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Ghost Quartet

A.R.T. Breakout

  • Sep 9, 2015 & Sep 12, 2015

  • OBERON

  • Run Time: 90 minutes

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Music, Lyrics, and Text by Dave Malloy
Developed and Arranged by Ghost Quartet
Directed by Annie Tippe

A song cycle about love, death, and whiskey. A camera breaks and four friends drink in an interwoven tale spanning seven centuries, with a murderous sister, a treehouse astronomer, a bear, a subway, and the ghost of Thelonious Monk.

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Portions of the performance will take place in complete darkness.

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Portions of the performance will take place in complete darkness.

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Press

The Boston Globe

Boston Globe: At Oberon, a spirited ‘Ghost Quartet’ from Malloy and company

The story cycle, from the Ghost Quartet’s self-titled release, is by turns humorous and haunting. 

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The story cycle, from the Ghost Quartet’s self-titled release, is by turns humorous and haunting. 

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Edge Boston

Edge Boston: Oberon Horror Story Dave Malloy Talks ‘Ghost Quartet’

Eclectic is the best way to describe Dave Malloy, the award-winning composer/lyricist/arranger/performer who brings his theater piece “Ghost Quartet” to Oberon this Wednesday through Sunday for five performances.

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Eclectic is the best way to describe Dave Malloy, the award-winning composer/lyricist/arranger/performer who brings his theater piece “Ghost Quartet” to Oberon this Wednesday through Sunday for five performances.

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The Boston Globe

Boston Globe: ‘Ghost Quartet’: a song cycle for the stage, with a concept album vibe

In the grand, old musical-theater tradition, composer/writer/performer Dave Malloy, 39, followed his dream to New York City seven years ago. There, with several decidedly nontraditional off-Broadway hits, he has found fame, along with many of the accolades that the musical theater world has to offer, including two Obie Awards, the Richard Rodgers Award, and a Jonathan Larson Grant.

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In the grand, old musical-theater tradition, composer/writer/performer Dave Malloy, 39, followed his dream to New York City seven years ago. There, with several decidedly nontraditional off-Broadway hits, he has found fame, along with many of the accolades that the musical theater world has to offer, including two Obie Awards, the Richard Rodgers Award, and a Jonathan Larson Grant.

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New York Times

New York Times: The Finest of Dead People

And I promise you, you will believe by the evening’s end. People may die, but the stories they tell you will continue to divide and multiply, and haunt the world for as long as the human race exists.

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And I promise you, you will believe by the evening’s end. People may die, but the stories they tell you will continue to divide and multiply, and haunt the world for as long as the human race exists.

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