 |
|
The Fab 4 Reach the Pearly Gates
The piece is based on an imagined, dreamlike meeting of the Beatles and three powerful, unpredictable angels in a mythical afterlife. The Four Lads From Liverpool are challenged by the angels, both physically and psychologically, and begin to unravel. The piece is allusive and whimsical in tone and is highly physical in style. The text is drawn from vintage interviews with the Beatles. The piece has an aggressive soundtrack that includes some Beatles’ music.
THE FAB 4 REACH THE PEARLY GATES (Part 2 of the “Loverboy Chronicles” Trilogy) is an ensemble-created movement theatre piece written and developed over a year long period in 1999-2000, and premiered at the 2000 Philadelphia International Fringe Festival. It has been performed at PS122 in NYC, at Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, PA, and at the Walker Art Center, as part of its 2003 Out There Series. Director Whit MacLaughlin received an OBIE Award in 2002 in Sound Design for the piece.
It is performed by seven actors and can be presented in a wide variety of spaces.
REVIEWS:
“..a coup de theatre…” The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Though a passerby recommended I 'drop acid before entry,' there’s no drug necessary to feel the multi-layered wonderment of NPL’s enigmatic vision of Beatlemania at Heaven’s door...a deliciously seductive web...” The Philadelphia City Paper
“...hallucinatory and otherworldly...tantalizingly elusive...” The Philadelphia Weekly
 |
 |
|
 |
||
 |
 |
|
|
||
 |
 |
|
|
||
|
|
|