Flora the Red Menace was the  first Broadway collaboration of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, award-winning creators of “Cabaret” and “CHICAGO the Musical,” and marked the Tony Award-winning debut of Liza Minnelli as Flora. With a new, updated book by David Thompson based on the original book by George Abbott and Robert Russell from the novel “Love is Just Around the Corner” by Lester Atwell, the musical centers on Flora, a newly graduated art student, as she embarks on making a career for herself in Manhattan during the Depression of the 1930’s. She falls in love with Harry, a fellow artist, who turns out to be an idealistic Communist. Is Flora herself a “red menace” or just that good old Broadway stand by: a Girl in Love? 

 

Produced at Wright's Hall Arena Theatre, UC Davis

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February 28 – March 9, 2019

 

Writer: George Abbott and Robert Russell, with updated book by David Thompson

Music: John Kander

Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Scenic Design: Samantha Reno

Lighting Design: Michael Palumbo

Costume Design: Tasa Gleason

Directors: Mindy Cooper and Judy Blazer

 

More information and promotional video here.