“My only hope is to make a lot
of money and get a job a nose
job,” said Calvin. “Of all the or-
gans to be well-endowed!”
This might have been the first
time I had ever enjoyed a musi-
cal that wasn’t a pure rock based
musical. In the review, I wrote, “I
found myself laughing out loud
more times in two hours than I
can ever remember. I’m not usu-
ally one for musical theatre, but
this play by Barry Wyner has me
changing the way I feel about
the genre.”
Getting the Band Back Togeth-
er (2013)
George Street presented the
World Premiere of the musical by
Ken Davenport, which revolved
around a guy turning 40 who
was just fired from his job on
Wall Street and moves back into
his mother’s house in Sayreville,
NJ. After researching Davenport,
I knew I wanted to talk to him.
After I mentioned that the play
sort of takes a dig at New Jer-
sey, Davenport explained that
the state has given the world
Scene from Getting The Band Back Together. Photo by T. Charles Erickson
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