New Off-Broadway Musical? Bellevue Sketches?

Posted in Shows 11 months ago, 19 replies

Has anyone heard anything about that new Off-Broadway musical about crazy people? A friend of mine was telling me about this show called 'The Bellevue Sketches' and apparently it's a musical about a writer who follows patients at Bellevue Mental Hospital. He said the music is Sondheim-esque and that it's dark and full of twists and turns. My friend also said something about there being twenty-something actors playing mental patients, but only ten or twelve will be on stage each performance...? Sounds gutsy and interesting. I was wondering if anyone knows when, where and if it's really happening?
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????? ask your friend!
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bellevuesketches.com - show is scheduled to play in June '09 @ the Players' Theatre. i agree, ask your friend.
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Website Bellevue Sketches contains some samples of music that are NOT written by whoever claims to be the writer of this musical. Being a professional music critic and ,that's all I needed to hear!!!! Beside, the story about crazy people- too much "crazy dudes" in one single show for a "normal" mind to perceive! And music is NOT Sondheim-esque.., nor it's dark and full of twists and turns, just a few "sensitive" songs...but all the same.
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Hola Kevin,

Thanks for the critiques, but I assure you I wrote everything you hear on the site. The musical is registered with ASCAP. Just uploaded a new song entitled "Nice". Hope you enjoy it a bit more than the other "sensitive" songs... and please don't judge the twists and turns until you read the script. Hope to see you on June 11th!

-Patrick Michael Wickham
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Patrick Michael Wickham....??? or Justin in Sussex, NJ??...or Brian D.?? Let me know what is the name of your introduction melody to a website? ( not the songs)!!! We will be able to clear it up quickly.
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The introduction melody is the first 8 bars of the song "Fame" from the show. It is layered with a heartbeat monitor, some strings I layered from "Reason" and a slowed down version of my own voice in my vocal hypnosis CD track. I can send anyone the mp3 file of the actual track or separate elements if they don't believe I wrote it...
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Patrick didn't know I was posting this. I confess that I have more knowledge of the show than I initially revealed, but it was with good intentions. There has been a lot of hard work being put into the creation of this show, and there are plenty of other actors (including myself) who really want to see this show do well - for most of us, it's our first NY show, and we've been working on this for a long time. Kevin, you have every right to your opinion, but I just wish that you had saved it until after you'd seen the show. Isn't that what "professional critics" do? Anyway, anyone with an opinion and a fifth-grade reading level can call themself a professional critic. How hard can it be to criticize someone else's achievements? I mean, you don't actually DO anything but watch, listen and then write. How long does that take you? Ten minutes? Every person that walks out of the theatre becomes a critic on their car ride home. What's the difference? A title and an article?

Justin G Lopez
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Ok kids, that's enough! Justin, Patrick Wickham, Kevin,.... you all need a diaper change!!
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This is INSANITY! Bellevue Sketches is an original piece of HIGH ART. PERFORMANCE ART. NEW WAVE! EXTREMISM! Fabulous balls to the wall sonic f***k fest. I've been invited into the private readings and sing throughs and let me TELL YOU MOVIN' OUT IT'S an outstanding piece of original theater. This is the show you will want to make love to. It's crazy, kooky and altogether FANTASTIC!!
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tHIS IS ME btw Love always, Marla S. Dangerfield
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That's what I call a review. Holy crap. Well said, Marla!
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I used to work for this composer. he is delightfully talented and a master of his craft.

Kisses,
A.M.
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Unicorns are kinda kick-ass
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TICKETS? HOW MUCH? THIS IS IN NEW YORK CITY RIGHT?
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I know this much, if Paul Fraccalvieri is in this show, and he is, the audience will hear a great singer, well worth the price of a ticket!!!
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For tickets: theatermania.com
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This musical was ORGASMIC. AMAZING PIECE OF THEATER. I especially LOVED that ginger-topped sexy bitch in the purple. NO i do not mean THAT OTHER UNDERSTUDY...the lead...and I was CREAMING for the lead..

Love always,
Heidi
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actually that was the pills talking. I LOVED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DELIGHTFULLY DELICIOUS CAST MEMBERS!!

XO
H
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