Passing Strange
by Annie Dorsen, Heidi Rodewald, Stew

Name: Passing Strange
Brand: Annie Dorsen
SKU: 9780822224006
Rating: 4.31 (3 reviews)

BroadwayOff-Broadway

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Highlights

Female

Male

120 mins1980sRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk AwardTony Award

Winner! 2008 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Winner! Three 2008 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical Nominee: Seven 2008 Tony Awards Nominee: Seven 2008 Drama Desk Awards

Synopsis

From singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew comes Passing Strange , a daring musical that takes you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity and theatrical convention.

Stew brings us the story of a young bohemian who charts a course for “the real” through sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.

Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin, and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.

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Press Reviews

"Smashes Broadway clichés with an electric guitar and the funniest libretto I can remember."
— New York Magazine

"The freshest musical in town! The songs rock harder than anything else on Broadway."
— Wall Street Journal

"With excellent songs and a vulnerable heart, Passing Strange could join Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a punk musical milestone."
— Variety

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Mother	—	—	—
Youth	—	—	—
Terry A bad kid at church	—	—	A bad kid at church
Sherry Another bad kid at church	—	—	Another bad kid at church
Mr. Franklin Church pianist, youth choir director	—	—	Church pianist, youth choir director
Edwina A teenage goddess	—	—	A teenage goddess
Renata An abstract artist and café waitress	—	—	An abstract artist and café waitress
Christophe An academic who moonlights	—	—	An academic who moonlights
Joop A body liberationist	—	—	A body liberationist
Marianna A neo-hippy	—	—	A neo-hippy
Hugo A militant music critic	—	—	A militant music critic
Sudabey An avant-garde filmmaker and writer	—	—	An avant-garde filmmaker and writer
Desi A den mother and social engineer	female	—	A den mother and social engineer
Mr. Venus A performance artist	—	—	A performance artist
Narrator	—	—	—