The Gig

The Gig

The Gig

By Douglas J. Cohen
Based on the motion picture The Gig by Frank D. Gilroy

The Gig

The Gig

By Douglas J. Cohen
Based on the motion picture The Gig by Frank D. Gilroy

Overview

A used car salesman, a dentist, a real estate agent, a financial advisor, a deli owner and a music teacher get together once a week to play jazz. It is the highlight of their lives. When one answers an ad and gets a two-week gig in the Catskills, they shed their ordinary lives and begin an adventure that reveals truths about friendship, the joy of music and the importance of dreams. The gig is not what they expected and each returns from the Catskills changed by the experience. This winner of the 1994 Richard Rodgers Grant was inaugurated at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s New Musicals in Concert at City Center and was developed at the O’Neill Music Theatre Conference and the Goodspeed at Chester.

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol

Details

  • Genre: Adventure, Adaptation (Stage & Screen)
  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble Cast
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Douglas J. Cohen

Douglas J. Cohen is the recipient of two Richard Rodgers Awards for writing book, music and lyrics to No Way to Treat a Lady (produced twice off-Broadway, including The York Theatre in 1994 and Hudson Guild) and The Gig (MTC, Stage 2); a Jonathan Larson Grant, Lortel Theatre ...

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