New musical exceeds the status Poe
As the first plaintive notes of a violin shiver across the darkened stage, it is overwhelmingly evident that this is one story made to be set to music. Molly Fox’s ’08 new musical rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” brings the eerie tale to life in a hauntingly natural way. It begs the question: Why has no one done it like this before?
“Usher,” which is Fox’s senior theater studies project, has been in development since September — and the time has been well spent. After working on the libretto for a class, Fox’s interest was piqued by the decidedly...
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