You don’t have to go all the way to Broadway to see Broadway actors – we’ve got them right in your backyard! Come to the show at the Fort Salem Theater and I personally guarantee you’ll be surprised and delighted by what you see. Jay Kerr has done a beautiful job restoring the grand old theater and his connections from his music coaching career on Broadway help him entice some amazing talent our way. The show is about seven sexy seniors who prove that youth is a state of mind, and it’s for anyone who is a senior or planning on being one some day. It’s an original
musical, with a book by Al Budde (yours truly!) and music by Jay Kerr. In the tradition
of our earlier masterpieces, Corn! The Musical and StarCrossed, Salem’s
pied pipers of homegrown musicals lead you down the path of least
resistance with a story of all-inclusive partying during the last voyage
of a Mississippi riverboat. A cast that features a Broadway Tony
nominee, local and regional professionals and Greene County’s Senior
Citizen of the Year 2011, 82 year old Florence Hayle. Call now for tickets: 854-9200. Showtimes are July 29 and 30 at 8pm, Sunday, July 31 at 2pm, and again on the following weekend August 5,6, and 7.
musical, with a book by Al Budde (yours truly!) and music by Jay Kerr. In the tradition
of our earlier masterpieces, Corn! The Musical and StarCrossed, Salem’s
pied pipers of homegrown musicals lead you down the path of least
resistance with a story of all-inclusive partying during the last voyage
of a Mississippi riverboat. A cast that features a Broadway Tony
nominee, local and regional professionals and Greene County’s Senior
Citizen of the Year 2011, 82 year old Florence Hayle. Call now for tickets: 854-9200. Showtimes are July 29 and 30 at 8pm, Sunday, July 31 at 2pm, and again on the following weekend August 5,6, and 7.
I know Mr. Budde’s work to be serious, yet humourous. That is, Mr. Budde often casts his work based on the comical moments or phases of life that we’ve all experienced or one day will. Yet, his right-on observations about how we interact with each other and life make him what I consider to be a serious playwright.
It’s probably easy to dismiss a guy like this from a town like this (Salem? How can it produce anything worthwile?! Al Budde? What’s he ever done?!), but this is the guy you leader read or hear about who had toiled all those years in relative obscurity, only to break out.
Awesome! Who knew! I have been to Salem a few times but never realized there was such a thing. I’ll definitely talk to the wife about this!