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“Not since Sunday in the Park with George does a musical so dazzlingly explore the role of art, artists and the 'real' world in which they live.”
– Frank Rizzo, The Hartford Courant  

World Premiere Production
FEBRUARY HOUSE
Music and Lyrics by Gabriel Kahane
Book by Seth Bockley
Directed by Davis McCallum
Featuring Stanley Bahorek, Ken Barnett, Ken Clark, Julian Fleisher, Stephanie Hayes, Josh Lamon, Erik Lochtefeld, Kacie Sheik, A.J. Shively, and Kristen Sieh
In association with Long Wharf Theatre

May 8 - June 10, 2012

Carson McCullers. Benjamin Britten. W.H. Auden. Gypsy Rose Lee. Visionary and flamboyant editor George Davis transforms a dilapidated Brooklyn boardinghouse into a bohemian commune for these leading lights of 1940s New York. The residents of 7 Middagh Street create a tumultuous and remarkable makeshift family searching for love, inspiration, and refuge from the looming war in Europe. Inspired by true events, this powerful and funny new musical marks the first commission of The Public's Musical Theater Initiative. The exciting score, written by up-and-coming composer Gabriel Kahane, mixes elements of classical operetta, jazz, and musical comedy with modern folk-pop.

“Gabriel Kahane has confected nearly two dozen exquisite songs to tell the story of a ragtag Brooklyn Heights town house that once served—ever so fleetingly—as a kind of all-star artists’ commune. Along with Seth Bockley, who fashioned the equally compelling ‘February House’ book, Mr. Kahane, it seems clear, will be one of the artists nudging musical theater in new directions in the 21st Century.”
— Sylviane Gold, The New York Times 

FEBRUARY HOUSE was recently featured in The New York Times! CLICK HERE to read the article.

Learn about some of the notable inhabitants of February House on The Public Theater blog!