and most of it comes directly from writer-director Don Roos's screenplay for his 1998 movie of the same title. That's smart: Roos's story of a pregnant 16-year-old truant and her penchant for causing trouble wherever she goes is fill[...]