What follows is the entire text of Joseph Moncure March’s poem The Wild Party.Although finished in 1926, the poem was considered too racy for publication until 1928, when a limited run of 750 copies was printed by Pascal Covici. Playing a jaded jazz baby in Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party… For someone who first conquered Broadway as the most wholesome kid on the block, Sutton Foster dirties up real nice. Lippa vs. LaChiusa. Andrew Lippa's Wild Party is a favorite of universities and theatre companies that like to push the envelope. Which "The Wild Party" do you prefer? The Wild Party (Original, Musical, Drama, Broadway) opened in New York City Apr 13, 2000 and played through Jun 11, 2000. In LaChiusa and Wolfe's reading, The Wild Party is a confluence of social, political, and artistic issues as well as just a wild party with its sex, drinking, drugs, and violence. Posted by. Archived. In 2000, musical theatre mastermind Michael John LaChiusa breathed life into a Broadway play based off a 1920’s poem. The Wild Party is a stage musical … Full Synopsis Materials and Orchestration. Based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 poem of the same name, Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party tells the story of a vaudeville dancer named Queenie and a vaudeville clown named Burrs--her passionate and violent lover. The Wild Party: Lippa vs LaChiusa - Page 2. In Lippa's version, the plot is tightly focused on the central love triangle of Joseph Moncure March's original poem, and the cast is much smaller. I like LaChuisas better because of the orchestrations and his music. Now, his stage adaptation of ‘The Wild Party’ takes to London with a bold, new production that’s just what modern-day theatre needs right now. Just seeing what everyone else thinks. Creative potential leaps from its pages. 2. Joseph Moncure March's narrative poem "The Wild Party" became the basis of two musicals — a Broadway version with a score by Michael John LaChiusa, and an Off-Broadway version by Andrew Lippa. But the narrow focus of the story certainly hasn’t daunted the author of “Wild Party” version 1.0. Synopsis. It tells the story of vaudevillian performers and lovers Queenie, the dancer and Burrs, the clown, who have a volatile and abusive relationship. u/lumpyloofa. Book by George C. Wolfe and Michael John LaChiusa. It's based on a poem written in the 1920's by Joseph Moncure Marsh called the Wild Party ...It's about this “fading” vaudeville Chorus girl named Queenie who lives with her vicious vaudeville clown boyfriend Burrs. Review: The Wild Party | Bishop Arts Theatre Center Where's the Party? Accordingly, LaChiusa's music draws heavily on 1920s hot jazz and the music of George Gershwin without descending to pop conventions.