With "Yoshimi," they’ll get a chance to see if that theatrical sandbox is for them. "I’ve spent some of my career demystifying the theater for people who I think should be playing in our sandbox," McAnuff said.įlaming Lips fans are generally a younger demographic then the average theater-goer. Both musicals were wildly successful on Broadway and won multiple Tony Awards. That common touch is something McAnuff has been trying to bring to theater for years, first with his musical "The Who’s Tommy" and later "Jersey Boys," based on the music and life of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. "If you happen to love the bands associated with the British invasion, then you’ll love the Lips because they were so heavily influenced by those bands along with the post-punk and New Wave bands. McAnuff says the musical should appeal to more than Lips fans. It will include all the music from "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" as well as other Flaming Lips albums. The Playhouse production is "Yoshimi’s" world premiere. Wayne Coyne is the lead singer of The Flaming Lips. I know what’s important and what’s important is the humanity." "If I were 22 and straight out of drama school, I might make that mistake," McAnuff said. They float giant weather balloons above their audiences while confetti streams down.īut McAnuff says he won’t weigh the stage musical down with technical wizardry. They often have people in mascot costumes dancing on stage with them. The Oklahoma band is known for their theatrical concerts.
That kind of stagecraft should be familiar to Flaming Lips fans. "It’s got extraordinary robotics and puppetry, motorized scenery and lights and sound and LED screens." "It’s technically the most ambitious show that we’ve done since I’ve been here," Ashley noted.
He even included a robot named unit 3000-21, also featured on the album.Ĭhristopher Ashley is the current artistic director at the Playhouse. McAnuff said he’s been almost religiously faithful to the Yoshimi album. The musical is almost entirely sung through, with very little dialogue. "Throughout the play, we see her battling the cancer.or the pink robots, if you will." The pink robots represent the cells attacking Yoshimi's body. "She actually finds out that she has cancer," Glenn explained. Actress Kimiko Glenn, who had a memorable turn this summer in the Playhouse production of "The Nightingale", plays the character of Yoshimi.
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