Destined to be a classic, THE WAGES OF SIN is a morality tale
disguised as a Prohibition-era screwball comedy. Set in New York City
at the turn of the decade from 1929 to 1930, characters include an
escaped mental patient with a bottle of bootleg whiskey, a heartbroken
hooker on the verge of suicide, an Italian anarchist posing as a
tenor, a delusional Russian princess with skeletons in her closet, a
Chinese butler with Hollywood ambitions, a 17th-century pirate and his
first mate, a biblical femme fatale, and last but not least, the Devil
himself.
Theater of the absurd at its finest, THE WAGES OF SIN is guaranteed to
set the worlds of opera and musical theater on fire with its
topsy-turvy plot, transgressive humor, scintillating choreography and
gorgeous melodies that will send you home singing.
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