Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Off-Broadway With A New Star Trek Musical
KHAN!!! THE MUSICAL! logo.
MARCH 9, 2023 - Kahn: Kirk…oh Kirk….…You are my enemy……I’ve sworn….I’ve sworn…I will de-story you, you see…
Kirk: You tried…you tried……Your aim was really bad…….I see…I see….…How this could make you mad…
Ok, so maybe those aren’t the actual lyrics, but we will be in for something…weird and wonderful. The human adventure is just beginning, and Khan!!! The Musical! is coming!
The coming extravaganza has been billed as an irreverent parody of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: The Next Generation. They are definitely going where no Off-Broadway production has gone before! It will begin May 4, beaming into the Players Theatre.
The official announcement is as follows:
Set in 2366 and the timeframe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Khan is a camp heavy exploration of Data the Android's attempt at adapting the 'history' of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan into a musical. Resulting in a comedic mixture of William Shatner impressions, mutant space chickens, and Vulcan tap dancing, the coming-of-middle-age story remains (mostly) true to the original film, with the sci-fi silliness turned up to 11.
Khan!!! The Musical! is co-written, composed, and features lyrics by Brent Black, with additional material by co-conceiver Alina Morgan. John Lampe will direct.
The concept, as explained by Black is as follows;
A lot of episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation feature storylines where Data has to learn something through trial and error, usually going a little too far or taking things a bit too literally; the idea that he would write a musical after studying classic Broadway shows of the past opened the concept of the show even wider to include sendups of classic musicals... Star Trek has always been ahead of the curve in terms of inclusivity and representation, and it’s nice that this campy comedy show still maintains the spirit of that future Gene Roddenberry envisioned when he created the original TV show.
For more details and to follow along with future updates, warp on over to Playbill.com. May the Farce be with you! Oh wait, that’s the other guy…
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