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The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre presents
The Bass Saxophone
Saturday, May 27, 2006 through Sunday, June 25, 2006
Unique oportunity to visit the inside of Grand Army Plaza Memorial Arch - Benefit Party June 3, 9pm-Czech Beer, Moravian Wine, Slovak Food, Best Deal in 5 borroughs.
Length: 1 hr 30 mins
Intermission: None
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
In wartime Czechoslovakia occupied by Nazis, young jazz lovers risk their lives to play prohibited swing music ("decadent judeo-negroid music"). One of the young men, the author's perennial alter ego, Danny, is an aspiring saxophone player and a would-be womanizer, who collects serial rejections from scores of the beautiful girls he woos. One day, in front of the town's decrepit old hotel, Danny catches a glimpse of a bass saxophone, an instrument more legendary than real, as it is being unloaded for a traveling German dance orchestra. Attracted by the "brass monster" Danny is drafted to carry the instrument into the dilapidated labyrinthine hotel, where he meets a bizarre Wehrmacht band of crippled and malformed musicians. The freak band entices him to jam with them, mixing kitchy Mittle-European musical trash with Danny's beloved, forbidden Swing tunes. In a transcendental moment of human togetherness, the "inferior race" youth jams with the motley crew of German Army musicians, blotting out the war reality for one memorable night.
Limited seating. Donation requested for guaranteed SmartTix reservations. Not accessible, sorry, audience walks up 83 steps of a steep spiral staircase during performance. |
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