[OutVoice] Gay Themed musical "Green Fence" opens April 20th in St. Louis

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"You're either on one side... or the  other..."
 
RAGGED BLADE  PRESENTS
 
a new musical
 
GREEN  FENCE
 
book, music & lyrics by Jerry  Rabushka
 
April 20, 21, 27 & 28  at 8 PM
April 22 & 29 at 7  PM
 
 
The Theatre At St.  John's
5000 Washington Place 
(at Kingshighway in the Central  West End)
St. Louis, MO  63108
 
Info/reservations:  314-276-8693
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Tickets: $15; $12 student/seniors... ask about  group rates or early purchase 
discounts.
 
 
Lydia likes to write plays that make people squirm. Plays about the wrong  
kind of people falling in love. Green Fence is her masterpiece. An Israeli man  
and a Palestinian man, in love, kept apart by warring families and the big 
green  fence.
 
Is the fence really green?
Meh. Who cares. It's a musical.
 
Her rival? Todd Yardley. He writes gay plays too. It's Will and Grace set  to 
music. “Family oriented homosexuality.” But he’s popular! He’s using every  
stereotype in the book. It sells tickets.

Lydia’s father Tim is with the arts foundation. Alvin is the artistic  
director at the Denver Backwoods theater, booking plays for controversy. Tim and  
his colleague Darlene try to ram through Todd’s play where Lydia's work has  
already taken hold. 

Suddenly the stars of one play are kidnapped, and like a bad (but  really 
really funny) dream, put into another.
On stage are David and  Montrose, straight and gay, Jewish and “goy,” who 
may be having a bit more going  on than rehearsal. Or not. Another fence that’s 
hard to jump. Enter Sally, a  reporter, to blow it all out of proportion. When 
things get blown out of  proportion, people have to take sides.

Some great music: a bit of hip-hop, a belt-it swing number, and some  
powerful ballads, Green Fence is a musical event you won't want to miss! 
 
You might even find out what side you're  on.
 
 







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