Licensing Company: Concord Theatricals
Reefer Madness
Warning! Keep your children indoors! Reefer Madness is sweeping New York! The musical, based on the 1936 "scare film" of the same name, introduces you to a batch of seemingly naive young people who all fall into the seamy world of drugs, despair and murder after smoking marijuana. You’ll be hard pressed to find anything as satiric off-Broadway this year--so put on your tie-dye gear and head to the Variety Arts for this trippy new musical.
Reefer Madness
PROGRAMMED INSTRUMENTS
Piano/Conductor
$300.00
Warning! Keep your children indoors! Reefer Madness is sweeping New York! The musical, based on the 1936 “scare film” of the same name, introduces you to a batch of seemingly naive young people who all fall into the seamy world of drugs, despair and murder after smoking marijuana. You’ll be hard pressed to find anything as satiric off-Broadway this year–so put on your tie-dye gear and head to the Variety Arts for this trippy new musical.
PROGRAMMING NOTES
The licensed orchestration is based on the Original 2001 Off-Broadway production at the Variety Arts Theatre in NYC.
This version is orchestrated to be conducted from the Piano/Conductor/Keyboard 1 book by the Music Director.
ORIGINAL MUSIC TEAM
Creators, Composer, Lyricist: Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Music Director & Supervisor: David Manning
Orchestrations by: David Manning & Nathan Wang
ORIGINAL 2001 OFF BROADWAY BAND:
David Manning
Bryan Crook
Liam Hurley
Oscar Rodriguez
Jonathan Wilkins
SHOW DESCRIPTION
Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.
You won’t be able to resist the spoofy fun of Reefer Madness. The addictive, clever musical numbers range from big Broadway-style showstoppers to swing tunes like “Down at the Ol’ Five and Dime” and the Vegas-style “Listen to Jesus, Jimmy,” featuring J.C. Himself leading a chorus of showgirl angels. Refeer Madness is a highly stylized and satirical political commentary that will leave you wanting more.