Yes…you heard that right! The deliciously macabre true story of Lizzie Borden the accused axe wielding murderess of her father and stepmonster in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts is coming to Broadway Performance Hall for TWO weekends…in a rock musical form! “Lizzie” actually got its start out at Village Theatre as part of its annual New Works Festival and it’s quietly become a fun, go to musical for theater companies looking for something different to stage. Seattle’s Pullman vs Paxton theater company is always looking for something unique to stage so they’re thrilled to present this “ferocious, femme-fronted rock musical LIZZIE at Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway), running September 27-October 5, 2024 as a benefit for Legal Voice.”
Tickets at: https://pullmanvspaxton.ticketleap.com/lizzie/
EVERYTHING you need to know about the show:
“It’s a crime scene. It’s a nightmare. It’s a bloodbath. It’s a fright… But it’s just us girls in the House of Borden.” Pullman.vs.Paxton Productions, announces four nights of FUN and FURY in the ferocious, femme-fronted rock musical LIZZIE at Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway), running September 27-October 5, 2024 as a benefit for Legal Voice.
In the dog days of 1892, Lizzie Borden took an ax…and, well, you know the rest. Muckraking journalists made her a bicoastal media legend overnight. An all-out spectacle, the show’s provocative delivery oozes attitude and simmering tension with a kinetic urgency that hums under the surface. Using a gasoline-soaked rock score, and based on the historical record, LIZZIE explores the strange alchemy leading up to the murders, Lizzie’s controversial acquittal of all charges, and the creation of a new American myth.
“I think what makes Lizzie’s story so fascinating this many years later is the sheer amount of sensationalism in the construction of her mythology,” says director Georgina Spelvin. “Every journalist, writer, historian, and true crime aficionado mining for truths and revelations has had a hand in constructing Lizzie Borden’s reality for public consumption. She’s a glorified urban legend. This sort of poster child that absorbs and accommodates ever changing social perceptions.
We want to pay homage to this living, breathing piece of history all while putting our own stamp on it. How could we resist? P.V.P’s LIZZIE is like an old school revenge flick meets rock n’ roll opera. I can talk your ear off about the deep cultural commentary and nuance on gender this show has to offer, but are we gonna Gallagher style smash a watermelon full of blood with an ax? You betcha.“
The cast of Pullman.vs.Paxton’s LIZZIE includes some fresh faces in Seattle theater: Katrina Rose Agnew as Lizzie Borden, Noah Filistowicz (he/them) as Emma Borden, Kaelyn Langer-Mendonca as Bridget Sullivan, and Amy Lambert as Alice Russell.
Music & Lyrics by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer
Lyrics, Book, and Additional Music by Tim Maner
Music & Additional Lyrics by Alan Stevens Hewitt
About Pullman.vs.Paxton Productions and Legal Voice: P.V.P is a 501c3 non-profit collective of musicians, artists, and event producers. Our artistic selections speak to our vision of what a theater-going experience should be in 2024 – uninhibited and disruptive. Rule breaking. As an extension of our artistic mission, we make sure to donate a large portion of our proceeds from each production to LGBTQIA+ and LGBTQIA+ ally non-profit agencies such as the It Gets Better Project, Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets, Gay City Health Project, Freedom to Marry, and the Human Rights Campaign. Our most recent production of Heathers: The Musical in April 2018 celebrated a sellout run and donated $3000 to It Gets Better Project. We’ve also had a lot of success with “one-night-only” or short run productions in prominent music venues and non-traditional theater spaces in Seattle including The Rocky Horror Show at the Showbox Market (raising over $8,000 for Gay City) and a sell-out performance of Hedwig & The Angry Inch at The Crocodile in 2011, where in conjunction with Rudy’s Barbershop, The Stranger, and Cupcake Royale, we raised more than $10,000 for IGB Project.
Proceeds from this production benefit Legal Voice. Legal Voice believes that all women and LGBTQ people should be able to live their lives with dignity, safety, and autonomy. They work in the PNW’s courtrooms, legislatures, and communities – creating and enforcing strong, equitable laws and empowering people to know their rights. Learn more at https://legalvoice.org/.
Just the facts: LIZZIE runs from September 27 to October 5, 2024 at Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway, Seattle, 98122). Tickets available at pullmanvspaxton.ticketleap.com/lizzie ($30 adv. – Bar with ID). For additional information and updates, visit www.pullmanvspaxton.org or follow us on Instagram at @pullmanvspaxton.
ADVISORY: LIZZIE contains fog effects, flashing lights, simulated murder, fake blood, profanity, implied sexual abuse/incest, mention of animal death, and guitar-driven rock music. A full plot summary is available for those who are concerned about the content.
About the Author: Michael Strangeways
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