Go-Go Beach :: a new musical


Description

GO-GO BEACH is a new musical fable about the shift of consciousness in America in the mid-sixties, told in the style of the popular California beach party movies.

  • 'It's All About Love!' (NYMF 2006)
  • 'Duke Kahanamoku's Roadsters and Jalopies' - Austin Miller as Woody (NYMF 2006)
  • 'In San Francisco' - Chandra Lee Schwartz as Bulldog (NYMF 2006)
  • Austin Miller as Woody, Timothy Smith as Sammy Leech, Jr. (NYMF 2006)
  • Michael Buchanan as Einstein, Erin Leigh Peck as J.J. (NYMF 2006)
  • 'The Love That Cannot Be' - Coleen Sexton as Mindy Chinchilla (NYMF 2006)
  • 'Girls In Bikinis' (UNCo 2004)
  • 'The Formula For Love' - Justin Liebergen as Einstein (UNCo 2004)
  • 'The Surfin' Race' (UNCo 2004)
  • 'The Love That Cannot Be' - Mariana Thielen as Mindy Chinchilla (UNCo 2004)
  • 'Go-Go Beach' (SummerWorks 2003)
  • Tara Macri as J.J. (SummerWorks 2003)
  • 'A Boy Like You' - Jamie McKnight as Woody, Ellen McKinney as Mindy (SummerWorks 2003)
  • Juan Chioran as Sammy Leech, Jr., Michael Lomenda as Rip (SummerWorks 2003)
  • Juan Chioran as Sammy Leech, Jr. (SummerWorks 2003)
  • Sammy Leech gets pranked by the boys. (South Korea 2004)
  • 'A Day Like Today' - Woody and Mindy (South Korea 2004)

It's a coming-of-age story about a surfer who gets into trouble with his girlfriend when he falls for a runaway teen pop star, and his relationship with a flower child who helps him find the true meaning of love.

GO-GO BEACH features an original score inspired by the surf sound, girl groups, go-go music - and a little flower power as well.

WINNER! Audience Choice Award, SummerWorks Festival, Toronto
Official “Next Link” Selection, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006

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Developed by a team of New York-based authors, this musical has been performed around the globe. Past productions have been seen at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, SummerWorks Festival in Toronto, New York Musical Theatre Festival, college workshops in Colorado and Minnesota, high school productions from coast-to-coast, and even a Korean-language version in Seoul.

Originally presented in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival
Produced at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival by Kevin F. Harrington's Plaza Theatrical Productions, Inc.

Go-Go Beach material & website © 2001 by John Wimbs, Michael Shaieb, & Brent Lord (ASCAP)