Das Barbecü
by Jim Luigs, Scott Warrender

Name: Das Barbecü
Brand: Jim Luigs
SKU: 9780573695360
Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)

Das Barbecü Book Cover — Das Barbecü Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Present Day Flexible Cast Size Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Outer Critics Circle

Nominee: 1995 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Winner! 1995 Theatre World Award, Julie Johnson

Synopsis

A parody on Wagnerian opera.

The action takes place at a ranch and other locations in Texas.

Press Reviews

"The audience certainly gets mixed up in the fun... Mr. Luigs’s lyrics are often breezy and clever, and Mr. Warrender’s music... has verve and melodic grace."
— The New York Times

"A rousing and at times, funny-bone-breaking re-telling of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, reimagined as a Texas fable with merely five actors portraying over 30 characters. Two-step yourself and your partner to Spotlighters and see it. Yeehaw!"
— DC Metro Theater Arts

"Silly, glossy and full of mock-Texas shtick, the show recalls the camp-tastic 1970s TV soaper Dallas – but with loads of singin,’ dancin,’ quick-changin’ and plottin’."
— The Seattle Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Actor 2 NARRATOR, FRICKA, ERDA, NEEDA TROUTT, BACK UP SINGER, KATSY SNAPP, RIVERMAIDEN, VALKYRIE	—	—	NARRATOR, FRICKA, ERDA, NEEDA TROUTT, BACK UP SINGER, KATSY SNAPP, RIVERMAIDEN, VALKYRIE
Actor 3 BRUNNHILDE, NORN, TEXAS RANGER, RIVERMAIDEN	—	—	BRUNNHILDE, NORN, TEXAS RANGER, RIVERMAIDEN
Actor 4 WOTAN, GUNTHER, HAGEN, TEXAS RANGER, GIANT	—	—	WOTAN, GUNTHER, HAGEN, TEXAS RANGER, GIANT
Actor 5 SIEGFRIED, NORN, MILAM LAMAR, ABERICH, GIANT	—	—	SIEGFRIED, NORN, MILAM LAMAR, ABERICH, GIANT
Actor 1 GUTRUNE, NORN, TEXAS RANGER, FREIA, Y-VONNE DUVALL, RIVERMAIDEN, VALKYRIE, TAMBOURINE GIRL	—	—	GUTRUNE, NORN, TEXAS RANGER, FREIA, Y-VONNE DUVALL, RIVERMAIDEN, VALKYRIE, TAMBOURINE GIRL