| MARCUS STEVENS |
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RED |
| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg met in 1935, married, had two sons and were arrested for selling atomic bomb secrets to the Russians in 1950. They were convicted in 1951, and in 1953, despite international protests, were executed. Red takes us from thier first meeting to their last momentous hours as seen through the eyes of controversial Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce. Abounding with ironic humor, it examines McCarthyism, the "red scare," free speech and the nature of consipiracy. | |
| PRODUCTION HISTORY | |
Red began its development in 1999 and was produced as a staged reading by the New Opera and Musical Theatre Initiative (NOMTI) in Boston in 2002. In January of 2003 it recieved a second reading at the Pittsburgh Playhouse of Point Park Conservatory for the Performing Arts and was then selected to be a part of their 2003-2004 season. The full production ran from November 19 through December 7, 2003. In 2004, Red was a finalist in the Eugene O'Neill Festival for New Musicals and for the TAMS New Voices Prize. Red was then awarded the 2005 Richard Rodgers Award for the deveopment of New Musicals by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As part of this award, Red recieved a staged reading at the York Theater Compny, Off-Broadway in January of 2006. |