E DALE SMITH
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by E Dale Smith
Rhoda Heartbreak |
| 1st Produced: | Players Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Engage Theater Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | "Backstage at Vestments, a popular New York drag bar, Rhoda Heartbreak reigns supreme. She and her fellow cast mates Ginger Snap, 'Lotta Drama, and Stella Mann dazzle the crowds nightly as they scrape and scrimp to make ends meet. But one fateful night when Stella calls in sick, the three remaining queens are astonished to find out that her replacement is Jennifer Sloan, a fantastically talented new drag queen who also happens to be a biological woman. What ensues is a darkly comedic examination of the racism, sexism, ageism, and homophobia that still run beneath the surface of a society that knows better - press release | |||||
Rhoda Heartbreak: The Musical |
| 1st Produced: | 20 Jan 2010 | |||||
| Company: | Manhattan Repertory Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | book and lyrics by E Dale Smith; music by David Wayne Fox | |||||
| Synopsis: | Adapting his original play by the same name, 2006 Shubert Playwriting Fellow E. Dale Smith partners with composer David Wayne Fox to bring this darkly funny production to musical life. Combining drag performance genres with traditional musical theatre structures, the production provides an in-depth perspective of what lies behind the lipstick in this world of glamour and pretense. Behind the scenes of Vestments Drag Bar in the West Village, Rhoda Heartbreak reigns supreme. But everything changes when one of her fellow queens calls out sick and is replaced by Jennifer Sloan, an exuberant, talentedbiological woman. With four queens, can you spot the real bitch? - nytheatre.com | |||||