"A Tap" of the creature's curse
For the second and final weekend, general admission seats are sold out for the Saturday and Sunday performances. But there is still a good selection of reserved seats. Don't be misled by the words SOLD OUT. That's only the general admission seats. Great reserved seats are STILL AVAILABLE. But not that many. Online sales end at 9 am today for our final show. You can inquire at 323 363-5922 for ticket availability until 12:30 pm. After that, you can head down to the theater box office in person.
To buy tickets for any performance, you will go to https://www.purplepass.com/ and use any of the following search terms.:
- tapitalists
- creature
- curse
- "A Tap"
For the Saturday and Sunday shows, you can purchase reserved seats in advance for $40 or $30.) All tickets purchased at the door are $35.
Here are direct links to specific our tap dance show in Los Angeles:
Nov. 9 (7 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetap
Nov. 10 (1 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetap2
Nov. 15 (8 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetapfilming
Nov. 16 (1 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetap3
Nov. 16 (7 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetap4
Nov. 17 (1 pm): www.Purplepass.com/creaturetap5
About the plot...
Strange goings-on are afoot at The Shady Deal Retirement Village for Has-Been Entertainers and Public Officials (or TSDRVHBEPO for short). The Shady Deal's infirmary -- and the abandoned theater next door -- are concealing a dark secret as residents begin to disappear.
In this rollicking, tap-dancing adventure, the timing could not be worse for stressed-out proprietor Suzy Fluzy as a city inspection looms. Even in the industry-friendly, bribe-conscious City of Vermin, CA, there's only so much that can be tolerated. Especially because The Shady Deal management also operates the adjacent Orphanage for Charming but Unnecessary Children.
The year is 1997 and a foreboding, not-yet-known global calamity will turn out to have a bizarre tie-in to the troubles at The Shady Deal. Can Suzy and her resident friends -- Pelvis Ressley and the "real" Bill Clinton -- solve the mystery before it's too late? Maybe yes, Maybe no, but one thing is for sure: Tap dancing will be front and center from beginning to end at our tap dance show in Los Angeles.
The company of dancers are the stars of the show, but the cast also is proud to feature company founder Howard Blume (also known as a longtime L.A. Times journalist), Reggio McLaughlin (honored by President Biden as a living national treasure for his tap dancing and devotion to the craft) and comedian/actor Suzy Nakamura (with a long list of featured roles on TV and stage).
We hope our latest original show will help you joyously break free, at least for 90 minutes, from this often-stressful time to hold you in suspense, make you smile, laugh, applaud and tap your own feet to the rhythm.
We encourage you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible – there is the possibility that one or more shows will sell out.
The location is the Nocturne Theatre in Glendale.
324 N Orange St, Glendale, CA 91203
We have great parking -- the next block down from the theater! Use the parking structure at the corner of N. Orange Street and West California Ave. Enter on Orange, Validate your ticket in the theater and parking is $1 for four hours. (There's also parking directly next to the theater but it's a little more expensive.)
We’d also love to have your help getting the word out about this show. You can share social media posts about the show on the Facebook page of Tap Dance with Howard Blume.
Click here for an article about Howard at the time of the previous original tap musical: Hotel Tapifornia. You can click here for a Spectrum TV feature from Dec. 2019 about "Tapwater," a previous show. And here is a newspaper article about this earlier show.
Click here for information from the National Endowment about "Reggio the Hoofer" McLaughlin.
There's lots of information about our tap dance show in Los Angeles and our normal programming at tapwithhoward.com.
