SILENCE! THE MUSICAL ELEKTRA THEATRE
673 8th Ave
New York, NY 10036
THIS PRODUCTION HAS CLOSED.
OFF-BROADWAY SHOW INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, and Sundays at 3 & 7 PMOFFICIAL WEBSITE
www.silencethemusicalnyc.com/RUNNING TIME
GENRE
Off-Broadway MusicalPERFORMANCE DATES
Performances from June 24, 2011Opening: October 24, 2011
Closing: December 30, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Click here for maps, directions, restaurant and hotel recommendations, and more at this venue.SYNOPSIS - ABOUT THE SHOW
In the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs,
rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but
insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to catch the serial killer known
only as Buffalo Bill. Clarice must face her own demons and race the
clock to unlock Lecter's clues before another innocent girl is killed
and skinned by Bill. It's a hair-raising thriller that's kept countless
millions on the edges of their seats and permeated the pop lexicon with
delightfully creepy quotes like "I ate his liver with some fava beans
and a nice Chianti" and of course "It places the lotion in the basket."
And now, at last, this delicate symphony of suspense has been turned on
its ear and retold in the only way it can be - as a musical. A singing
chorus of floppy eared lambs narrates the action; Buffalo Bill gleefully
dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin; and even
Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he'd like to lead
someday outside the prison walls.
Created by Jon and Al Kaplan in 2002, Silence! began as a collection of songs on the internet which immediately attracted a staggering number of fans. The Kaplans' subsequent screenplay Silence! The Musical was adapted by Hunter Bell into a live stage show, which also featured newly composed songs by the brothers. Fueled by a rabid cult following, Silence! shattered every box office record at the 2005 FringeNYC Festival, winning the award for Best Musical. Silence! The Musical met with further success last season in London where it garnered ecstatic reviews at the Above The Stag Theatre.
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