Fast forward three hundred years into the future where a large corporation, the Globalsoft Company, when Planet Earth is now known as Planet Mall and is in control of everyone and everything. Music as we knew it no longer exists. Imagine a planet without rock ’n’ roll. Horrors! Stars from the past like the King, Buddy Holly, Brittany Spears and Katie Perry are just a whisper in your imagination. But, somewhere, remnants of the memories of music still exist and those rebels called bohemians are determined to fight the establishment and resurrect the past and restore the glory of rock ’n’ roll again. Interested?
Calling upon the royal music of a blast from the past the Downtown Cabaret of Bridgeport is blowing out its walls to present “We Will Rock You! The Queen Musical” weekends until Sunday, June 30. Venture into an apocalyptic world of the future and meet two revolutionaries as they try to save their unique genre of music. Think Spaceballs and This Is Spinal Tap meet Matrix in this super cool sci-fi production where personal rebellion reigns.
Using almost two dozen Queen hits, the stage is set for anarchy and chaos as Chris Balestriere's Galileo and Corrine Marshall’s Scaramouche bravely mount a campaign to restore rock ’n’ roll and wrest it out of the greedy hands of Ashley McLeod’s Killer Queen and JoJo DeVellis’s Khashoggi's devious hands. With an army to protect them, Killer Queen and Khashoggi are determined to win the music war and squash any one who threatens their leadership command. When Galileo and Scaramouche join with a rag-tag band if bohemians, war is officially declared. Try to wrap your heads around this futurist comedy where only one set of foes will be declared the victors.
With a book by Ben Elton and a score of Queen hits like” We Are the Champions,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Under Pressure,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Killer Queen,” “I Want to Break Free,” “Somebody to Love,” and, of course, “We Will Rock You” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” the sky’s the limit to enjoyment and boundless energy. With tireless talent from Thomas Sullivan as Buddy Holly, Anthony Laszlo as Brit, May Tae Harge as Oz and Caroline DiGiulio as the swing for both Scaramouche and Oz, this cast and ensemble threaten to disengage the roof from the cabaret.
For tickets( $41.80 ), call the Downtown Cabaret, 263 Golden Hill Street, Bridgeport at 203-576-1636 or online at dtcab.com. Performances are Friday at 7:30 p.m, Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Remember this is cabaret so bring your goodies and drinks to enjoy.
Get ready for some out of this world entertainment where music, unless it is computer generated, is illegal. Just the wild costuming by Lesley Neilson-Bowman, the funky choreography by Olivia Rivera, the wonderful music directed by Mark Ceppetelli, the super set design by Sasha Mishaman and Christian Hall, and the projections and direction by Andrea Pane, are worth the price of admission all by themselves. No fear, you will definitely be rocked!
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