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Blue Wizard / Black Wizard

  • Dave Malloy Eliza Bent
  • Full Length Musical, Dark Comedy, Fantasy, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 8M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573704963

"Nerdtastic [...] a musical with spell-casting, twenty-sided dice, metaphysical arguments, Dunkin' Donuts and live trombonist."

New York Post

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dark Comedy, Fantasy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
  • Orchestra Size: Small/Combo

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Ancient ideals and modern musings rub up against each other in Blue Wizard / Black Wizard, a philosophical musical fantasia. Two referees adjudicate the proceedings as the Black and Blue Wizards battle to save themselves and humanity from the Great Mediocrity.

Warping the conventions of musical theatre and classic art song to intersect with the sensibilities of electronic music, Blue Wizard / Black Wizard is a pop culture smash-up of fantasy language and contemporary parlance. What unfolds is a ritualistic sporting event, the likes of which audiences have never seen.
REVIEWS:

"Nerdtastic [...] a musical with spell-casting, twenty-sided dice, metaphysical arguments, Dunkin' Donuts and live trombonist. After Great Comet, Dave Malloy confirms his status as top composer."

 New York Post

"A mash-up of classical art, modern pop culture, depression inducing anxiety, electronic music, pole dancing, and mystical battles for the future of mankind's very existence [...] Beyond just a mash-up of themes, Blue Wizard / Black Wizard is a mash-up of forms [...] It's strange and funny and sad in a way that only this generation can be."

 NYU Local

"A delightful take on contemporary ennui and the search for meaning in a post-recession, celebrity-conflict-obsessed culture. Equal parts Tolkien, MTV game show, Ziggy Stardust, and John Hughes movie."

 The Obscene Jester

Premiere Production: Blue Wizard / Black Wizard premiered at the Incubator Arts Project in Dec 2013 and the Other Forces Festival in 2014 under the direction of Dan Safer.

Characters

  • Casting: 8M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Multicultural casting, Non-Traditional casting
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • CRIMINY - a referee (manager)
    NIKKOLIA - a referee (assistant manager)
    BLACK WIZARD - a wizard (an employee)
    BLUE WIZARD - a wizard (an employee)
    RILEY - a trombone player / frequent customer
    CORE - a small group of singers and dancers

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    Ancient ideals and modern musings rub up against each other in Blue Wizard / Black Wizard, a philosophical musical fantasia. Two referees adjudicate the proceedings as the Black and Blue Wizards battle to save themselves and humanity from the Great Mediocrity. 

    Warping the conventions of musical theatre and classic art song to intersect with the sensibilities of electronic music, Blue Wizard / Black Wizard is a pop culture smash-up of fantasy language and contemporary parlance. What unfolds is a ritualistic sporting event, the likes of which audiences have never seen.

    		$24.95

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