UPSIDE DOWN,
A new musical comedy
Musical Direction: Kevin Wallace
Production Director: William Olson
Performance Dates: Nine performances over three weekends, from January 30th through February 14th. All performances are on Fridays at 8pm and Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm.
PERFORMANCE DATES
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General Admission Seating is $40.00
Orchestra Seating is $45.00
The Venue opens an hour prior to the performance. The house opens a half hour prior to show time. Seating is open in both general admission and orchestra sections.
A special Red Carpet Closing Night Party happens on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14th at 8:00 pm.
Prior to the performance, enjoy appetizers, open bar, and bid on a wide variety of silent auction items. After the show the party continues with a dessert bar, music and dancing.
General Admission Seating is $75.00
Orchestra Seating is $90.00
“Upside Down” is a musical comedy with a twist. It tells the story of a straight love affair between a man and a woman in a universe where heterosexuals are shunned, and the society assumes that everyone is gay at birth. Women use men for their procreative abilities and that’s it. For relationships women pair with women and men pair with men. Women run this “upside-down” world where everything seems to be the opposite of our own. It’s a world where straights are in the minority, women rule the military, and the Dolphins constantly win the Super Bowl.
But “Upside Down” is more than that. The story that unfolds incorporates the messages of Acceptance, Going Against the Norm, Love, Diversity, and Prejudice. It’s meant to create a conversation and open each other up to a new sense of awareness.
Acceptance
The musical comedy Upside Down explores the concept of acceptance by flipping societal norms, creating a world where gay people are the majority and straight people are a marginalized minority. The story centers on two gay songwriters who decide to create the first-ever “straight musical” for Broadway, a project that is met with prejudice and controversy. Through this reversal of roles, the play holds a mirror to the absurdity of exclusion and forces the audience to consider issues of equality and judgment from a different perspective. It highlights the universal desire to express love without judgment and questions whether any group should be denied basic acceptance simply for being different.
Going Against the Norm
In the musical Upside Down, a show where gay is the norm and heterosexuality is the minority, two songwriters deliberately go against societal expectations by creating Broadway’s first “straight” musical. Their defiance of the cultural norm is intended as a subversive act, meant to be edgy and provocative for their audience. The satirical plot inverts the prejudice found in our own world, exploring what it feels like to be on the outside and to face sneers for something as fundamental as who you love. In doing so, the play forces both the characters and the audience to confront their biases and consider whether all people are deserving of equal respect.
Love
The play Upside Down explores love through the lens of societal reversal, imagining a world where the LGBTQ+ community is the majority and heterosexual people are a marginalized minority. The central love story unfolds when Jack, a gay songwriter, begins writing Broadway’s first “straight” musical and falls for Tammy, a heterosexual woman. Their forbidden romance becomes a powerful commentary on prejudice, as they face the same kind of societal judgment and criticism that LGBTQ+ couples have historically endured. Ultimately, their journey uses humor and empathy to question why some love stories are seen as more valid or acceptable than others, celebrating the universal desire to love and be loved without judgment.
Diversity
The play Upside Down explores love through the lens of societal reversal, imagining a world where the LGBTQ+ community is the majority and heterosexual people are a marginalized minority. The central love story unfolds when Jack, a gay songwriter, begins writing Broadway’s first “straight” musical and falls for Tammy, a heterosexual woman. Their forbidden romance becomes a powerful commentary on prejudice, as they face the same kind of societal judgment and criticism that LGBTQ+ couples have historically endured. Ultimately, their journey uses humor and empathy to question why some love stories are seen as more valid or acceptable than others, celebrating the universal desire to love and be loved without judgment.
Prejudice
The Off-Broadway musical Upside Down satirizes prejudice by reversing societal norms. The story is set in a world where the LGBTQ+ community is the overwhelming majority and straight people are a marginalized minority. When two gay songwriters decide to create Broadway’s first-ever “straight musical”—a story about a man and a woman falling in love—they are met with outrage and bigotry. This flipped perspective allows the play to critique the absurdity of prejudice, inviting the audience to consider how discrimination feels from the “outside looking in”. Through comedy, the show highlights how unjust it is to criticize or ostracize a group of people based simply on whom they love.
The Story – Upside Down
AMT Theater in New York Original Off Broadway Production
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