Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly
by Dick Gallagher, Mark Waldrop, Howard Crabtree
Awards & Recognition
Winner! 1997 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue Winner! 1997 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical Winner! 1997 Obie Award, SPecial Citation for Howard Crabtree’s Book
Synopsis
In this side-splitting musical extravaganza by the creators of Howard Crabtree’s Whoop Dee Doo!
, new heights of hilarity are achieved in a series of outrageous skits celebrating gay life and creating an opportunity for uproarious, over-the-top costumes.
The vibrant score includes huge production numbers like “Over the Top” and “Wear Your Vanity With Pride,” along with the heartbreaking ballad “Laughing Matters,” which Bette Midler famously recorded on her album Bathhouse Betty .
Press Reviews
"Crabtree’s creations send When Pigs Fly soaring to silly heights… Waldrop’s lyrics are skillful and funny."
— New York Daily News
"A hog-heaven of silliness!"
— The Newark Star-Ledger
"A good old-fashioned revue given a gay new-fashioned twist and the kind of fantasticated costumes that could have your eyes out on stalks… Gallagher's music is glitter bright and tuneful."
— New York Post
"Exceptionally cheerful… [with] enough hilarity, wit and outre humor to evoke that era when bright, irreverent revues were commonplace on Broadway… This show works."
— The New York Times
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Taylor |
Frank |
Brian |
Jacob |
Howard |
Publication
Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly is a play written by Dick Gallagher and published by Samuel French (1999).
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Samuel French · 1999 · 66 pp
Performance Rights
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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