Blood Red Roses (1970) - repro

Michael Valenti and John Lewin’s 'Blood Red Roses' arrived at the Golden Theatre in 1970, running for a brief, highly publicized commercial residency of just 1 official performance before closing, remaining an essential, textually rich treasure find for lyric stage scholars tracking late-century failures. Conceived as a sharp anti-war musical comedy satirical revue pastiche, the narrative tracks an eccentric troupe of Victorian soldiers who became ensnared in an intricate web of military deceptions during the Crimean War.