BETTY Rules returned to Washington DC at the end of 2005, for an even longer engagement at Theater J, December 19 to January 29.
Their earlier five-week run in Washington DC ended April 3 2005, with the achievement of selling out every show.
After a six month run in New York, BETTY Rules played Chicago for six weeks at the Lakeshore Theatre, May 6 through June 20, 2004. Recently, they have released their Original Cast Recording on their own label, which you can purchase at their site or through Amazon.com.
The musical, based on the band's own variably-succesful survival experiences in the radical rock+roll jungle, finally closed its inaugural New York run (more successfully than their story might suggest) on March 30 2003 after 212 performances at the Zipper Theater in New York. Nice area code, thanks.
We
had a spy with a camera at the closing off-Broadway show, apparently
breaking all sorts of rules.
You may check out the 27 pictures and the stories behind them:
And then we followed up with 24 pictures from Chicago:
You
can also check out the rave
reviews after opening night in both the New
York Times (you
may have to complete a free sign-on form) and
the New
York Post of Wednesday October 16. We also were encouraged
by the third rave, in the New York Daily News. We couldn't find it
on their
impenetrable site, so for completeness we offer a crinkled scan here.
Illustration
from New Yorker magazine
December 2 2002
Click for enlarged
version.
"They're smart. They're sexy. They're BETTY - the all-girl, all-attitude band that's been harmonizing punk, pop and politics for close to two decades. Now their high-powered music, high-octane personalities and wild tales from the dark side of fame are rocking the roof off New York's Zipper Theatre in the all-new BETTY RULES directed by Michael Greif (of RENT)."
"Poised
at the point where rock meets theater, BETTY RULES is outrageous,
hilarious and, above all, completely original."
Eve Ensler
"I
love BETTY! They have more balls than any boy band I know."
Alan
Cumming
"BETTY
is three women singing their own songs with heart, humor, activism,
attitude and, dare I say, genius. You'll never want to leave."
Gloria
Steinem
"So
joyously captivating, you'll ovulate!"
Lily
Tomlin
"A
whirling dervish of amazing music and comedy!"
Kathy
Najimy
BETTY
at the Stereo Society (selected links):
to
BETTY central
(all links)
to
the Snowbiz CD homepage
to
the Carnival CD homepage
to
the off-Broadway musical BETTY Rules
to
the BETTY Rules last New York night photos
to
the BETTY Rules Chicago photos
to
the BETTY Snow Biz session photos
to
the Punctuations in Time page: flyers and posters
to
the BETTY interview Part 1
to
the BETTY interview Part 2
to
production commentary on Carnival
to
production commentary on Hello BETTY!
to
production commentary on Jungle Jane
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