Ayn Rand worshipers Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are going to be positively orgasmic. Their oft-cited heroine’s work is going to off-Broadway.
From Theater Mania:
The Anthem, a sci-fi musical inspired by Ayn Rand’s novella?Anthem, will make its off-Broadway world premiere at Culture Project’s?Lynn Redgrave Theatre?this May. Performances will begin May 20 in advance of an official May 29 opening.
The synopsis, by the New York Theatre Guide:
?Hunger Games meets Ayn Rand in a far off future (several centuries after the early 1980s) in a social media gone mad world, where individuality is illegal. Prometheus (Jason Gotay) abandons everything to confront the State, controlled by the overlord of evil efficiency, Tiberius (Randy Jones). With a forbidden copy of Ayn’s Rand’s ancient tome in hand, can Prometheus overthrow the system??
An interesting twist is that former Village People singer Randy Jones has a lead role in the musical. Jason Gotay of Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark fame has the starring role. From Mediaite:
The musical (which is actually not the first time?Anthem?has inspired song) follows a three-part adaptation ofAtlas Shrugged?that, in an ironic tribute to its charismatic authority,?failed to turn a profit; it also stars a cast member from?Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, one of the?most bloated money losers?in recent Broadway history. Capitalism!
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