Desperately Seeking the Exit
From: Wednesday, 24th April 2013
To: Monday, 20 May 2013
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Synopsis
In 2007, American actor and playwright Peter Michael Marino wrote a huge musical based on the American film "Desperately Seeking Susan" featuring the music of the American band Blondie. It opened on London's West End... and shuttered a month later. WHOOPS! This comic solo train ride about a collective train wreck fills in the blanks of how the £4 million musical was made and unmade. From hatching the idea, to deals with producers, MGM, Debbie Harry and even Madonna; all the way to thrilling workshops, dangerous previews, scathing reviews, closing night and beyond. This 60-minute true tale not only traces the evolution of the high-profile musical from conception to closing, but the journey of an American writer finding his voice in a foreign country that speaks the same language.
Our Review:
1 May 2013
Peter Michael Marino shows that self-deprecation is the height of humour in this one-man-band show about how his West End musical staging of the cult-but-corny 80s film Desperately Seeking Susan using hits by Blondie flopped so dramatically that it had to be pulled just weeks after opening.
In this 70-odd minute performance the US playwright, actor, director and force of nature tells the sometimes painful, always hilarious story of how his baby was made and unmade into a 'hideously deformed' one. The fact that such high profile celebrities including Madonna and Debbie Harry were involved only serves to highlight the magnitude of the mess up.
Although Marino clearly takes pains to avoid the show being only for those who have seen the film it's clearly an advantage if you're familiar with the story. Nevertheless the showing of promotional video footage for his musical around the time it was first staged helps put everything into context.
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Cast
Creative
Peter Michael Marino (Author)
KPS Productions (Producer)
John Clancy (Director)
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