WESTPORT. Ct - It's the 1990s. Leona Helmsley
will be doing time. Donald Trump has lost his empire, and his wife, in a
publicly scandalous, tabloid style divorce. The United States is cage
rattling—a flashy show of strength on TV. Millions of viewers will be able to
watch America conduct a real war in the Middle East, and without a drop of
bloodshed. That’s the climate in the outside world when MAGAZINE, Duncan Christy’s new
musical play, opens with a staged reading on Sunday March 2 at 4 PM at Theatre
Artists Workshop, 5 Gregory Boulevard with a repeat performance Saturday, March
8 at 8 PM.
Duncan Christy, the playwright, who is also the composer and
lyricist and a Norwalk resident, is the former editorial director of Delta
Airlines’ Sky Magazine and a veteran of the New York magazine industry, including
Forbes and “M.” He takes the audience to the very essence of the dynamic
industry changes while also depicting the ebb and flow of a well-oiled,
collegial staff that has worked together for a long time. They’re like siblings
who love and quarrel, like family who watch out for each other at times, and at
times compete in treacherous ways.
MAGAZINE is a musical with inventive social satire of the
1990’s, filled with still-relevant snappy dialogue, double entendres,
rapid-fire wit, and infused with tunefully terrific music - doo wop, blues,
gospel sounds and a tender ballad or two that capture some of the daily life
inside of this beleaguered publication’s office. Sex, intrigue, macho, and love.
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The cast includes Lisa Dalstrum, Josh Matteo, Siobahn Powers,
and Scott Keehan of Fairfield; Erica LuBonta of Simsbury; Katie Howe, Josh
Downs, and Melissa Weisbach of New York City; Vanessa David of Norwalk; Ilayda
Muftuolglu of New Haven; Tom Fiffer of Westport; Gary Bettsworth of Weston; Ken
Grace of Shelton; and Ray Michaud of Trumbull. Bob Johnson of Port Chester, NY,
who recently directed the successful and well-reviewed play “Frost/Nixon” at
the Westport Community Theatre, directs the musical. Ina Chadwick of Westport’s
MouseMuse Productions is the executive producer.
Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by phone 203 247 3346 or
on the website.
