For those who might be interested.....
Lisascenic






We have some extra tickets to the first preview of Passing Strange
on Thursday 10/19 at 8pm. We'd like to offer them to the Friends
and Family of staff. Here's how it works:



Share this email with your friends and ask them to call the
box office to reserve tickets and mention the password Friends &
Family: 510-647-2949. We're open 12noon to 7pm.

There is a limit of 2 tickets per person

This offer may expire at any time

All tickets must be reserved in advance

Tickets must be picked up by 7:30 pm or they may be released





book and lyrics by stew
music by stew / heidi rodewald
created in collaboration with and directed by annie dorsen
choreography by karole armitage
in association with the public theater
thrust stage
october 19december 3, 2006
WORLD PREMIERE
about the show
The world premiere of Passing Strange takes musical theatre on a
whole new trip. It's the heartfelt and hilarious story of a young
bohemian who charts a course for "the real" through sex, drugs and
rock and roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with
passion, the show takes us from black, middle-class America to
Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and
artistic authenticity.

the buzz
"Music this smart and tart, fussy and funny, will never hit the
mainstream."Village Voice

"Perhaps the finest collection of songs an American songwriter has
come up with this year."New York Times

"To simply call him an artist is understatementwith every brush
stroke of music, Stew creates an indelible image in our minds."All
Music Guide

"Yes, he's good! We named Stew's last two LPs Albums of the Year;
how many times must you be told?"Entertainment Weekly

about the artist
Stew is Entertainment Weekly's two-time artist of the year. The
Village Voice says his unique sound, dubbed Afro-Baroque cabaret,
is "smart and tart, fussy and funny," while the LA Times describes
his lyrics as "gorgeous, deeply-felt, wildly sophisticated and at
times hilarious."