A Man of No Importance at A Noise Within

A Noise Within presents the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by the late Terrence McNally (the Tony Award-winning team behind Ragtime). In this intimate and evocative musical that celebrates the redemptive power of theater, love and friendship, Alfie Byrne, an unassuming bus conductor in 1960s Dublin, is determined to stage an amateur production of Oscar Wilde’s Salome in his local parish. But this man of seemingly no importance must confront religious objections to his artistic pursuits and face the forces of bigotry and shame over a love “that dare not speak its name.” A live, five-piece orchestra featuring violin and reeds lends a bit of blas áitiúil (Irish flavor). A Noise Within, 3352 E Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107; (626) 356-3100; www.anoisewithin.org

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