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Passing Strange
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Taking musical theater on a whole new trip...



Berlin, Berlin
Germany

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   Passing Strange: General Info
Member Since10/28/2006
Band Websitewww.stewsongs.com | www.passingstrangeonline.com
Band MembersStew: Playwright, composer, lyricist, narrator, guitars, vocals
Heidi Rodewald: Composer, co-musical director, bass, keys, vocals
Annie Dorsen: Director
Karole Armitage: Choreographer
Jon Spurney: Co-musical director, guitar, keys
Marc Doten: Guitar, keys
Christian Casson: Drums
de'Adre Aziza: Edwina, Mariana, Ensemble
Daniel Breaker: Youth
Eisa Davis: Mother
Colman Domingo: Franklin, Venus, Ensemble
Chad Goodridge: Hugo, Terry, Ensemble
Rebecca Naomi Jones: Sherry, Desi, Ensemble
InfluencesJames Baldwin, Josephine Baker, James Brown, Albert Camus, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, The Living Theatre, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pink Floyd
Sounds Like...
Record LabelImage Entertainment
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Passing Strange
PASSING STRANGE

Book and lyrics by STEW
Music by STEW & HEIDI RODEWALD
Directed by and created in collaboration with ANNIE DORSEN

COMING in 2009...

Passing Strange
the film directed by Spike Lee


The musical play was performed at

The Belasco Theatre
New York City
February 8th - July 20th, 2008

The Public Theater
New York City
May 1st - July 1st, 2007

Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, California
October 19th - December 3rd, 2006

From Los Angeles to Amsterdam to Berlin and Back, the musical play Passing Strange is the story of a young black bohemian, who abandons his bourgeois roots to journey to Europe searching for ‘the real’. Discovering a world of sex, drugs, rock and roll and art revolutionaries, our rebel-hero explores love, identity and the meaning of home.

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PASSING STRANGE ONLINE
for all the latest news about the upcoming film, Stew, Heidi and the cast...

Passing Strange introduces an EXCITING NEW VOICE to contemporary musical theater. PART CONCERT, PART book MUSICAL with DRIVING ROCK MUSIC and a tart satiric tone – Passing Strange DEFIES generic categories. It dares in its playful way to honor those big questions that have set adolescent souls yearning for centuries. How to discover and be true to your convictions, how to live a meaningful life, and still pay the bills, how to find the understanding you need with out throwing away the love you’re offered.”
–Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

Passing Strange was a co-production of Berkeley Repertory Theatre
and The Public Theater.

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Passing Strange's Friends Comments
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ALEXANDERMEGAS





May 26 2009 5:54 PM

hey thanx 4 the add.. player probs, b back..
☆Sheviikiittyykat™





May 24 2009 7:26 PM

I miss this show sooo freaken much. :-(
Laura Mihalka





Apr 29 2009 4:08 AM

Hey - i was watching sponge bob tonight with my kids and this hauntingly familiar voice came on "Gary Come Home". I said to the kids "I KNOW THIS VOICE". Went to the internet, looked it up and WOW. I saw Passing Strange about a year and a half ago. It was such a great experience. The songs, your voice, your stories - the whole concept. Thanks for creating such a heart - felt show.
:) laura in ventura, ca
Den





Apr 20 2009 5:35 PM

Hi and thanks for the friendship,, You Rock!

hope you enjoy my songs!


Keep in touch


Den

UK
Its Da Diva Yall





Apr 19 2009 10:34 PM

thanx for accepting my friend request
Ms Carol





Mar 21 2009 8:52 PM

PEACE
Cindy





Feb 28 2009 6:50 PM

Darn, darn, darn!!!!! Just found out about Lincoln Center and the tix are GONE!
Natasha





Feb 22 2009 11:08 PM

Thank's for the add!
Jamaica





Feb 21 2009 5:41 PM

My favorite musical and dream role closed this summer...I want to see and be in this someday.

I LOVE YOU PASSING STRANGE.

Hopefully Spike Lee will take care of that though.
The Criterion Band





Dec 13 2008 1:47 AM

City Feigning Sleep
MICHAEL GOLDEN





Dec 8 2008 5:05 PM

Thanks for the Add have a Charming Day!
Michael Golden
Michael





Dec 8 2008 10:12 AM

I so miss you guys! I didn't get the chance to see the show and it STILL makes me upset :(
Show Choir! - The Musical





Dec 7 2008 9:09 PM

Photobucket
From Mark McDaniels and Donald Garverick
of Show Choir! – The Musical
“Spreading Jazz Hands Across America”
Kevin





Dec 7 2008 5:02 AM

I just found out you closed.
Just the other day.
Thank God, I got to see it.
I was talking with a friend,over drinks,I said" Let's go see "Passing Stragnge" I told him "You'll LOVE it"
Now this chat is happining in December.
He said "That show closed,unfoutunatly"
I went into shock, I still am.
I thought it would last for ever.
Thanks for the show,anyway.
It was Beautiful,I'll never,forget it.
Brother Sam





Nov 14 2008 7:21 PM

thanx for the brother sam add,cheers,gordy
T*Funk!





Nov 9 2008 2:57 PM

I wear my Passing Strange Tee very proudly because it was a great piece of work that touched me so much... Very fortunate to have seen this and I miss it so much!!
T.
Cristiano [betty_blue]





Sep 20 2008 11:37 AM

Grazie per l'aggiunta!
Jose & Terri





Sep 19 2008 1:22 PM

I work at the Belasco Theatre and I cannot tell you how much I miss this show. I listen to the cd all the time. I can't wait till the movie comes out.
Miss all of you guys!! God Bless you all!
Motorflower





Sep 18 2008 3:02 AM

Very cool sound. Thanks for the add and best of luck.
The ATMA





Sep 17 2008 6:57 PM

There are people
Who would keep a
Weary eye upon a peep hole
Of a door
Looking for
Someone to befriend before
Saying simply
I am guilty
Of the want to have you with me
So it goes
We are those
Who will say aloud in prose
Thanks to thee
For finding we
The wacky Atma Family
We won’t run
From what you've done
We accept you as our chum
We won't hide
If you come by
We accept you in our Pride
Of Lion Cubs
Smoking dubs
Or if your sober, we don't judge
Thanks again,
Know its been
A creamy treat to call you "Friend"

Three cheers For Beers! (Or Ginger-ale)

Love

The ATMA
James Harries





Sep 4 2008 6:12 PM

Thanks for the add and moreso for listening! ~James
SUNSTROKE





Sep 3 2008 6:43 AM

Thanks for the add!
Merci pour l'ajout!

ROCK ON!
Sunstroke
Don Cosmos





Sep 3 2008 5:59 AM

Thanx 4 da add yo just bought the soundtrack shits off the chain!
ShyBoy





Aug 30 2008 11:23 PM

Was just about to book a trip to NYC to see the show as an early Xmas present to myself. It literally brought tears to my eyes to find it had closed. I read the blog, so I know Stew is happy to be done. But, I REALLY wish you guys would bring a production of it to LA. That would make me (and so many others) so happy.
la la lauren





Aug 13 2008 2:01 AM

hi i was wondering, if spike lee did make a movie of passing strange, who would u want to play all of the characters? i personally dont think anyone could play these phenomenal and complex characters better than the original cast did. hmmm heres a thought, do u think u all would ever be wiling to star in the movie of passing strange? like i said, i was juts thinking out loud...get back to me though i would really like to here ur answer
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