INDIANAPOLIS — IndyFringe Basile Theatre is pleased to announce the world premiere of Calder, The Musical, opening Jan. 27 on its main stage. The production runs through Feb. 12, with Tom Alvarez as director and Dustin Klein as music director. A preview of the musical was the top-selling show at IndyFringe Festival, this past August.
Calder, The Musical traces the life of American artist Alexander “Sandy” Calder and brings his art to life on stage through a theatrical experience of drama, music, dance and visual art. Narrated by an unlikely muse, the show chronicles his beginnings as a young boy through nearly eighty years of artistic creation. The story opens in 1976 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City at the opening of Calder’s Universe, a major retrospective of his career and is followed by flashbacks to major turning points in Calder’s life. The evolution of his whimsical creations beginning in his childhood workshop, to the streets of Paris, to his movable wire circus of the 1920s and 30s, new loves and paths to follow on ship journeys, hardships as a struggling artist and creation of his mobiles and stabiles and more — are all explored. Amid the dark influences, ongoing conflicts and times of the 20th century, audiences will be transported to Calder’s imaginative world where art has the ability to bridge ideas of peace, hope and harmony.
Performances will be on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at various times. Tickets for Calder, The Musical are: $20 adult, $15 seniors/students, $12 under 12 years age and can be purchased in advance online at www.indyfringe.org.
