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Aug 31, 2006
Cannibal! The Musical Is Deliciously Absurd
Those who thought Urinetown would be the most irreverent musical to hit the D.C. area never bargained for Cannibal! Landless Theatre Company’s latest production (clearly to some degree a satire of Oklahoma!, as its “Shpadoinkle Day” number can only be a send-up of “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning!”) follows the unassuming Alferd Packer, who leads a motley crew of gold-seekers into the mountains, where they are met with less-than-desireable circumstances, from a mythical Cyclops to,…