Ubu Rock: Return Engagement

March 13, 1996 - March 23, 1996
"A hands-down, hilarious sendup of contemporary mores and modern musicals . . . Ubu has become a cult hit!"
— Boston Globe

This hilarious sendup of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, adapted by Shelley Berc and Andrei Belgrader, is a song-and-dance nightmare vision sure to become a cult hit.

Audiences screamed with laughter at this outrageous satire, a hilarious commentary on everything from unbridled political ambition and political correctness to the war in Bosnia and Newt Gingrich's "contract with America."

When vulgar low-life Pa Ubu plots to kill everyone and take over the world, no hallowed cause is safe! Together with his wife Ma Ubu (who's one part Lady Macbeth, one part Roseanne and several parts we don't dare mention here), the new dick-dick-dicktator of the land first de-brains the special interests and then begins the real exploitation!

Ubu is laughter! Ubu is rock and roll! Ubu is terror! And critics and audiences agree, Ubu is not to be missed!

"Who would have thought that Ubu Rock would be the most entertaining and provocative production of the A.R.T. schedule?!! It's a song-and-dance nightmare vision played out brilliantly, bringing out the best in the company."
— Boston Globe
"Ubu Rock is a Must-see Melange of Madness. Don't miss this one!"
— Boston Herald
"I am certainly recommending Ubu Rock—don't miss that show!"
— WBZ-Channel 4's Joyce Kulhawik
"One of our favorite productions of 1995."
— The Improper Bostonian

Creative Team

by

from Ubu Roi by

Alfred Jarry

music and lyrics by

directed by

Sponsors 

Sponsored by the Boston Phoenix and WFNX

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Venue:

64 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138