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Coraline in the City

December 11th, 2008
Author Russ Burlingame

This just in, from the MC Theater in New York:

World Premiere
May 6 - June 20, 2009
Coraline
music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt
book by David Greenspan
based on the novel by Neil Gaiman
directed by Leigh Silverman

Produced in Association with True Love Productions

Poor bored Coraline. She’s left to rattle ’round her perpetually distracted parents’ house all by her lonesome. Then one day, her dreams of a better reality are answered as she steps through an old oak doorway and passes into a perfected replica of her own world. Greeted there by a vastly loving Other Mother and kindly Other Father, she’s thrilled! But, as the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for…

A musical like no other, Coraline sprang from the minds of three of the most wildly popular cult heroes of our time. Adapted from the truly terrifying children’s book by Neil Gaiman (author of the international sensation Sandman), this tale of menace and mayhem is set to music and lyrics by smart-rock iconoclast Stephin Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields), and boasts a book by celebrated downtown actor-cum-auteur, David Greenspan, who serves double-duty as the villain, Coraline’s suspiciously nurturing Other Mother. Directing is the acclaimed Leigh Silverman (Yellowface, From Up Here).

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UPDATE: For those who didn’t like the original headline, sorry.  I’m, like, the worst New Yorker ever.  I got the e-mail via a “Broadway discounts” site I subscribe to and since I don’t know my way around once I leave Chinatown or the East Village, I assumed.

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3 Responses to “Coraline in the City”
  1. Nat Gertler Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    Umm, Christopher Street ain’t Broadway. The theater is two miles from Times Square, so by the original definition it’s not even off-Broadway.
    (Still sounds like a fun thing to go see!)

  2. Evie Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    I’m really glad you posted that, because the other play they have there in the spring is by Charles Busch, one of my personal heroes, whose new play I hadn’t heard about yet. I think the MCC will be getting a chunk of my tax refund next year.

  3. ejulp (John) Says:
    December 12th, 2008 at 9:08 am

    I LOVE STEPHEN MERRIT…Magnetic Fields is one of the greatest things ever!

    I doubt I’ll be able to travel to see this…hopefully there will be a cd released.

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