A crowd has formed and waits with bated breath for what's next from a diminutive lad who can break wind on command and has already used his behind to play a trumpet.
It's not fifth grade recess nor a South Park episode. No, it's a scene from "The Fartiste," an off-Broadway musical based on the true story of Joseph Pujol who exercised supercontrol of his sphincter and developed his special skill into a noisemaking stage act that commanded top dollar during the late 19th century in the Moulin Rouge.
It might be lowbrow humor at its lowest, but it gets laughs. Why? Unfortunately the cast and crew can't say. You just have to have an open mind ... and open nostrils.
"I love fart jokes and I think that everyone should," said Charlie Schulman, who wrote the show's book. "It's one of those things in life that makes people laugh, but I don't know why.
It's not fifth grade recess nor a South Park episode. No, it's a scene from "The Fartiste," an off-Broadway musical based on the true story of Joseph Pujol who exercised supercontrol of his sphincter and developed his special skill into a noisemaking stage act that commanded top dollar during the late 19th century in the Moulin Rouge.
It might be lowbrow humor at its lowest, but it gets laughs. Why? Unfortunately the cast and crew can't say. You just have to have an open mind ... and open nostrils.
"I love fart jokes and I think that everyone should," said Charlie Schulman, who wrote the show's book. "It's one of those things in life that makes people laugh, but I don't know why.
- 11/16/2011
- by Michael McLaughlin
- Huffington Post
Cole Porter?s love affair with Paris is brilliantly evoked by this delightful farce ? last seen on Broadway in 1938. Master, Baron von Hummer (James Zanelli) and his valet, Gaston (Kevin Kraft), switch places and fall in love with mistress, Mme. Von Baltin (Kate Merrily) and maid, Maria (Jennifer Evans) who have also switched places. Adding spice to this amorous stew is Ida, the Baron?s jilted paramour (Christy Morton), and ?the outraged husband? (Todd Faulkner). Bill Coyne appears as chauffeur, messenger and waiter (at different times).Songs include: I Am Gaston; By Candlelight; Alpha to Omega; At Long Last Love; What Is that Tune?; For No Rhyme or Reason; Let?s Put It to Music; I?m Back in Circulation; I?m Going In For Love; What Shall I Do? This work was written as a chamber piece but arrived on Broadway in a much larger version. Not only are we restoring the original libretto,...
- 3/30/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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