With all the bad and indifferent news about Coney Island, here’s one to induce a bit of a chuckle. There’s a new play called Cyclone and the Pig-Faced Lady that will be having its world premiere soon as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival. It’s playing, starting September 23, at the TBG Theater. We first saw it posted on Brooklynometry, as it’s written by resident of Windsor Terrace. Here’s something from the NYMTF website about it:
Sally Kaplan’s hit comic book “Cyclone” is set in the glamorous, seedy Coney Island of the 1920’s, where Cyclone, a sultry gypsy heartbreaker, and her freakish twin sister, the Pig-Faced Lady, always save the day. But in the real world, there are no superheroes, and Sally must find a way to become the hero of her own story.
Sort of sounds like a metaphor for the modern day Coney Island too. If Cyclone doesn’t appeal, there’s always a play called Bedbugs!!!, that seems strangely compelling, and plenty of others for that matter.
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1 infirm // Sep 10, 2008 at 4:54 pm
The producers of this so-called musical owe an apology to Sarah Palin and all of the women of America. Why do they hate freedom so much?
2 Omar Robau // Sep 10, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Okay what about a fun Coney musical, not only about Coney Island but also performed at Coney Island.
I can see it now…A dreamy girl from afar lands in Coney Island and falls in love with its vintage charm and eclectic characters and decides to stay and pursue her long-lived dream of opening a fabulous roller skating rink. But she soon learns that Coney’s underbelly is stuffed with varmints out to destroy her. She must gain the courage to find herself and become the fair maiden of Dreamland….”Dreamland: The Musical” (based on a real dream). A zany musical adventure set on wheels…a cross between “Hairspray” and a PG-rated “Warriors” filled with wall to wall disco, rock, and a taste of the oldies but goodies. It will have you feeling pink!