Abie's Island Rose
A musical in 2 acts: music by Doug Katsaros; lyrics by Richard Engquist and Frank Evans.
Jewish Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway - Opened April 29, 2000. Closed May 21, 2000 (9 previews, 15 perfs)
Synopsis
is a four-character musical comedy which tells the story of the romance between Abie, a young New York Jewish medical student and Rose, an Afro-Caribbean nurse. The show takes place in two mythical islands:Tornados in the Caribbean and Manhattan on the Hudson.
Musical Numbers:
- Two Islands
- Omens
- That Was Him
- Rainbow
- A Bit of a Surprise
- That Girl
- Something Else
- What's Going On?
- Crazy Mixed Up Me
- Somwehere in the World
- Liberal
- All For Her
- Welcome To Manhattan
- Nice While It Lasted
- The Way It's S'posed to Be
- Late Night TV
- He Used to Whistle
- Wasted On the Young
- Finale
Characters
- Fletcher Augustin Hyacinth
- Rose Hyacinth
- Madeline Feinman
- Abie