Dangerous Games

Dangerous Games [19 October 1989] two musical plays by Jim Lewis, Graciela Daniele (bk), Astor Piazzolla (mu), William Finn (lyr) [Nederlander Thea; 4p]. Tango was set in an Argentine brothel where brothers Juan ( John Mineo) and Gregorio (Gregory Mitchell) fight over the same woman. Orpheo is a modern variation of the Orpheus legend, in this case the struggle of the young girl Aurora (Danyelle Weaver) to find her missing parents who were among the desaparecidos or people who were arrested by the Argentine military dictatorship and then disappeared.

Music

Astor Piazzolla

Lyrics

William Finn, Graciela Daniele

Book

Jim Lewis, Graciela Daniele