In this Off-Broadway hit, five actors use lightning fast costume changes to play all 39 characters in a madcap comedy that’s been called “Monty Python meets Jules Verne.”
In 1872, Londoner Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the globe in just 80 days. With his fortune on the line, Fogg and his valet use rail, steamer, and elephant to race through India, Asia, and America.
By Mark Brown
From the novel by Jules Verne
Directed by Nick Olcott
Featuring James Konicek, Ethan Bowen, Sasha Olinick, Tuyet Thi Pham, and Mitchell Hébert as Phileas Fogg
Ed,
You actually saw Welles in the production! I’m in awe.
Orson Welles produced the Broadway version in 1946 with music by Cole Porter. I saw it then at the Adelphi Theater with Orson Welles himself playing the magician in the circus scene. It was a riot, though not financially successful.