A rare revival of the funny, rowdy, sexy Tony Award-nominated musical The Robber Bridegroom. It’s a comic adult Southern fairy tale about a charming gentleman bandit, the rich plantation owner’s daughter he loves, the wicked, sex starved stepmother who wants her dead, and an evil thief who carries his brother’s head around in a trunk - all set to an infectious Broadway/bluegrass score. Book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry and music by Robert Waldman based on the 1942 Eudora Welty novella.
“It’s a Southern, country Appalachian, bluegrass celebration,” enthuses director Todd Nielsen. “It’s been beautifully adapted from the novella, bringing out all the colorful, rough and ready characters that Eudora Welty created, and with a wonderful sense of romance and humor.”
The Robber Bridegroom runs Oct 11-Nov 6; International City Theatre at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802; $29-$55; (562) 436-4610; www.ictlongbeach.org