Jul 20, 2004 18:20
This is for Liz:
LULU: a new musical
With a lush, jazzy score of complex and gorgeous melodies, LULU tells the tale of a femme fatale's search for love in the burlesque underbelly of 1920s America. Lulu, a poor girl "born in the back of a slum" with dreams of a romantic and opulent life like those she sees in silent movies, is determined to succeed by whatever means possible. Her oldest friend and partner-in-crime, the manipulative Rodrigo, devises a scheme to win fame and fortune using Lulu's one weapon - sex. After making her way into the hearts and bank accounts of two doctors, a painter and a Countess, Lulu falls in love with Alva, the son of her most recent conquest. Only then is Rodrigo's sinister influence on all those with whom he comes in contact fully revealed.