After a successful spring run, South Philly resident Jeffrey Barg is back on stage with his hit musical The Angry Grammarian.
Running from Sept. 20-29 at the Arden Theatre’s Arcadia Stage in Old City, the new production will include new scenes, new songs and old rules. The show is written by Barg and David Lee White and inspired by Barg’s column “The Angry Grammarian” in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The production is directed by Dawn Navarro, music directed by Pat D’Amato and produced by Pier Players founder and director Chelsea Cylinder.
The plot is described as a newspaper columnist named Greg who is passionate about predicates, consumed by commas and seduced by subjunctives. Lisa is a more pragmatic grammarian who loves language just as much as he does. What starts as attraction quickly evolves into a darker rivalry. Will grammatical gusto be enough to keep them together? Enlivened by a love of language, The Angry Grammarian is a new musical for anyone who’s ever been pissed off that someone used quotation marks “for emphasis.”
For tickets and more information, visit https://www.theangrygrammarian.com/musical.
