Black and White Ball
From: Tuesday, 25th March 2008
To: Sunday, 4 May 2008
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Synopsis
In 1960’s New York, Leah enters a dilapidated but elegant ballroom, searching for answers to a mystery that has haunted her since childhood. Who murdered Jay St John, a celebrated author and her beloved step-father, twenty years ago in this very room? And can she clear the cloud of suspicion over her mother’s head? She summons the ghost of Jay to help her remember...
Our Review:
9 April 2008
Truman Capote’s black and white ball in 1966 was billed as the party of the century. Somehow my invitation got lost in the post, so I’ll just have to belatedly make do with this lame little musical mystery by Warner Brown using two dozen well chosen songs by Cole Porter.
The Black and White Ball marks the re-launch of the refurbished King’s Head, and one’s pleasure at the event – the uncomfortable seating has been replaced by a different sort of squash-up on narrow red banquettes - is slightly tempered by the weakness of the first offering. An orphan girl revisits an old ballroom in search of her dead stepfather.
Who killed the guy? The story unravels forward as Jay St John (Chris Ellis-Stanton) finds his feet as a writer in 1940s New York thanks to the promotion of a svelte literary lioness Suzanne (Katherine Kingsley) whom he marries but two-times with a drag queen called Ron (Mark McGee).
The characters are mere ciphers and the orphan girl...
Creative
Cole Porter (Music)
Cole Porter (Lyrics)
Warner Brown (Book)
King's Head (Producer)
Matthew White (Director)
Larry Blank (supervisor/orchestrator) (Music)
Charlie Gridlan (Design)
Rick Fisher (Lighting)
Mark Bousie (Musical Director)
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