Letters to God: Oscar and the Lady in Pink – the Musical
A musical inspired by Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s Oscar and the Lady in Pink from the creators of The Master and Margarita, Onegin’s Demon, and Monster.
Dear God… see, here’s the thing…. Oscar is a kid we call “Baldy,” and he has cancer. He’s got twelve days to live.
The lady in pink will turn these twelve days into 120 years.
Oscar and his friends will be played by deaf-mute actors? In a musical? Yes! But you will hear them! We won’t say how – let that remain a secret for a while longer. And though it may be for only two hours, we will unite the worlds of the deaf and the hearing.
Oscar will live a life full to the brim. And then…
Respected spectator, please do not be late – from the first second of the musical begins the story of Oscar’s final days… and the first day of your new life.
When you leave – don’t say a word to your friends and family. Don’t tell them about what you’ve seen and heard – let them see with their own eyes.
It doesn’t matter who you come as; what matters is who you will leave as. And you will leave clean. New. As though you have just been born. And you will want so fiercely to be alive… with every fiber of your being.
Dear God, the musical Oscar and the Lady in Pink cannot exist even one day without You.
Please, make room in Your schedule for us and be present! The most important thing is for You to be there, and inspire love in every heart. Thank You.
The world premiere is October 14, 2017 in the Grand Concert Hall “Oktyabr’skiy.” One of the most prestigious concert halls in Russia, it houses up to 3700 spectators.
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The inspiration for the play was taken from the Russian Tales of Tsar Berendey, written almost 200 years ago by Vasiliy Zhukovskiy. This fairytale is also known to the greater public in the form of Alexander Row’s movie Beauty-Barbara Long-braid.
Makers Lab’s second major project.