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JANUARY 2012: Jim Bauer and Pulitzer prize-winning playwright NILO CRUZ ("Anna in the Tropics") have been commissioned by PREMIERES to collaborate on a new one-person musical for the Premieres "Inner Voices" series. Performances of the new piece will be presented in New York City in the fall of 2012.
DECEMBER 2011: Jim has begun work on the script for DAGMAR: EXO, a new magical realism 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. producer/musician ROBBIE BRONNIMANN, longtime collaborator and DAGMAR percussionist DAVID ROZENBLATT, and DAGMAR (The Band) singing/performance partner MEGHAN McGEARY. The song cycle and show tell 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. Taking place in 2050, it's an environmental apocalyptic tale with a happy unhappy ending. Humans are about to be extinguished by their own folly, and the bugs, as long predicted, are finally taking over. Time to celebrate. The expectation is to present first developmental productions of the multi-media show in 2012-13.
NOVEMBER 2011: Jim Bauer's musical play 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, for its production at A.R.T.-The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, 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.
LINKS TO CURRENT PROJECTS, WITH MUSIC SAMPLES:
THE BLUE FLOWER / THE WEIMARBAND