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NEWS

DECEMBER 2011: Jim has begun work on the script for DAGMAR: EXO, a new musical theater experiment based on the DAGMAR song cycle he's been working on since 2005. The music - a genre-bending blend of meta-folk and sub-elektronica that Bauer calls "folktronica" -- is being produced in collaboration with U.K. engineer/producer ROBBIE BRONNIMANN and DAGMAR percussionist DAVID ROZENBLATT. The show tells the story of a guy who can't get out of bed in the morning and an insect goddess who plunges through the ether to rescue him. Turns out, she's more than just a goddess. It's the year 2050 and the world is coming to an end, at least for humans. It's an apocalyptic tale of love, separation, yearning, loss, woe and finally, ecstasy. The target is to present first developmental productions of the multi-media show in 2012.

NOVEMBER 2011: THE BLUE FLOWER completed its Off-Broadway run in New York City at Second Stage Theater. Visit the Blue Flower website for reviews, details.

MAY 2011: THE BLUE FLOWER wins two Elliot Norton Awards (Boston Theater Critics Association), including Best Musical, and six IRNE (Independent Reviewers of New England) Awards, including Best Musical.

JANUARY 2011: Bauer's musical THE BLUE FLOWER completed its run at THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER in Cambridge, MA. Visit the Blue Flower website for reviews, details.

DECEMBER 2010: Jim Bauer and Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz ("Anna in the Tropics") have been commissioned by PREMIERES to work together in creating a new one-person short musical for the Premieres "Inner Voices" series. Performances of the new piece will be presented in NYC in Spring 2012.

LINKS TO CURRENT PROJECTS, WITH MUSIC SAMPLES:

DAGMAR
website

THE BLUE FLOWER / WEIMARBAND
website

photo: Ron Nicolaysen