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The Big Voice: God or Merman?

Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  2m

Book by Jim Brochu
Music and Lyrics by Steve Schalchlin

This high-energy, razzle-dazzle show chronicles the lives of Jim and Steve, a Baptist from Arkansas and a Catholic from Brooklyn who find eternal salvation in the temple of musical theatre.

The Big Voice: God or Merman?

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
In The Big Voice, Jim and Steve have musicalized their longterm relationship and hilariously proved that theatre is as much a calling as religion. This high-energy, razzle-dazzle show chronicles the lives of a Baptist from Arkansas and a Catholic from Brooklyn who find eternal salvation in the temple of musical theatre. The show “traces the couple's meeting aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, Steve's struggle with AIDS, the production of their hit off-Broadway musical The Last Session, their separation and their reconciliation. It's a comedy about a gay marriage between two men created by the couple themselves.”
History
The Big Voice: God or Merman? premiered off-Broadway at the The Actors Temple Theatre on November 30, 2006. Directed by Anthony Barnao, the musical starred co-creators Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin.
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Performing Groups

STEVE
JIM

Both characters sing. Both about 50 years old. Steve plays keyboard. 

The character of "Steve" plays keyboard.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting One table, two chairs, one keyboard and a mirror ball.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Side-splitting! A hilarious and utterly enthralling evening of musical theater.” – The New York Times

“The Big Voice is unconventional and perhaps unlikely, but this story of a mismatched couple, musical comedy-style, is funny, touching and warmly endearing.” – Variety

“Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin have made fantastic theater out of the drama of their lives. High on the LOL-meter. Laughs and heart to spare.” – The Village Voic

“Side-splitting! A hilarious and utterly enthralling evening of musical theater. Marvel at the romantic sweep of their songs. Here art is achieved with light hands, and the result is a triumphant and very touching song of praise to everyday love and the funky glories of the show business life.” – The New York Times

Music

Song Samples

Why?
Holy Tour
James Robertson
The Closet
Where is God?
Beyond the Light
Near You
Christmastime
Sometime When I Pray
You Are a Stranger
One New Hell
How Do You Fall Back in Love?
Sower and Scarecrow
  • Musical Style Pop/Rock
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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3 Piano-Vocal

This title is orchestrated for Piano Only.

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Authors

Jim Brochu

Jim Brochu

Jim Brochu is the only actor in America to have won the New York Drama Desk Award, the Washington, DC Helen Hayes Award, the Los Angeles Ovation Award and the South Florida Carbonell Award, all for Best Actor in a Play. He appeared on Broadway as Andrew McLaren in Brigadoon o ...

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