Where:
Eliot Hall
7A Eliot St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Admission:
$28.00
Categories:
LGBTQ+, Shows
Event website:
https://www.footlight.org/blog/2022/man-of-no-importance
Book by Terrence McNally
Lyrics by Lynne Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
April 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 2023
Synopsis: Winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, A Man of No Importance is the second successful collaboration by the team of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, all of whom won Tony Awards for Ragtime. Alfie Byrne is a bus driver in 1964 Dublin whose heart holds secrets that he can't share with anyone but his imagined confidante, Oscar Wilde. When he attempts to put on an amateur production of Wilde's Salome in the local church hall, he confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love "that dare not speak its name." But the redemptive power of theatre changes his life and brings his friends back to his side.
A Man of No Importance is a rare gem in the canon of musical theatre, one that combines the depth and drama of a play with the lyricism and comedy of a musical. A tender and beautifully woven tale of love, friendship and coming to terms with who we are.
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