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Piper Theatre Presents
XANADU – The Musical
Summer Camp - '70s style - Rolls into Brooklyn This Summer!
Roller-Skating Musical Comedy Makes its Brooklyn Premiere Free and Outdoors
Thursdays and Fridays in July at the Old Stone House, Washington Park
July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 8pm
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For more information, contact Deb Orr at [email protected]
Piper Theatre brings the unrestrained fun and fashions of the 1970s to the Old Stone
House this July, as we proudly present the Brooklyn premiere of "Xanadu," the musical
comedy adapted from the 1980 cult classic film starring Olivia Newton-John.
Piper Theatre is celebrating its seventh season of free, outdoor summer theatre at the Old
Stone House's Washington Field and has chosen "Xanadu" as its first-ever main stage
musical production. Washington Park's newly renovated playground and gardens now
make it one of the most beautiful destinations in Brooklyn, so come see what the
neighborhood is buzzing about and stay for the best free theatre in any of the five
boroughs. "Xanadu"'s tongue-in-cheek humor, its soundtrack featuring classic ELO tunes
*and* "Have You Never Been Mellow," and last but not least, the fact that the cast is on
rollerskates for almost the entire production makes it the summertime-perfect escape for
Brooklynites of every age and cultural stripe.
The musical looks back on the glittery innocence of the late 1970s with an equal mix of
love and parody. The story, by Douglas Carter Beane (the award-winning playwright of
"The Little Dog Laughed" and "Lysistrata Jones"), is set in Venice Beach circa 1980 and
centers on Kira, a Greek muse who descends from Mt. Olympus in order to inspire
Sonny, a struggling street artist, to realize his grand artistic vision and open a roller disco.
As is often the case when Greek demigods are involved with mortals, star-crossed love
ensues, along with plot-twisting complications from jealous Olympian relatives.
"Xanadu" is an Equity showcase directed by Piper Theatre founder/artistic director John
P. McEneny and choreographed by Karen Curlee (Together In Dance). Its set and
costume design painstakingly recreate the Venice Beach of the late '70s, paying homage
to the street art and visual style emblematic to that place and time, a West Coast
counterpart to New York City's more famous underground art scene.
If you can't make it to Fire Island this summer, no sweat - "Xanadu"'s Venice Beach is
coming to you right here in Park Slope!
Also:
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Free and Outdoors at The Old Stone House - July 7, 14, 21 at 8pm
Piper Theatre Original Production Inspired by H.G. Wells' classic novel
Devised by the Piper Collaborative:
Chris Cariker
Vasile Flutur
Zoë Fraser
Nicholas Guastella
Matthew Luceno
John P. McEneny
Aaron Novak
Lucas Syed
Chinaza Uche
Piper Theatre presents a little Gothic horror to put a chill in the night air! "The Island of
Dr. Moreau" sends up enough Victorian-style shivers to keep audiences on the edge of
their lawn chairs, for this mystical and savage tale of science run amok. Piper's original
adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel uses physical storytelling to
heighten "Moreau"'s sense of otherworldly spookiness - as if a mad doctor, a mysterious
island and strange beasts (or so they appear) weren't enough. All ages welcome.