At 13, Ursa, Hannah, Linney, and Maeve live in their own world built of basements, secrets, loves, and backyard ghosts — until the last sleepover of the summer. High school looms, with the promise and threat of reinvention, and the group fractures as shifting beliefs and identities collide in a traumatic accident that none of them can explain. Four years later, questions and accusations fly as the survivors revisit the scene of the “crime” and try to understand what happened, what they have lost, and how to live now.
Wearing her heart on her sleeve while sewing intimates for her clientele, Esther is the talented African American seamstress in turn-of-the-century New York who has built a savings for herself making beautiful undergarments—while earnestly daydreaming of new beginnings, romantic possibilities, and the lingering affection she shares with a Jewish fabric merchant.
Loaded with big laughs, unforgettable characters and the songs that made the '20s roar, Bullets over Broadway The Musical is bringing musical comedy back with a bang. Set in the heart of Broadway, the story follows a playwright who can't get his play produced until he finds a single backer...little does he know, his is new investor is a gangster, and his no-talent girlfriend will have to be the lead.
From Tony Award nominees Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party/Giant) and Ellen Fitzhugh (Grind/Paradise Found), and acclaimed director Noah Himmelstein (An Inspector Calls/I am Harvey Milk) comes the premiere of this re-imagined, unique musical. Through a series of beautiful and intimate moments, two Californians, Lillian and Carlos, explore three significant moments in their lives, discovering they are linked in unexpected ways. This semi-autobiographical work captures a universal story of interconnectedness, love, risk and revelation through the lens of two people’s lives.
