The Big Voice: God or Merman?
by Jim Brochu, Steve Schalchlin

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Highlights

Male

120 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

In The Big Voice , Jim and Steve have musicalized their longterm relationship and hilariously proved that theatre is as much a calling as religion.

This high-energy, razzle-dazzle show chronicles the lives of a Baptist from Arkansas and a Catholic from Brooklyn who find eternal salvation in the temple of musical theatre.

The show “traces the couple’s meeting aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, Steve’s struggle with AIDS, the production of their hit off-Broadway musical The Last Session , their separation and their reconciliation.

It’s a comedy about a gay marriage between two men created by the couple themselves.”

Press Reviews

"The Big Voice is unconventional and perhaps unlikely, but this story of a mismatched couple, musical comedy-style, is funny, touching and warmly endearing."
— Variety

"Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin have made fantastic theater out of the drama of their lives. High on the LOL-meter. Laughs and heart to spare."
— The Village Voic

"Side-splitting! A hilarious and utterly enthralling evening of musical theater. Marvel at the romantic sweep of their songs. Here art is achieved with light hands, and the result is a triumphant and very touching song of praise to everyday love and the funky glories of the show business life."
— The New York Times