Musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE, An Unauthorized Musical About The Life Of Michael Jackson As Told By His Glove

Not sure about this one but great concept! While we are also not sure of the content of this new musical set by Julien Nitzberg and called “FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE, AN UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL FABLE ABOUT THE LIFE OF Michael Jackson AS TOLD BY HIS GLOVE, will open Friday, January 25, 2020 in LA.

FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE stars Jerry Minor in the title role THRHIL-LHA (aka The Glove) and Eric B. Anthony as Michael Jackson. As with the hit Broadway musical AVENUE Q, the actors in FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE perform their 20 roles while visible to the audience. Unlike AVENUE Q, this show does not use “Muppet style” puppets, rather specially designed, meticulously built Japanese Bunraku-style puppets. Realistic and close to life size, these 20 all-original works of art portray all members of the Jackson 5, Donny Osmond, Emmanuel Lewis, Corey Feldman and Bubbles the Chimp.

As AVENUE Q, this is maybe very crud and the language used might be rude. It is set to be funny but to what extent? Laughing is good but laughing at Michael Jackson, that’s less cool!

Here the description of the musical:

For the Love of a Glove: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About the Life of Michael Jackson, As told by His Glove.

Welcome to the developmental premiere of a new original musical.

For the Love of a Glove takes a decidedly off-kilter approach to telling the life story of Michael Jackson. Using Michael Jackson’s glove as the play’s narrator, this show gives audiences a freshly revisionist look into the strange forces that shaped Michael and the scandals that bedeviled his reputation. By taking real life events from Michael’s life and re-telling them through the perspective of a glove who happened to be a musically talented alien trying to take over humanity, the show re-examines Michael’s life in a fresh and comical way that will surprise audiences by its unique take on all the strange unexplainable moments of his life.

In real life, Michael’s favorite musical was The Sound of Music. This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic did not feature any of the actual music performed in real life by the von Trapp family, featuring instead a completely original score. Inspired by this, For the Love of a Glove does not use any of the Jackson 5’s or Michael’s music to tell his story. Using only original music created for the show, this musical presents a comic retelling of Michael Jackson’s life as a way to address the incendiary trifecta of race, religion and sexuality that were always controversial undercurrents in Michael’s story. The show hits on these topics that are just as much a part of our national conversation today as they were in Michael’s own heyday.

Deeply researched, For the Love of a Glove puts at its center the Amadeus/Salieri relationship that existed between Michael and Donny Osmond, suggesting this as the key to understanding much of Michael’s life. This aspect of Michael’s story is not known to many people. Before cultural appropriation became a contemporary buzzword, the Osmonds were appropriating the Jackson 5’s look and sound in a way that caused controversy in the black community but was ignored in the white world. 

For the Love of a Glove delves into this strange history while also surveying the damage that the Jehovah’s Witnesses (Michael’s own religion) caused in his life. Controversial, daring, but always funny, For the Love of a Glove is not like any musical you’ve ever seen before.

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