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NOT YET PUBLISHED
Book and Lyrics by David Pittu, Music by Randy Redd
4m, 1f Comedy
Outer Critics Circle Nominee - Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, 2009
"A superswishy talk-show host (Peter Bartlett) goes behind the music of a fictional fourth-rate Broadway composer, played by librettist-lyricist David Pittu. We hear about Jacob's C-list celeb connections (he and Barbara Eden did a benefit for chronic yeast syndrome: ''Eine Kleine Vagina Musik''), truly tasteless songs (a 9/11-themed ballad about breast implants), and mazelike lyrics (''Let me taste the world, let me wander/Through maki with sake souvlaki and baklava''). The secret to Smell's success? It's all played with a perfectly straight face."
—Entertainment Weekly
"WHAT’S THAT SMELL: THE MUSIC OF JACOB STERLING The wonderfully unappetizing title is a clear clue that this is not the songbook of a Broadway composer you’ve never heard of. It’s a brilliant sendup of the more absurd impulses of musical-theater composers, written by and starring the terrific David Pittu. The show has transferred from the Atlantic Theater Company’s smaller stage to New World Stages. Anyone exasperated — or fascinated — by the often solipsistic mind-set of musical theater lovers should pay Jacob a visit."
—The New York Times
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