Dempsey and Rowe

Dempsey and Rowe is the musical theatre composition team of Ohioans John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe (composer). They have completed four shows to-date: The Reluctant Dragon, Zombie Prom (1996) The Fix (1997) and The Witches of Eastwick (2000).

Update

As of August 2005, an independent film production of Zombie Prom, starring RuPaul has just finished principal filming.

From September 14-25, Dana P Rowe will roadtest his new musical entitled The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, with book and lyrics by Michael Aman and Oscar E. Moor. The premiere, directed by Michael Bush with musical direction by Rowe himself - part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival - will star off-Broadway star Deven May and country singer Sherrié Austin as the eponymous duo.

The Fix (1997)

The Fix premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in April 1997 under the direction of Sam Mendes. Its working title was "Cal: A Musical Tale of Relative Insanity". After mixed critical reception, the material were rewritten and the tone made more comic. The revised version, featuring an expanded, bolder orchestration, was premiered at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia.

Plot

Days before a United States presidential election, shoo-in candidate Reed Chandler suffers a fatal coronary between the thighs of his mistress. Before the body has turned cold, the dead man's widow, Violet, and brother, Grahame (a speechwriter and spin doctor crippled from birth by polio and jealous of his brother's public success) -...
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