Promenade
by Maria Irene Fornes, Al Carmines
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Awards & Recognition
Winner! 1970 Obie Award for Best Musical
Synopsis
This absurdist delight – a groundbreaking off-Broadway hit – follows the Candide -like travails of two escaped prisoners, known only by their numbers, as they make their way into and through The City, where the poor and homeless mingle with the Idle Rich.
The messages range from “Live with your own truth (whether you like it or not)” to “Riches make you dumb.”
Al Carmines’ music is a magical blend that takes the audience from rock to blues, from Puccini to Noël Coward.
Thrilling numbers such as “Capricious and Fickle,” “The Clothes Make the Man,” and “Listen, I Feel” pepper this abstract fantasia of song and dance.
Press Reviews
"Bizarre and sneakily thrilling... A piece of experimental theater that started as a one-act at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village in 1965, then expanded to become an unlikely off-Broadway hit in 1969, Promenade is zany. It is lumpy. It is also gorgeous."
— The New York Times, 2019
Characters
| Character |
|---|
105 |
106 |
JAILER |
SERVANT |
MISS I |
MISS O |
MISS U |
MR. R |
MR. S |
MR. T |
WAITER |
ROSITA |
DISHWASHER |
MAYOR |
MOTHER SOLDIER I / DRIVERSOLDIER II / INJURED MAN |
Videos
Promenade – New York City Center Encores! Trailer
Publication
Promenade is a play written by Maria Irene Fornes and published by Concord Theatricals.
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