David Rossmer & Dan Lipton’s new musical born from Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Music Festival, brings love to life at the Greer Cabaret Theater, February 2nd – March 17th, 2024
The storyline: What if you were ready for true love and could design your perfect mate?
Joan Sweete has always been drawn to the old-fashioned idea of true love with one person, which puts her at odds with the Wild West of romance in 2063. When she’s chosen to try out the Perfect Mate, an emotionally savvy humanoid partner, she thinks she has found her match – but perfection isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
David Rossmer & Dan Lipton are longtime collaborators who write music, lyrics, and scripts together. They wrote the score for Monopoly, the Broadway-bound musical produced by Hasbro and Araca Group, with a book by Tony nominee Rick Elice. They wrote They Don’t Let You in the Opera for Kelli O’Hara, whose performance with the Orlando Philharmonic went viral, garnering 5.8 million views on Facebook.
For the CLO, The Perfect Mate‘s creative team includes Director – Carolyn Cantor, Choreographer –Whitney G-Bowley, Music Director – Greg Anthony Rassen, and Scenic / Video Designer – Bryce Cutler.
One of the original musicals developed through the Pittsburgh CLO’s SPARK Festival Writing Residencies, The Perfect Mate was showcased during the festival’s Works-in-Progress Night at the CLO Cabaret.
“We are excited to finally see this World Premiere come to life through the Pittsburgh CLO Kara Cabaret Series after it was originally commissioned as part of the SPARK Festival in 2018,” says Mark Fleischer, Executive Producer, Pittsburgh CLO. “Pittsburgh CLO is committed to ensuring a successful future for the American musical art form; by taking a leadership role in developing new works, we are ensuring that local audiences can enjoy the very best of musical theatre for generations to come.” Writing teams joined SPARK for festival residencies. These unique residencies offered valuable rehearsal time and dramaturgical support to shows early in the development process and were a first step toward future development at Pittsburgh CLO.
TICKETS AND DETAILS
The Perfect Mate, commissioned by Pittsburgh CLO through the EQT Commissioning Fund, will be presented at the Greer Cabaret Theater (655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) February 2nd, 2024 – March 17th, 2024. Tickets range from $35 – $55. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.pittsburghclo.org/buy-tickets, by phone at 412-456-6666.
For more information, please visit https://www.pittsburghclo.org.
The newly renovated Lounge at the Greer Cabaret and Greer Cabaret Theater offer elevated dining experiences. The Lounge opens 2 hours before showtime, and advanced reservations are highly recommended. In-theater dining requires a ticket to a performance; once you are seated – you can order quietly and conveniently from your phone without missing a scene.
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