Why did this take so long ? There ’s an all - singing , all - dancing Ayn Rand off - Broadway product coming to New York in May . The Anthem is inhale by Rand ’s novelette “ Anthem , ” set up in a world where individuality is illegal . include the cowboy from the Village People !
The Anthem starts performances on May 20 at the Lynn Redgrave Theater , with the show officially opening on May 29 . And allot toTheatermania , the play feature “ a Scripture by Gary Morgenstein , music by Jonnie Rockwell , and lyrics by Erik Ransom . Rachel Klein helm a casting that asterisk Jason Gotay ( Spider - Man Turn Off The Dark ) , Remy Zaken ( Spring Awakening ) , and Randy Jones ( The Village People ) . ”
“ Anthem ” was also adapted into a non - musical phase diddle last gloaming , adapted for the phase by Jeff Britting , a composer and conservator of the Ayn Rand Archives . And thepress releasefor that child’s play includes a pretty well synopsis of Rand ’s story :
Anthem is the fib of a untested military man , EQUALITY 7 - 2521 , who is born into a succeeding world that has banished all individuality . Not satisfied with a earth lighted by candles , EQUALITY fosters his erotic love of uncovering in an abandoned subway , a token of the past . In solitude , EQUALITY rediscovers electricity and a new source of light . Above ground he meets and falls in love with LIBERTY 5 - 3000 , commit a further “ hell of predilection . ”
I love that these multitude have names like old - shoal headphone numbers . Makes you want to snaffle a circular phone and squall “ Get me Liberty 5 - 3000 ! ” .
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