A war has been raging in the chat room of the Talkin Broadway Web site over the musical “(title of show)” that has been previewing at the Lyceum Theatre since July 5 in preparation for Thursday night’s official opening.
The piece has been a cult favorite for the past four years — ever since it debuted at the 2004 New York Musical Theater Festival.
Written by and starring Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell, it’s a show about two struggling actor/writers and their two actress/singer friends who desperately want to be in a musical worthy of being accepted by the NYMTF.
Drawing together elements of “Seinfeld” and reality television, the musical is totally self-referential[...]