Texas in Paris
- Full Length Musical, Drama
- 1M, 1F
- ISBN: TU9
"This gem of a musical evening is a rare treat."
The New York Times
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Drama
- 80 minutes
- Target Audience: Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Flexible Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary, Senior Theatre
The musical journey, based on true events, of two singers, a man and a woman -- one white, one black -- invited to France to perform in a concert series. They have never met, have no professional singing experience and face the challenge of working together and co-existing in an unfamiliar world. Apprehensive of each other, they struggle with preconceptions but forge a surprising spiritual bond that transforms their onstage performance and their lives.
Texas in Paris is a metaphor for the dilemma of race that is currently diving our nation, focusing on two people from the heartland who, like most Americans, want to avoid talking about racism as an issue. But once in Paris, a dialogue emerges that could never have happened in their isolated worlds in the United States. The music -- spirituals, cowboy songs and country hymns -- is a songbook of American life -- everyday songs, lost and found, black and white, remembered and discovered as new.
REVIEWS:
Texas in Paris is a metaphor for the dilemma of race that is currently diving our nation, focusing on two people from the heartland who, like most Americans, want to avoid talking about racism as an issue. But once in Paris, a dialogue emerges that could never have happened in their isolated worlds in the United States. The music -- spirituals, cowboy songs and country hymns -- is a songbook of American life -- everyday songs, lost and found, black and white, remembered and discovered as new.
REVIEWS:
"As much about race relations in America as it is about the spirituals and cowboy songs that run through it."
The New York Times
"A little known story... A dialogue about race, justice, and class in America."
Huffington Post
"Entertains and tells a story without lecturing... an uplifting show... a joy to experience."
www.litrony.com
"A touching journey of discovery and growing friendship of two people who would never even have talked, much less met, on their home turf."
www.theaterscene.net
"Filled with music and well-crafted moments that will make you laugh a good laugh at one moment and shed a good tear the next."
www.broadwayblack.com
"Quietly charming... spirit-stirring."
www.talkinbroadway.com
Premiere Production:
World premiere Off-Broadway production presented by The York Theatre Company, Jan 27-March 01, 2015.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Minority casting
