Writer/director Fletcher Rhoden's World Premiere stage musical, REDHEAD CUBAN HAUSFRAU HUSBAND, will play at the Mt. Hollywood Theater July 9 through September 4 on Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00pm.
REDHEAD CUBAN HAUSFRAU HUSBAND is the backstage story of the making of television's first great sitcom. It reveals, as stated in the song's opening number "Love Is a Comedy" all "the sorrow and rage, the lies and the sin" behind America 's most iconic foursome. And what this love inspired was one of the great comedy works of art ever produced.
The two-act musical features over a dozen new songs by the acclaimed Rhoden, whose tunes have been called, "Immensely hummable" and "Music you could dance to all night long" by Music Connection, New Times Los Angeles and other popular publications.
In this musical romp, the decade-long association of four actors is examined through musical styles of the day. The courageous but tragic Redhead (Joan Elizabeth Kennedy) delivers a heartbreaking operatic ballad "Stay" while the tomcatting Cuban (Derek Rubiano) boasts of his cultural womanizing in the bossa-nova flavored "Ladies Man" which features a Spanish guitar solo. The Hausfrau (Jodi Skeris) and Husband (Michael-Anthony Nozzi) square off in a jaunty battle of wits, not to mention the ole' soft shoe, in the vaudeville-esque "Wives." Fifties rockers Bo Diddley and The Beach Boys echo in the soundtrack's influences ("Work This Out" and "One Night In Malibu") while "American Train" reverberates with the spirit of Johnny Cash.
Reservations recommended - call (323) 667-9113 to order your tickets in advance. For more information, visit www.fletcherrhoden.com/redheadcubanhausfrauhusband.
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