Following last year's award-winning inaugural production (Seattle's first all-female 1776), Reboot Theatre Company rides again with the Seattle premiere of the indie rock fable FLY BY NIGHT, hot off its acclaimed Off-Broadway run at Playwrights Horizons.
In this darkly comic musical, set during the months leading up to New York's 1965 blackout, Harold the hapless sandwich maker is propelled by fate and time to make a life-changing choice, proving that it sometimes takes a blackout to see the light. Conceived by Kim Rosenstock (99 Ways to Fuck a Swan, Tigers Be Still) and written by musician and Broadway actor Will Connolly (Once), award-winning playwright Michael Mitnick, and Rosenstock, FLY BY NIGHT explores the journey of love from all its delectable angles. With seasoned Seattle director Harry Turpin at the helm and musical direction by Joel Kurzynski, FLY BY NIGHT plays November 4-19, 2016 at Slate Theater in the International District. Tickets ($15-$20) go on sale August 1, 2016. For more information, visit www.reboottheatre.org FLY BY NIGHT is a puckish indie-rock musical that flirts with the conventions of typical storytelling, leaving audiences questioning whether fate's work is ever truly done. It had its world premiere at TheatreWorks (Palo Alto, CA) in July 2011 and premiered in New York City at Playwrights Horizons in 2014, under the direction of Carolyn Cantor. Described as "the most paradoxical of musicals -- hilarious and bittersweet, deeply immersed in tradition, but utterly original" by Dallas News and "tuneful and evocative" by The San Francisco Chronicle, this compelling show won the 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award and was nominated for four 2015 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical. The New York Post expounds, "FLY BY NIGHT will enchant audiences...Romance doesn't come any sweeter. Its unabashed emotionalism could turn it into more than a hit. It could turn it into a cult phenomenon."
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