\u201cStomp,\u201d the internationally celebrated percussive show known for creating gritty rhythmic musical numbers out of everyday items like brooms, garbage cans and shopping bags will be performing at the Terrace Theater next weekend, marking the show’s first return to Long Beach in over a decade.<\/p>\n
\u201cStomp\u201d will be in town for two days on Thursday, March 2, and Friday, March 3, before continuing its U.S. tour. The show is presented by the American Theatre Guild and is part of the organization\u2019s Broadway in Long Beach Inaugural Series, which kicked off in January with \u201cThe Simon & Garfunkel Story,\u201d also performed at the Terrace Theater.<\/p>\n
The phenomenally successful show has been performed across the globe and in front of more than 24 million people. Its 32-year history has included international tours, television spinoffs and appearances, numerous awards and long-standing theater shows in London and New York, the latter of which was the longest-running off-Broadway production in the city until it closed in January after 29 years at the Orpheum Theatre.<\/p>\n
On tour, audiences can expect the gamut of elements that have made the theater show iconic\u2014all choreographed dance numbers with performers who stomp, swirl, sweep and clank brooms, trash cans, PVC pipes and other ordinary, seemingly unmusical objects people interact with every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s taking the mundane and making it musical,\u201d said performer Micah Cowher, who has been with \u201cStomp\u201d for two years. \u201cWhat\u2019s so beautiful about the show is that there\u2019s no one speaking, no set changes \u2026 just these eight performers existing in the moment. It\u2019s crazy to see an audience kind of flip out when we\u2019re hitting something that they\u2019re surrounded by every day in their home.\u201d<\/p>\n