Goddess Wheel first starred which five-time Tony Award nominated actress?
Goddess Wheel Goddess Wheel is a musical adaptation of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. The show contains music by "Hair" composer Galt MacDermot and lyrics/book by Matty Selman. The first presentations of the musical starred Tony Award winner Cherry Jones at Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre and the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia. In 2005, Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) further developed the musical and presented it from November 30 - December 10.
Matty Selman Matty Selman is a playwright, lyricist and composer who makes his home in New York City. He first came into the national spotlight when he was hand-selected by Harvard's Robert Brustein to write the lyrics to an adaptation of Lysistrata with music by HAIR composer, Galt MacDermot. The resulting work starred Tony Award winner Cherry Jones and was presented by the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard and the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia. Both having lived on Staten Island, Selman and MacDermot continued their collaboration and wrote Goddess Wheel a further exploration of the Lysistrata tale, and The Tinderbox, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and set in war-torn Iraq. Prior to working with Galt MacDermot, Matty had collaborated with Agnes of God playwright, John Pielmeier on three musicals, Steeplechase the Funny Place, Young Rube, and Slow Dance with a Hot Pickup.