Posted on 08/06/2004 12:44:03 AM PDT by kattracks
August 6, 2004 -- THE "American Taliban" is coming to New York.A new musical about John Walker, the so-called "American Taliban" who was captured by the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, will play the New York International Fringe Festival starting Aug. 15.
The work, which is being billed as "an emotional and musical roller coaster both insanely funny and dramatically gripping," traces Walker's life from his home in Northern California to war-torn Afghanistan.
"John Walker is probably the most vilified public figure of the last 50 years," said Jean Strong, who wrote the book, music and lyrics along with John McCloskey.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
If you mistake it there, you fake it..anywhere!
I hear the dance number "Detonating My Heart For You" is phenomenal, with a dozen singing, dancing suicide terrorists blowing themselves up, but they're going through dancers like crazy!
I hear ROn Reagan is trying out for the lead.
Another folk "hero" for the Left.
They just can't keep from obsessing over any celebrity, particularly if that person gained notoriety by criminal or dastardly acts.
These theater wingnuts are so predictable in their "artistic" direction they have become mundane.
This is a Mel Brooks production, right?? Like Hitler on Ice??
The entertainment industry is barftacular.
They probably got a hefty grant from the NEA, they like this kind of garbage.
Next up: "Osama: The Opera."
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