"It's hard to think of a more unlikely backdrop for a romantic musical, considering that a 1911 fire killed 146 factory workers at the Triangle factory, many of whom leapt from windows because the owners kept the doors locked during their shifts. But the writers of Triangle - Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer wrote the music and lyrics, and Mizer, Moore and Joshua Scher wrote the book - reveal the bliss of human connection among the ashes of the tragedy."
"In the 1911 storyline, a romance between Sarah (Sophie MacKay), a feisty and faithful Jewish immigrant seamstress, and Vincenzo (Alex Foufos), her Italian foreman, blossoms in a setting of foreboding gray stone and smoke. One hundred years later, Brian (Collin Carver) is a nerdy, uptight chemistry grad student. Wearing a white lab coat and a pained expression when confronted with complicated social situations, he's not your typical romantic lead in a musical."
Michael Baron directs a two-timeline musical set in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and a 2011 research lab in the same building. The 1911 plot follows Sarah (Sophie MacKay), a Jewish immigrant seamstress, and Vincenzo (Alex Foufos), her Italian foreman, whose romance grows amid foreboding stone and smoke. The 2011 plot centers on Brian (Collin Carver), an awkward chemistry grad student whose comic, endearing performance conveys love as loss. Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer composed music and lyrics; Mizer, Moore and Joshua Scher wrote the book. The production balances tragic history with moments of blissful human connection through story, performance and music.
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