Jam-packed with rebellious youths, juvenile delinquents, a hilarious book, and an infectiously cool score, Cry-Baby has it all! This 2008 Tony-nominated musical (based on John Water's cult-classic film) features a score by Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum and a book by Thomas Meehan and ...
Jam-packed with rebellious youths, juvenile delinquents, a hilarious book, and an infectiously cool score, Cry-Baby has it all! This 2008 Tony-nominated musical (based on John Water's cult-classic film) features a score by Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum and a book by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell.New Line Theatre has been doing this exact sort of musical for 29 years, and if you think co-directors Scott Miller and Mike Dowdy-Windsor can't hide any number of satirical razor blades inside a delicious caramel apple, you haven't been paying attention. New Line's Cry-Baby is as intelligent as it is beautiful.” – Paul Friswold, The Riverfront TimesThat squeaky clean veneer hides a relevant allegory of modern America, where the truth is obscured at all cost, where people who are a little different from the accepted norm are marginalized or shunned, and where the worst offenders are the ones who have claimed responsibility for upholding and protecting the moral fabric of our neighborhoods, our cities, our states and our nation, for protecting the truths we hold self-evident while doing everything they can to deny some slice of the great American pie chart their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Look at those people through the Cry-Baby lens and you’ll realize just how many Baldwin Blandishes there are in positions of power, and how exceedingly rare a Wade Walker-style rebel truly is.I think he also invites you to look deeper, if you dare. Look no further to see for yourself why New Line Theatre’s presentation of Cry-Baby should not be missed, whether you’re a contented theatre fan or a dedicate truth-seeker.” – Jeff Ritter, Critical Blast