Clockwise from L: Jenny Weaver, Joey Calveri, Eric Shelly & Barret Hall.
Photo/Andrew Loschert
As the story (or at least the author's note) goes, writer Andrew Loschert, fresh out of grad school, got the idea for Only a Lad while listening to the Oingo Boingo Greatest Hits CD. His idea was sound (no pun intended): use the narrative-driven eccentricities of Danny Elfman's '80s rock band and make a musical out of it. The concept was in the right key too: a good-at-heart gangster who just happens to be different from the "cool cats" gets framed for murder and must find a way to save himself and reconcile his spirit. The thematic nature was there too: if we've learned nothing else from VH1, it's that America Loves the 80s. So what went wrong?
Read on at [New Theater Corps]
[For more Fringe coverage, read the masterful musings of Ludlow Lad.]
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