Book, Music & Lyrics by Robert Bartley & Danny Whitman
Escaping the bloodshed of his native Island, a young Cuban boy sets sail on a turbulent journey that leads him all the way to Hollywood and into the arms of a fiery, redheaded movie star named Lucille Ball. At the climax of The Cuban & the Redhead, Desi and Lucy put their money, their trust and their dreams on the line in a gamble to save one thing—their marriage. They risk it all on an untested medium called television. Can these two star crossed lovers blaze a path that defies Hollywood and history to be together?
The History of The Cuban & the Redhead
On
Friday, August 14, 2009, The Cuban and the Redhead will join four
other shows featured in “Village Originals,” the Festival of
New Musicals at Village Theatre. Tickets are limited. Please
contact us for industry tickets.
On
October 20, 2008, The
Cuban & the Redhead was featured in the
National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Festival.
Press:
Theatremania
Playbill Online
Variety
Broadwayworld.com
In July of 2008, The Cuban & the Redhead (which, at that time, was called Dance With Me) was featured in the Festival of New American Musicals in Los Angeles, California.
The terrifically talented actor, Philip D’Amore, created what we affectionately
refer to as a “Hirsh-Philip,” a tribute to “The Line King,” Al
Hirschfeld, and this talented group of performers.
Press from L.A.:
Playbill
L.A.
Splash
Broadway World
Everything
Lucy!
In April of 2007, Jim Morgan, Brian Blythe, and the incredible
staff of the York Theatre Company welcomed us for our first staged reading
open to the public of the show (called Dance With Me at the time). This
experience at the York was transformative for the show. It was the first
time that we actually got a glimpse of the story that we wanted to tell,
and informed tons of future rewrites.
Press links from York reading:
Playbill