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Three Pianos
just won an OBIE Award
and
is heading to New York Theater Workshop!


See the following website for more details:
www.threepianos.com


Written, arranged and performed by
Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy

Original run: February/March 2010, The Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church

Here's what the critics said:

The New York Times:  "scrappy and surreal. . .cleverly constructed mayhem, with Mr. Duffy, Mr. Malloy and Mr. Burkhardt metamorphosing among characters and centuries. . .(they) give this gloomy song cycle an amusing theatrical makeover."


Time Out New York:  FIVE STARS  "Boisterous, offhandedly virtuosic.... the trio is a real-life music-theater supergroup. . .Full-blooded and full-bodied, 'Three Pianos' lifts its glass to music, to Schubert and to the type of friendship that can make you laugh off heartbreak. It's also a superb evening."


The Village Voice: "Antidote to winter's dregs. . . warms spectators at the hearth of musical enthusiasm."


Culturebot: "a real gem of a piece. . . the show that keeps you going."

Three friends, each at his own piano, lead the audience through their respective passions for Winterreise, Schubert's famous song cycle on winter heartbreak -- performing the songs, grappling with fundamental questions about the nature of music, slipping into the skins of Schubert and friends during one of their famous Schubertiads, and drinking way too much.  Compositional mayhem, shifting rivalries, and some unfortunate butchery of the German language ensue.

Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Dramaturg: Matthew Arbour
Set Design: Andreea Mincic
Lighting Design: Austin Smith
Stage Manager: Jessie Vacchiano