Johnny Guitar April 17, 2008

Based on the 1954 film starring Joan Crawford, 'Johnny Guitar,' the musical, brings a rousing original score with the sounds of 1950s lounge, western and rock & roll music to the cult classic. Set in a small town in the New Mexico mountains circa 1865, the musical centers on Vienna, a sultry saloon keeper who built a booming business on her back. Though Vienna is the ultimate 'bad girl gone good', her nemesis, the pent-up Emma, sees things differently. A domineering cattle baroness, Emma controls the town with an iron fist but loses her grip when she falls for the dangerously hot-headed dancin' kid. By the time Johnny Guitar - a tall stranger with a secret past - rolls into town, the stage is set for a showdown, unlike anything the Old West or Off-Broadway has ever seen.