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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
Playing @
Next Door at NYTW / 4th St Theatre
83 East 4th Street, New York City, NY 10003
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.
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.
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
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$30.00 - $90.00
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Reviews
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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
Accessibility
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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.









