Get 50% Off Skylight’s ‘Being Earnest’

Max Pink (Algernon, top left), Ashley Oviedo (Cecily, lower left), Stephanie Staszak (Gwendolyn, center) and Joey Chelius (Jack, right) in the full-length virtual musical Being Earnest based on The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo courtesy of the Skylight Music Theatre.

Skylight Music Theatre presents its first online, full-length musical, Being Earnest by Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska, based on Oscar Wilde’s satirical comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, streaming through Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.

Being Earnest takes place in a mod, 1960’s, Austin Powers-era setting. All of the brilliant wit in Wilde’s most popular play remains intact in this effervescent musical about two young couples and the societal conventions, over-bearing mothers, and misplaced handbags in railway stations that they must overcome in the course of finding true love. The score is a sparkling homage to 1960’s rock groups such as Herman’s Hermits, The Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, The Seekers, The Hollies, The Lovin’ Spoonful and more.

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If you would like to view the musical, Urban Milwaukee members get 50% off the ticket price. Click here for a discount code.

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