Around the Nation: October 2, 2007

'The Beastly Bombing' at The New York Musical Theatre Festival
- New York, NY.
The Beastly Bombing, or A Terrible Tale of Terrorists Tamed by the Tangles of True Love. Book and Lyrics by Julien Nitzberg, Music by Roger Neill. Nitzberg and Neill's Gilbert-and-Sullivan-style romantic operetta about white supremacists and Al Qaeda terrorists plotting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge has already been dubbed "the first great work of comedy to emerge from the post-9/11 little planet of horrors." Winner, "Best Musical of the Year," LA Weekly Awards. Julia Miles Theater, 424 W. 55th Street (between Ninth and Tenth avenues). 212-352-3101. Six shows only.
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