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Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's journey of self-discovery as an artist, while combining strong existentialist and meta-fictional elements (especially self-referential humor).
A heartfelt, one-of-a-kind musical event, Passing Strange takes audiences on a journey from Los Angeles, to Amsterdam, to Berlin, and beyond. Rock musician Stew makes a powerful debut as playwright and narrator, telling the story of a nameless Youth who is on a quest to find “the real.”
May 22, 2024 · But then Passing Strange, written by American singer-songwriter Stew (with music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald) and shown on Broadway in 2008, is no regular musical. Rather it’s a joyous ...
May 22, 2024 · Written by Tom Wicker. Time Out says. This 2008 Tony Award-winning, semi-autobiographical rock musical swaggers onto the Young Vic’s main stage in a blaze of colour and sound and with a...
Mar 15, 2024 · Cast for Young Vic’s Passing Strange. By Angela Thomas on Friday, 15 March, 2024 in News, Onstage. Olivier Award winner Giles Terera, Rachel Adedeji and Keenan Munn-Francis will lead the cast of the European premiere of the multi-award-winning rock musical Passing Strange at the Young Vic.
May 24, 2024 · Passing Strange. The Young Vic, London, 21 May 2024. Starring Giles Terera, Rachel Adedeji, Keenan Munn-Francis et al. Directed by Liesl Tommy. Passing Strange runs until 6 July – for information and tickets, visit youngvic.org
Hilton Als wrote in The New Yorker, "Passing Strange is a brilliant work about migration – a geographical migration but also its hero’s migration beyond the tenets of ‘blackness’ and toward selfhood."
