NewsPHOTO CALL: The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Opens Off-BroadwayThe Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, a musical detailing one of the stranger chapters of American pop music history, featuring Annie Golden, Kevin Cahoon and more opened at Playwrights Horizons on June 7.
By
Krissie Fullerton
June 09, 2011
In addition to Golden and Cahoon, the cast of The Shaggs also features Steve Routman, Emily Walton, Peter Friedman, Jamey Hood, Cory Michael Smith and Sarah Sokolovic.
The Shaggs — with book by Joy Gregory; music by Gunnar Madsen; lyrics by Gregory and Madsen; and story by Gregory, Madsen and John Langs — is set in Fremont, NH, in the late 1960s, when a working-class dad (Friedman) "has a vision of rock 'n' roll destiny for his three talentless daughters" (Hood, Sokolovic and Walton). According to PH notes, "[He's] convinced they're his family's one-way ticket out of hardship and obscurity. But the girls have ideas of their own — and as their father's ambition turns to obsession, the price of familial obligation becomes all too clear."
Here's a look at opening night:
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The performance schedule for The Shaggs is Tuesdays at 7 PM, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2:30 PM & 8 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Single tickets, at $75, may be purchased online via TicketCentral.com, by phone at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8 PM daily), or in person at the Ticket Central Box Office, 416 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues).
For more information about the not-for-profit co-producers, visit www.playwrightshorizons.org or www.nytw.org.
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The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Opens Off-Broadway
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World Opens Off-Broadway
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, a musical detailing one of the stranger chapters of American pop music history, featuring Annie Golden, Kevin Cahoon and more opened at Playwrights Horizons on June 7. Read the Playbill.com story.
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The cast of The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
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Emily Walton, Jamey Hood and Sarah Sokolovic
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Betty Wiggin Porter, Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin Semprini, Rachel Wiggin Gould and Kevin Cahoon
Jeff Prout
Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin Semprini, Jamey Hood, Sarah Sokolovic, Betty Wiggin Porter and Emily Walton
The Max Martin musical features a number of his most beloved songs, including “…Baby One More Time,” “Roar,” “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and more.
