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"Mr. Medlyn is a chameleon, knowingly slipping on one outré pop persona after the next, he also remains irreducibly himself:
the ultimate outsider, nose pressed unabashedly to the window of celebrity and fame… The split is just one duality in
a rich welter of identity games, yet the strange power his art possesses depends on it." – the New York Times
"There's no denying it: Medlyn's commitment makes him hilarious!" -- Variety
Kenny Mellman is "Stellar!" (NY Times) and "“His arrangements are grandiose but sophisticated!" (Variety)
Carmine
Covelli is "delicious!" (NY Times) and is "so hilarious as Jerry’s smarmy rival that he deserves a headlining show of
his own!" (Gothamist)
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NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL is Neal Medlyn's fourth and largest to date pop song tragic-comedic extravaganza. Following
the success of his Lionel Richie Opera, R. Kelly cabaret, and wild and bloody spin on Phil Collins, Medlyn takes on the purple,
hyper-sexualized world of Prince.
Set to many of Prince's biggest hits and infamous b-sides, all performed onstage by a live band, Neal plays out an evening
of seduction and intense internal spiritual conflict between two characters: an engaged cab driver and a messianic libertine.
Jealousy, band troubles, violence, death, a dream ballet, decent into hell and the eventual transubstantiation of body fluids
and redemption all find their place in an operatic and overblown evening of androgynous musical entertainment.
Co-written and with musical arrangements by KENNY MELLMAN, the show stars Neal Medlyn, Kenny Mellman, Carmine Covelli
Adrienne Truscott (who also did the choreography) Farris Craddock and Layla Childs, with special surprise guests to include
Murray Hill and Bridget Everett!
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