The Screams of Kitty Genovese

A new musical drama inspired by a murder that shocked the nation.

Kitty Genovese fights for her life in the dark of the street while thirty-eight neighbors watch from their windows - silent, afraid, paralyzed. Why do decent people look away? With a thrilling score by Will Todd and libretto by Jonathan Larson Award-winner David Simpatico, THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE explores the events of that fateful night.

New York premiere

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"Simpatico and Todd have fully explored this not-so-isolated instance of civil anarchy, wringing our hearts while stinging our conscience. They have produced a powerful evening of musical theater, one with the prime ingredients of classical tragedy: pity and terror. In addition to being one of the most powerful operas of the last decade, The Screams of Kitty Genovese gave me hope for the renewal of musical theater." - Robert Brustein, The New Republic