Manhattan decadence in the 1920's provides the backdrop for this tough musical fable. Queenie, a vaudeville chorine, hosts the blow-out of the title with her vicious lover, a black-face minstrel. The guests are a vivid collection of the unruly and the undone: Queenie's conniving rival; a cocaine-sniffing bisexual playboy; a washed-up boxer; a black brother act; a diva of indeterminate age and infinite life experience; the fresh-off-the-farm ingenue whose naivete quickly evaporates; a lesbian actress and her comatose girlfriend; and the bargain basement Valentino who catches Queenie's roving eye.
The jazz and gin soaked party rages to a mounting sense of threat as artifice and illusion are stripped away. When midnight debauchery leads to tragedy at dawn, the high-flying characters land with a sobering thud, reminding us that no party lasts forever.
Cast Requirements: Principals: 7 Female, 8 Male.
Set Requirements: THE WILD PARTY takes place in New York City in 1928.
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS:
A Bare Stage;
Queenie and Burrs' Apartment;
Genre / Style: 1920's Musical Drama
Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: Rehearsal Set (22 Books, 1 Logo)
20 Libretto-Vocal Books;
2 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE;
Orchestra Package (15 Books)
1 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE;
1 REED I (Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone);
1 REED II (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone);
1 REED III (Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone);
1 REED IV (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bariton Saxophone);
1 TRUMPET I (Doubling Flugelhorn);
1 TRUMPET II (Doubling Flugelhorn);
1 TROMBONE;
1 PIANO (Doubling Celeste);
1 BASS (Acoustic Bass Doubling Tuba);
1 GUITAR (Doubling Banjo, Standard Ukulele, Baritone Ukulele);
1 VIOLIN I-II;
1 VIOLIN III (Doubling Viola);
1 DRUMS (Traps, Police Whistle, Wood Block);
1 PERCUSSION;
Musical Numbers: Queenie Wazza Blonde, Dry, Welcome To My Party, Breezin Through Another Day, Eddie & Mae, Moving Uptown, Best Friend, Woundn't It Be Nice? Lowdown-Down, The Lights of Broadway, After Midnight Dies, Love Ain't Nothin' This Is What It Is, How Many Women In The World?