The Fabulous Lipitones
By Gary Wien
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Imagine three white, middleaged, guys from Ohio that are
part of a barbershop quartet who
have just lost their fourth member
who died while singing the high B
flat in competition. They suddenly find themselves scrambling to
find a tenor before the nationals.
As luck would have it, they hear
an amazing voice in the background of a telephone conversation. The three agree to take on
the voice as their fourth member,
but when they meet him in person he looks a bit different than
expected.
“Hopefully, hilarity and gentle
commentary about racism along
with 12 or so barbershop quartet
songs ensue,” said Michael Mastro, who returns to George Street
as director of The Fabulous Lipitones, a musical comedy running
New Jersey Stage
now through December 14.
The play was created from the
team of Mark St. Germain (author
of Freud’s Last Session and Best of
Enemies) and John Markus (head
writer for The Cosby Show and
writer/producer of The Larry Sanders Show). The play stars YouTube
sensation Rohan Kymal and Broadway veterans Donald Corren, Wally Dunn, and Jim Walton.
After losing the fourth member
of their quartet, the guys are in
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