The Work Room Productions produced our first original musical in the New York Musical Theatre Festival last year. It was a crazy sold-out three nights of a Bradford Scobie original play called Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas.Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas is an adorable and hysterical musical that tells the tale of how, with enough tenacity and tinsel, one little gay snowman can make a difference of Christmas proportions.
Written and performed in the style of the old rankin and bass Christmas specials, Uncle Murray (downtown Drag King Legend Murray Hill) gathers the audience to tell them the fable of Moisty the Snowman (Bradford Scobie, Gorgeous Morons, Turkey Day with Pilgrim William, Wake Up America with Brad & Lori!), a filthy little city snowman compiled of snow, cigarette butts, White Castle wrappers, fecal matter and mulch. Instead of a top hat, Moisty wears an enchanted orange traffic cone that brings him to life. And, boy oh boy, is he full of life! Moisty is enthusiastic, optimistic, kind-hearted, intensely self-centered, and queenier than Johnny Weir at a Fire Island tea dance. What’s more, Moisty simply adores Christmas! So you can imagine his horror when he learns that Christmas has been cancelled by the town’s meanie-pants mayor, Mayor Bloomburger-Meisterburger (Patricia Dell, Mame, 42nd Street, The King and I) with the help of her hulking henchman, Snow Monster (Stephen Vara, She-Devils On Wheels, Trilogy of Terror)!
Determined to save Christmas, Moisty embarks on a journey, in search of Santa Claus (Steven Hayes, Tired Old Queen at the Movies, The Big Gay Musical, Trick). Along the way, Moisty makes new friends who join him on his Christmassy crusade: Yoyo the Elf, a teenaged, Brooklyn homeboy elf with an insatiable appetite for a certain somthin-somthin’ of the female anatomy (The adorable Dorian Shorts, Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans Live, Captain Louie), Jaggedy Ann, the toxic, lesbian rag-doll whom he meets on the Island of Recalled Toys (Deanna Glover, Bye Bye Birdie, Hairspray), and of course, the Baby Jesus himself (a prop)! When our heroes finally meet Santa, they are shocked to discover that he has undergone a dramatic…change? Oh dear! Will Christmas ever be saved? Laughs! Music! Trannies! Nog! It’s the musical-comedy holiday show that is both naughty and nice.
The Dixon Place Lounge will be offering drink specials from 8pm to 1am the evening of each performance. Show your program at the bar and get $1.00 off your drink and enjoy a very special Moisty Martini, the “Moistini”. The audience is also encouraged to stay after the show to meet the cast!
The tickets are on sale now by visiting here. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show although judging by the speed in which the show sold out last year, I don't know if we will have tickets day of. Buy ahead! We hope to see you there.
