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DANNY ASHKENASI
Nationality: USA
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Danny Ashkenasi's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Betwixt, Between & Betwain A Mark Twain Musical Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Tell-Tale Heart, The - A MusicabreBetwixt, Between & Betwain A Mark Twain Musical
Synopsis:
beTwixt, beTween & beTWaIN, a Mark Twain musical comedy, adapts several of Mark Twain's best-loved short stories for the musical stage, including 'the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', 'a Genuine Mexican Plug', and 'Cannibalism in the Cars' as well as excerpts from Life on the Mississippi and the Innocents abroad. a troupe of singers and storytellers regales the audience with witty, odd, and poignant tales from the American West and then travels on the first American cruise ship journey to europe and the Holy Land, where the American character meets Old World sensibilities with comic and moving results. beTwixt, beTween & beTWaIN is performed by an ensemble of seven actor/singer/instrumentalists who play multiple comic characters, sing a wide array of jaunty tunes and engrossing melodies, and play numerous instruments like piano, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, accordion, and two wooden frogs
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Part of Twainathon, A celebration of the work of the great American Author And humorist, Mark Twain
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Musical
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Synopsis:
the Siren call of a mysterious cock lures an excitable, debt-ridden landowner on a quirky journey of discovery. adapted from Melville's funny, baffling story by the winner of the FringeNYC '06 award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
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Csv Cultural And Educational Center Flamboyan, New York International Fringe Festival 2009
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Fredrick Byers Productions
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1h 15m Musical Comedy
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Synopsis:
Madness. Music. Murder. Poe's chilling tale of the "vulture eye" and "hideous heart" as a musical confession accompanied by three haunting cellos
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from edgar Allan Poe; Adaptation And music: Danny Ashkenasi
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45 min Musical One act
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