Pre-order link for Spike Lee's filmed version of Stew's Passing Strange.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002T4GY50/?tag=imwan-20Passing Strange was nominated for 7 Tony awards, and won 1 for ’Best Book of a Musical’ in 2008.
I had hoped the filmed version of this Broadway play would have had a theatrical release, but I did go to a screening a couple of months ago and found it exciting. Spike Lee did a great job of capturing the energy of this unusual rock musical.
About the Play (from
http://www.negroproblem.com/passing/pages/about.html)-
From Los Angeles to Amsterdam to Berlin and back, Passing Strange takes musical theater on a whole new trip. From singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew comes Passing Strange, a daring new musical that takes you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity and theatrical convention. Stew, a popular performer at Joe's Pub, was commissioned by The Public Theater of New York to develop this heartfelt and hilarious story of a young bohemian who charts a course for “the real” through sex, drugs and rock and roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black, middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.
