LONG STORY SHORT ended its triumphant San Diego run this past Sunday. We are thrilled with the progress the show has made, and are very optimistic that it will continue to be produced (and that we’ll get to do a bit more work on it!). Lots of you have asked when the next opportunity will be to see it: as soon as we know something, you’ll know too. Meanwhile, as an industry insider said to us recently, if the gay and lesbian folks love you, then you’ve got a surefire hit.
From the Gay & Lesbian Times:
Long Story Short covers a romance and 50-year marriage in 98 minutes and 17 songs.That’s quite a feat in itself – but it’s not half so impressive as the way it makes this old story seem fresh and new. Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn, two-thirds of the folk-pop-rock trio GrooveLily, workshopped the show last year; it has been updated and reworked for this delightful production…which plays through Sunday, Nov. 1, at San Diego Repertory Theatre. Kent Nicholson directs…The show sports a live five-piece band (strings and piano) and an eclectic mix of music by Milburn, generally of the folk-rock type, enhanced by Vigoda’s clever lyrics. It’s an old story, told (and sung) engagingly by a talented pair of convincing actors and fine singers. Will you learn anything new? No. Will you be reaffirmed in your humanity? Oh, yes. – Jean Lowerison
Read the full story here.
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