Photo by Amilia Fehr
House of Gold: The Musical
When Jimmy Gold’s strange family comes to celebrate his birthday, his usual life trying to become a famous country singer like his grandfather is upended by revelations as to his true parentage and reason for being.
“Two years after blasting through the saloon doors with their rhinestoned take on The Boys from Brazil and The Manchurian Candidate, the Golds return with this timely observation of nepo-baby failure and commercial music psy-ops […]
With slick direction by Matthew Paris-Irvine, this musical redux — a surprisingly deep meditation on what it takes to write a “real” country song — proves that McLeod’s fringe experiments are sound and repeatable. Our hypothesis? You’ll be singing these performers’ praises all festival long.”