Walmartopia Musical to Have Off-Broadway Premiere in Aug.

Walmartopia The Musical! will have its Off-Broadway premiere this Summer at the Minetta Lane Theatre. 

The irreverent new musical political satire "of big business and eternal smiley faces" is written by Catherine Capellaro (Book) and Andrew Rohn (Music and Lyrics) and directed by Daniel Goldstein with choreography by Wendy Seyb.  Walmartopia will begin preview performances August 21st, at The Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane), with an Opening Night set, appropriately, for Labor Day 2007 – Monday, September 3rd at 7:00 p.m.   Casting for Walmartopia will be announced shortly.

"It's Mom vs. Mart!  Walmartopia tells the hilarious and timely tale of Vicki Latrell, a single mom and Wal-Mart employee who speaks out against her company's working conditions and finds herself and her young daughter jettisoned to 2036, into a future where Wal-Mart dominates the entire world.  Yes, the musical features the singing head of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton," state press notes.

"A previous version of Walmartopia was a sensation of last summer's New York International Fringe Festival.  In its earlier life, (including nascent productions of the musical in the great liberal State of Wisconsin) Walmartopia has become something of a lightning rod for its prescient message (Wal-Mart has faced increasing scrutiny in the past years for its stingy health insurance plan and treatment of its workers and producers abroad.  The company also faces the largest sex-discrimination suit in history – 1.6 million current and former female employees)."

The Walmartopia creative team includes David Korins (Sets), Miranda Hoffman (Costumes), Ben Stanton (Lights), and is produced by Leading Light, LLC and Outside the Big Box Productions, LLC.

Walmartopia will play the following performance schedule: Tuesdays through Saturdays 8:00 p.m., Sundays 7:00 p.m., with matinees on Saturdays & Sundays at 3:00 p.m.  Tickets are priced at $65 & $45, and may be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (212) 307-4100.  Visit www.walmartopia.com for more information.

Photo - Anna Jane Marquardt in Walmartopia at FringeNYC

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