Gunmetal Blues

What do you get when you cross a lounge singer called Buddy Toupee, a private investigator named Sam Galahad, a half dozen blondes, and a murder??? Before you answer, add a smoky lounge on the airport strip called the Red Eye Lounge, a mysterious mansion on a hill, the mob, and a police detective that wants Sam, our private dick to “leave it alone.” See if you can figure it out. Ooooh, and do not forget to make it a musical.
The answer to all these questions is a “noir musical mystery” called Gunmetal Blues, written by Scott Wentworth (Book), Craig Bohmler, and Marion Adler (Music and Lyrics), and it is running November 13 - 30 at First Impressions Theatre on the waterfront in Deep Cove. Gunmetal Blues, directed by Artistic Director Claude Giroux, and featuring a large cast of three (more on that later), feels like a musical Raymond Chandler novel, dialing up the feel of noir, its campy dialogue, and hardnosed characters, while at the same time going full satire in a mashup that is both nostalgic and new, and exceedingly fun.
Gunmetal Blues is a 1989 musical that blends a hard-boiled detective story with a lounge act, set in a smoky, dimly lit bar where a piano player, Buddy Toupee, leads the audience on a journey of mystery and murder. The plot follows private eye Sam Galahad as he searches for a missing blonde, encountering femme fatales and crooked cops in a world of shadows and music. The show is known for its snappy dialogue, moody 1940s film noir-inspired plot, improvisational Jazz/Blues music, and multi character performances by a small cast of three.
RUNS NOV 13-29 - 7:30 SHOWS NOV 13,14,20,21,22,28, 29 MATINEES AT 2PM NOV 15,22,29

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