KURT COBAIN, JIMI HENDRIX 'Come Back To Life' In '27 Heaven' Rock Music/Satire

January 22, 2007

Award-winning investigative journalist and filmmaker Ian Halperin ("The Cobain Case: Life and Death of a Rock Icon") has teamed with author Todd Shapiro and director Adam Roebuck ("The Wedding Singer", "The Vagina Monologues") to bring "27 Heaven", a rock music/satire, to Nuno's in Austin, Texas February 8, 9, and 10th. Four actors portraying Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison will be flown to Austin for the play. "27 Heaven" will begin an extended run in New York's off Broadway district starting in March 2007.

Written by New York Times best selling author/award winning writer Ian Halperin and author Todd Shapiro, and directed by Adam Roebuck the four rock icons come back to life in a wickedly funny, haunting and rich parable that will rivet audiences with modern decorativeness and irony, and evocation of different times. Part fiction, part real, part visionary history, part revolutionary tract, this play will by turns delight, shock, frustrate and inspire fans of the four legendary rock icons. The rock musical is filled with original music backed by a band. The show will rock your socks off from start to finish.

"27 Heaven" opens with a recently deceased and rather confused Cobain meeting Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison at the Great Gig in the Sky. Cobain must decide whether or not he wants to walk through the same, exclusive gates of heaven as the three rock icons — who have all been up there at least 25 years. Initially he seems keen to join the exclusive club as they share their experience, warmth and wisdom with him. But a lot has changed since these rockers challenged the terrestrial system. As the conversation wear on, Cobain realizes the three rock icons are more whacked than ever — Joplin still drinks excessively, Morrison has become an Orthodox Jew and Hendrix is no longer the psychedelic prophet of guitar mageddon, but rather a staunch advocate for a drug-free paradise.

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