Neal Medlyn (NYC)

BLUE THEATER:
916 Springdale Rd.

APRIL 25th-26th @ 10PM

TICKETS: $10
PERFORMANCE/MUSIC

NEAL MEDLYN’S LIONEL RICHIE OPERA is composed entirely of songs from Mr. Richie’s seminal greatest-hits album ‘Back to Front’ in the order they appear on the album. The songs, together with a plot (partially based on Richard Strauss’ opera Arabella) about a love triangle between the queen of the land of unicorns, her sullen betrothed and a hot and sexy foreign musician, come together to tell an epic and tragic tale involving mass murder, unwanted pregnancy and lust. Singing! Blood! Processions! Livestock! Life! All performed by Neal Medlyn. Phew! Oh and there’s a short, unrelated prologue.

Neal Medlyn, born in Texas but now living in New York, has been called ‘Delicious!’ by the New York Times and ‘a performer of slinky, daring intensity’ by Time Out New York (not to mention ‘a comedic genius’ by the Austin Chronicle). His solo work has appeared at Joe’s Pub and the Public Theater, PS122, Galapagos Art Space, the Knitting Factory and on tour all over the United States and in Berlin. He co-starred with Karen Finley in ‘George and Martha’ in New York and on tour and has danced with David Neumann and Adrienne Truscott.

APRIL 25th-26th @ 10PM