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Ghost Quartet

First Preview: Oct 4, 2017
Opening Date: Oct 4, 2017
Closing Date: Nov 6, 2017
Running Time: 01:50
Ghost Quartet
https://www.nytw.org/show/ghost-quartet/
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Next Door at NYTW / 4th St Theatre
83 East 4th Street, New York City, NY 10003
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Ghost Quartet returns from its premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. 

Ghost Quartet is a haunted song cycle about love, death, and whisky. A camera breaks and four friends drink, in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries: a warped fairy tale about two sisters, a treehouse astronomer and a lazy evil bear; a retelling of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"; a purgatorial intermezzo about Scheherazade; and a contemporary fable about a subway murder.

Murder ballads, doo-wop, jazz noise, and raucous campfire drinking songs collide in this surreal chamber musical from Dave Malloy, composer of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Featuring Comet stars Brittain Ashford and Gelsey Bell, cellist Brent Arnold, designer Christopher Bowser, and director Annie Tippe.

Off BroadwayConcertPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission.
Age Guidance: 21
Audience Advisory: Ghost Quartet is a 21+ production. Photo ID will be required to enter the Fourth Street Theatre, no exceptions Costumes are encouraged for those attending the Oct 31st performance! ADDED ALL-AGES SHOWS: Oct 14th, 21st, 28th, 31st and Nov 4th @ 3 pm Due to the building's landmark status, the Fourth Street Theatre is not a wheelchair accessible space. There are 8 stairs leading from the street level to the main floor of the building where the theatre is located.

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8:30 PM

Music
  • Dave Malloy
Lyrics
  • Dave Malloy
Book
  • Dave Malloy - Developed and Arranged by Ghost Quartet
Director
  • Annie Tippe

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  • Rapturous…this happily haunted song cycle speaks in many styles. The voguish term “mash-up” doesn’t begin to capture its breadth or its quirky sincerity…Ghost Quartet uses languages as varied as gospel, folk ballads, honky-tonk anthems of heartbreak, electropop, doo-wop and jazz à la Thelonious Monk…directed with unobtrusive cunning by Annie Tippe…Mr. Malloy is infectiously in love with the dark arts of storytelling in all its forms.” 

    -----New York Times
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  • Rapturous…this happily haunted song cycle speaks in many styles. The voguish term “mash-up” doesn’t begin to capture its breadth or its quirky sincerity…Ghost Quartet uses languages as varied as gospel, folk ballads, honky-tonk anthems of heartbreak, electropop, doo-wop and jazz à la Thelonious Monk…directed with unobtrusive cunning by Annie Tippe…Mr. Malloy is infectiously in love with the dark arts of storytelling in all its forms.” 

    -----New York Times
    Read More
  • Rapturous…this happily haunted song cycle speaks in many styles. The voguish term “mash-up” doesn’t begin to capture its breadth or its quirky sincerity…Ghost Quartet uses languages as varied as gospel, folk ballads, honky-tonk anthems of heartbreak, electropop, doo-wop and jazz à la Thelonious Monk…directed with unobtrusive cunning by Annie Tippe…Mr. Malloy is infectiously in love with the dark arts of storytelling in all its forms.” 

    -----New York Times
    Read More
  • Rapturous…this happily haunted song cycle speaks in many styles. The voguish term “mash-up” doesn’t begin to capture its breadth or its quirky sincerity…Ghost Quartet uses languages as varied as gospel, folk ballads, honky-tonk anthems of heartbreak, electropop, doo-wop and jazz à la Thelonious Monk…directed with unobtrusive cunning by Annie Tippe…Mr. Malloy is infectiously in love with the dark arts of storytelling in all its forms.” 

    -----New York Times
    Read More

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis from the box office. An ID or credit card is required to borrow a listening device for the duration of the performance.

  • Elevator/Escalator

    None available

  • Parking

    Lafayette Garage - 403 Lafayette Street (b/w 4th Street & Astor Place)

  • Passenger Loading Zone

    There is a curb cut in front of the theatre.

  • Telephone

    None on premises

  • Visual Assistance

    Large print programs are available free of charge at every performance.

  • Curb Ramps

    There is a curb cut in front of the theatre.

  • Water Fountain

    None available.

  • Wheelchair Info

    Due to the building's landmark status, the Fourth Street Theatre is not a wheelchair accessible space. There are 8 stairs leading from the street level to the main floor of the building where the theatre is located.

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