Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is such a weird musical. If you’ve seen it (or god forbid, been in it), your memories of the experience are probably accompanied by the kind of palpable, cheek-flushing shame usually associated with suddenly remembering something awful you did in high school. If you have no experience with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, then you’re in for a treat. Seven Brides proudly touts a tone-deafness that could only be engendered and nurtured in Hollywood / Broadway’s golden age; a brash, misguided gold mine that tries desperately to make up for rampant sexism, thin characterization, and a plot whose details range from insipid to absurd with dancing really hard and singing really loudly. Seriously-- the centerpiece song of the musical is the protagonist urging his brothers to go down to town and just kidnap a bunch of women, dude! It’s a freakish, peacocking amalgamation of traits and intentions that makes for a story so anachronistic and baffling as to be one of the most entertaining musicals in the genre’s history.
Nu Puppis, in conjunction with Firehouse Theatre, wishes to produce Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, highlighting and deconstructing the elements that make this “classic” musical the glorious mess that it is. And we need your help to make it happen. Originally, Nu Puppis received a grant from VCU to put on the production, but we were just too hot for academia (actually it’s more like our efforts to secure the rights to the show through VCU were stymied by bureaucracy so we kinda let it go because we thought the grant would expire but then we found out a few months ago that we still had the grant money available through his upcoming june and then we were like “oh cool” and got a bunch of irons in the fire and then VCU was like “haha jk u can’t have it” and we were like “but you said we had ‘till june” and they were like “yeah we did say that didn’t we ain’t we a stinker lol” and we were like “that’s messed up” and then VCU pointed behind us and went “oh look a new ugly dorm for some reason” and then we turned around to look at what they were pointing at but there wasn’t anything there and when we turned back around they were gone). We’re forging ahead regardless-- with your aid, Nu Puppis can mount a production of Seven Brides unlike any seen before. Money from this fundraiser will go toward the acquisition of the show’s rights, the building/buying of props and setpieces, the payment of the actors, technicians, and musicians involved, and the many other expenses incurred in the process of putting on a musical. We care about this show, as misshapen and ugly as it can be. We believe that somewhere in the freaky, viscous chowder that is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, there is a show that’s funny and informative and beautiful. And we would love and appreciate your help in putting that show on.
Note: If you give us any money at all, we will give you a social media shoutout!
Nu Puppis, in conjunction with Firehouse Theatre, wishes to produce Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, highlighting and deconstructing the elements that make this “classic” musical the glorious mess that it is. And we need your help to make it happen. Originally, Nu Puppis received a grant from VCU to put on the production, but we were just too hot for academia (actually it’s more like our efforts to secure the rights to the show through VCU were stymied by bureaucracy so we kinda let it go because we thought the grant would expire but then we found out a few months ago that we still had the grant money available through his upcoming june and then we were like “oh cool” and got a bunch of irons in the fire and then VCU was like “haha jk u can’t have it” and we were like “but you said we had ‘till june” and they were like “yeah we did say that didn’t we ain’t we a stinker lol” and we were like “that’s messed up” and then VCU pointed behind us and went “oh look a new ugly dorm for some reason” and then we turned around to look at what they were pointing at but there wasn’t anything there and when we turned back around they were gone). We’re forging ahead regardless-- with your aid, Nu Puppis can mount a production of Seven Brides unlike any seen before. Money from this fundraiser will go toward the acquisition of the show’s rights, the building/buying of props and setpieces, the payment of the actors, technicians, and musicians involved, and the many other expenses incurred in the process of putting on a musical. We care about this show, as misshapen and ugly as it can be. We believe that somewhere in the freaky, viscous chowder that is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, there is a show that’s funny and informative and beautiful. And we would love and appreciate your help in putting that show on.
Note: If you give us any money at all, we will give you a social media shoutout!
Organizer
Connor Scully
Organizer
Richmond, VA