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Floyd And Clea Under The Western Sky
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This is a new musical by David Cale, with music by Cale and Jonathan Kreisberg. This description is from the press release: "It's a freewheeling musical journey from Montana to Austin with a side trip to Hollywood when a burnt-out former Country & Western star joins forces with a 20-year-old free spirit with an electrifying voice. Their meeting and unlikely friendship, and the musical partnership that arises from it, form a tale of sweet heartbreak—a parable about finding the strength, against all odds, to keep on keepin' on."
Two time Obie Award winner David Cale is the master mind behind the Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky. He is credited with the writing as well as for music intelligence by acclaimed jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and Mr. Cale.Lortel Award winner Joe Calarco directs.
It's a freewheeling musical journey from Montana to Austin with a side trip to Hollywood when a burnt out former Country & Western star Cale was the part of team as he joined forces with a 20 year-old free spirit with an electrifying voice Faber. Their meeting and unlikely friendship, and the musical partnership that arises from it, form a tale of sweet heartbreak - a parable about finding the strength, against all odds, to keep on keepin' on.
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Artist Biography - Floyd And Clea Under The Western Sky
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 Two-time Obie Award winner David Cale's plays include Lillian Playwrights Horizons, A Likely Story, Betwixt, and The Redthroats. As an actor, he has appeared in The Threepenny Opera, Present Laughter, Curtains, and his own acclaimed solo works. Giving the final touch to the lyrics of Obie with their brilliant performances are by artists including Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry, and the Jazz Passengers.
Internationally renowned jazz guitarist/composer Jonathan Kreisberg opened for George Benson and Steve Morse, and performed with such luminaries as Michael Tilson Thomas, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Jane Monheit. He has recorded the albums New For Now and Nine Stories Wide for the Criss Cross Jazz label, and recently Unearth for the new Mel Bay label.
Lucille Lortel Award-winning director Joe Calarco's work includes Boy at Primary Stages, Sarah Plain and Tall for Theatreworks/USA, and the adaptation and direction of Shakespeare's R & J.
When asked about the writing experience, David Cave says:
"At the time I began writing the show I'd also been doing a lot of lyric writing for the band The Jazz Passengers who had begun recording albums and performing concerts with a wide array of great guest vocalists. I loved writing songs and working with singers. I began my career as a singer and a songwriter, but I'd never written songs for my own shows. So I thought, I'll make the show not just about two singers but two people who write their own songs and I asked the composer Jonathan Kreisberg, who had scored my show Betwixt, to work with me on the music. Originally the show was going to be about Floyd's relationship with an aspiring young male songwriter. I worked on this idea for a year and never really got anywhere. In my head I thought it worked, but when it actually came to writing not much came out. Then one day it hit me. It isn't a boy, it's a girl! When I realized that, Clea was born, and she and Floyd and the whole story started taking on a life of their own."
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