RobKirkpatrick.com » The Dream Engine http://www.robkirkpatrick.com/blog Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 CHARLES MANSON, THE MUSICAL!? JIM STEINMAN’S LOST 1969 ROCK MUSICAL http://www.robkirkpatrick.com/blog/2009/12/charles-manson-the-musical/ http://www.robkirkpatrick.com/blog/2009/12/charles-manson-the-musical/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:30:27 +0000 Rob http://www.robkirkpatrick.com/blog/?p=1421
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    http://www.jimsteinman.com/comeinthenight.html

    American Revolution, 1969. The beast lives forever. The creatures are behind you! The universe is in a state of triumph. I am meat. I am muscled space. I am electrified nerve ends! I am colored light! I am chemical blood! I am the meat of the universe! I am the muscles of space! I am the colored light of a god! I am the nerve end of a star. I am the chemical blood of the future.

    Dig it.

    Here’s the Amherst Student review from April 28, 1969:

    http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/defckcum.htm 

    A piece from Steinman himself for the paper on “Nudity in Theater – A Metaphor for Revolution”:

    http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/deltr.htm

    And great description of Joe Papp’s aborted New York production, from cast member Bob Sather:

    http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/dereaction.htm

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