MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET

One of my favorite original musicals of the past few years is a small chamber piece called MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET. Following the romance of a cabaret singer and his songwriting partner (both men) in the 1960s, the play watches the two write a new hit cabaret act while hiding their illicit affair—tricky when all of the songs are about each other. The show’s writer and composer, Mark Sonnenblick, has crafted songs that feel straight out of the Great American Songbook. But don’t let that fool you. Sonnenblick is one of the most versatile and exciting young composers working today. I almost forgot: The reason I’m writing all this is because the Signature Theatre in Virginia is putting on a streaming version of the show over the next two months. Buy your tickets here! 

—Julia Hammer, Creative Executive