Johnny Guitar
by Joel Higgins, Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, Martin Silvestri
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Synopsis
This laugh-filled musical based on the legendary Joan Crawford cult western embraces and sends up fifties-style movie acting, melodramatic romance and rough-and-tumble cowboy action.
Featuring a sensational score with echoes of doo-wop and steamy southwestern ballads, Johnny Guitar tells the story of a sultry saloon keeper and her jealous nemesis, the town’s tycoon.
When a handsome stranger with a secret past rides into town, the stage is set for a hilarious showdown unike anything the Old West – or the theatre – has ever seen!
Press Reviews
"Screwy fun! A rip-snorting, bang ’em up, rootin’, tootin’ good time!"
— WOR Radio
"Staged with the agreeable goofiness of a Mel Brooks spoof."
— Newsday
Publication
Johnny Guitar is a play written by Joel Higgins and published by Concord Theatricals (2004).
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Concord Theatricals · 2004 · 99 pp
Performance Rights
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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