Claudio Quest

Claudio Quest
MusicDrew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet
LyricsDrew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet
BookDrew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet
Productions2010 Capital Fringe Festival
2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival
AwardsNew York Musical Theatre Festival
Award for Outstanding Direction
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book, Outstanding Choreography

Claudio Quest is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet.

Production history

Claudio Quest was originally conceived by Fornarola, who later contacted Pailet about co-writing the show together.[1] The show, then titled Super Claudio Bros., premiered in 2010 in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Fringe Festival,[2] where it was directed by Pailet.[3]

It was part of the New York Music Theatre Festival (NYMF)'s 2015 season, where it make its New York premier in July 2015.[4] The production was directed by John Tartaglia, who had participated in an earlier reading of the show and was then approached by Fornarola and Pailet about directing the piece.[1] Choreography was by Shannon Lewis, and the show starred CJ Eldred, Ethan Slater, Andre Ward, Lesley McKinnell and Lindsey Brett Carothers.[5] Claudio Quest opened to favorable reviews. The New York Times called it "a delightfully bouncy parody"[6] and TheaterMania described it as "a winning new musical."[7]

Claudio Quest extended its run at NYMF, playing five additional performances.[8] It received six New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards, including Outstanding Direction for Tartaglia, Outstanding Featured Actor for Ward, Outstanding Individual Performance for both Slater and Carothers, and Outstanding Overall Design, the most of any NYMF production that year.[9]

The show made its first amateur high-school debut in February 2023 in McLean High School, underneath director Philip Reid.

Plot

Claudio Quest tells the story of Claudio and his younger brother Luis, two video game characters from the Eggplant Kingdom and their quest to rescue Princess Poinsettia from Bruiser, the evil platypus, with the help of Poinsettia's sister, Princess Fish.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "New York Theatre - Entertainment - Interviews - Actors - Actresses - Reviews - NYMFerviews - Call Answered: NYMFerview: Drew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet Claudio Quest NYMF 2015". www.callmeadam.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ^ "Classic Nintendo powers up the stage". thrillist. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ^ McMillan, Gary. "Super Claudio Bros., All New Video Game Musical". DC Theatre Scene. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ^ "New York Musical Theatre Festival Adds 10 More Productions to Its 2015 Season". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ^ "Cast and Creative Team - Claudio Quest the Musical". Claudio Quest. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. ^ Collins-hughes, Laura (2015-07-13). "At New York Musical Theater Festival, a Video Game Sendup, Gospel Music and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. ^ "NYMF 2015: Acappella; The Calico Buffalo; Claudio Quest". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  8. ^ "Tartaglia's Quest Among Six New NYMF Musicals To Announce Extensions on Second Day of Festival | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  9. ^ "You're the Top! Check Out the Winners of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-03-24.