06/07 main season
book and lyrics by stew
music by stew / heidi rodewald
created in collaboration with and directed by annie dorsen
choreography by karole armitage
in association with the public theater
thrust stage
october 19–december 3, 2006
WORLD PREMIERE
running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes,
including one 15 minute intermission
the show
on broadway
Learn more about the Broadway production of this show.
The world premiere of Passing Strange takes musical theatre on a whole new trip. It’s the heartfelt and hilarious story of a young bohemian who charts a course for “the real” through sex, drugs and rock and roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black, middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.
the artist
Stew is Entertainment Weekly’s two-time artist of the year. The Village Voice says his unique sound, dubbed Afro-Baroque cabaret, is “smart and tart, fussy and funny,” while the LA Times describes his lyrics as “gorgeous, deeply-felt, wildly sophisticated and at times hilarious.”
