Op Ed: Brunch! the Musical
First and foremost, how the hell did this escape my brunch radar by a good six months (or, if we’re going to get all technical about it, two years)? Despite a personal aversion to musicals, I find it offensive that Chicago has not adapted this off-Broadway production. Get it together, Chi-City. Are you really going to let New York sucker punch us in theater AND brunch (again)?
BRUNCH is a new rock musical about the New York City restaurant scene from the eyes of those who do the serving. It’s about the daily grind, specials, romances, firings, tips and VIPs that inhabit every restaurant, bistro, café and diner in the city. BRUNCH follows a cast of characters — waiters, bartenders and managers — through the most hectic shift of the week, from the first cup of coffee to the last reservation at the tension-filled, comically riotous, patience-trying shift at the end of the restaurant week — Brunch!
Honestly, do we need another modern adaptation of Oedipus Rex that parallels Russian communist propaganda? Or could we benefit from a rock-and-roll adaptation of singing, hungover waitstaff forgetting omelets and talking shit for a few hours? I think we all know the answer to that.
— Carly Fisher
Tammy said,
September 19, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
If it *does* come to Chicago, I expect you to organize an outing!