From the Producers of “Lion King: The Musical” and “Lord of the Rings: The Musical” comes a new venture in the musicalification of all elements of popular culture…
Street Fighter II: The Musical
Social issues and personal differences get in the way at an international Martial Arts competition. As the tension mounts between the combatants, they decide to rally around one another to have the best ‘to-the-death’ competition yet.
• E.Honda struggles with an eating disorder and constantly being cast as ‘the fat guy’ in his pursuit of a career as a professional actor.
• Dhalsim faces a crisis of faith when taking souls and burning skulls no longer satisfies him. He dabbles in Scientology, but passes all the stress tests.
• Blanka falls into a deep depression and Xanax dependence after years of ridicule for his green skin and orange hair.
• Ken and Ryu fight to keep their forbidden relationship together amidst the trials of competition, and under the judgement and persecution from Balrog and M.Bison (who are struggling with crushes of their own… on each other).
With a fully digital set produced in 2D on a heavily pixellated backdrop screen, Street Fighter II puts us in the middle of the competition while showing us the emotion that pours out behind-the-scenes.
For almost forty years, Bernie Taupin has been writing some of the world’s most memorable songs and movie scores, and although this is his first foray into the world of the stage musical, his keen ear for story-telling serves him well.
From sad soliliquies like Guile’s “Why must they mock my hair?” to bawdy ballads such as Zangief’s “Give me two whores and case of Vodka”; Taupin weaves a complicated tale of personal vice and pain.
It’s not ALL serious and sad with full-cast hilarity in songs like “Snap that Towel” from the infamous shower-scene, and “C’mon… best two out of three”.
Surely this musical will be a night you’ll never forget.
*Note: To patrons in the first few rows, you may be sprayed with blood or burned with flaming skulls or disks during some of the action scenes.
