The Last Starfighter, the Musical, Beams Down Into World Premiere in NYC
By Kenneth Jones
21 Sep 2004
The Last Starfighter, a world premiere science fiction musical inspired by the 1984 screenplay of the motion picture of the same name, will open the 2004-05 season of Off Broadway's Storm Theatre, Oct. 15-30.
The musical marks the return of lyricist-composer Skip Kennon (Herringbone, Time and Again) and draws on the Jonathan Betuel screenplay, about a teen video-game player enlisted to save a universe. Fred Landau penned the libretto. (The movie marked the last film appearance of Robert Preston.)
Storm artistic director Peter Dobbins will direct a cast that includes DeeGee Brandemour, Brad Coolidge, Bernardo De Paula, Jan Herndon, Patrick Heusinger,
Paul Jackel (The Secret Garden), Hugh Brandon Kelly, Joseph Kolinski (Titanic, The Human Comedy), Julia Motyka, Georga Osborne, William Parry (Sunday in the Park With George, Assassins), Catherine Remmert, Jonathan Richard Sandler, Heather Spore and Travis Walters.
According to production notes, "In a small town nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1983, Alex Rogan is about to discover the adventure of a lifetime. An 18-year-old
with an uncertain future, Alex becomes the master of a video game only to discover that Centauri, a huckster trying to save his vulnerable galaxy and make a
little money in the process, put it on Earth as a testing ground. Centauri offers Alex membership in an elite cadre of space pilots charged with protecting the universe. Alex must find a way to reach his potential, while a great danger
looms out in space, waiting for him."
The Last Starfighter will have choreography and musical staging by Jennifer Paulson Lee. Designers are Todd Ivins (set), E. Shura Pollatsek (costume), Michael Abrams (lighting) and Matthew Given (sound).
Performances will be Mondays through Saturday evenings at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM. The Storm Theatre is located at 145 West 46th Street.
Tickets to all performances will be $19 and are available through SmartTix at (212) 206-1515 or online at www.smarttix.com.
For group reservations 10 or more, call (212) 730-3960.
For more information, visit www.stormtheatre.com.
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