Les Freres Corbusier :: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson premieres in LA!

Date: January 28th, 2008

Click here to read the terrific LA Times feature on Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson!

A wildly exhilarating theatrical ride! The historical tomfoolery of a zany Monty Python spoof while conjuring an edgy seriocomic irony that recalls Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins. It forges its own blazingly original artistic identity, pulsating with wit, melody, energy, and dazzling theatricality.
-Backstage West

Dear Friends,

We're thrilled to announce that the Center Theatre Group premiere of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is now running in Los Angeles! Originally developed by Les Freres Corbusier and at Williamstown Theatre Festival, the show is now a co-production between CTG and New York's Public Theater.

Vibrant and refreshing, giving a much-needed facelift to musical theater… Revolutionary… The primal scream of musical theater's next generation.
-Broadway World

An explosive, soot-black comedy! A wild ride that will have audiences laughing until they cry, and then crying for shame of laughing.
-Theatermania

Shootouts, smallpox and scalpings—growing up on the American Frontier was killer! Hoping to kick some British butt and bitch-slap the Spaniards, thirteen-year-old Andrew Jackson joins the Army and grows up to become America's first populist president and greatest rock star since George Washington.

A fast-paced irreverent rock musical about the country we live in and the leaders we choose. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson redefines America's seventh president, a pioneer of humble stock who invented the Democratic Party, moved Indians west, and played a kick-ass guitar.

Goofy, daring… The product of sensibilities shaped by the topical ironies of Jon Stewart and the profane zaniness of "South Park"... Imagine Avenue Q with a master’s degree in American history. Or Brecht for people who secretly find him a bore.
-Los Angeles Times

A bloody good time! Provocative and thoughtful theater... Multi-layered – a scattershot mélange of styles and tones that reexamines the Jackson myth with surprisingly sober intelligence.
-Orange County Register

Pick of the Week! Campy and politically snide... "Revisionist history" doesn't even begin to describe this wild and wicked take on the life and times of the seventh president. The acrobatic ensemble, like everything else under Timbers' manic direction, runs with the timing of a giant pinball game.
-LA Weekly

Now through February 17th! For tickets visit centertheatregroup.org

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
Written and Directed by Alex Timbers
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Choreography by Kelly Devine
Set Design by Robert Brill
Costume Design by Emily Rebholz
Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter
Sound Design by Bart Fasbender
Projection Design by Jake Pinholster
Music Direction and Orchestrations by Gabriel Kahane

Featuring Anjali Bhimani, Will Collyer, Diane Davis, Zack DeZon, Erin Felgar, Kristin Findley, Jimmy Fowlie, Patrick Gomez, Sebastian Gonzalez, Will Greenberg, Greg Hildreth, Brian Hostenske, Adam O’Byrne, Matthew Rocheleau, Ben Steinfeld, Ian Unterman, Benjamin Walker, and Taylor Wilcox

All Photos (c) Craig Schwartz

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