Starship (musical)

Starship
Starship soundtrack art
MusicDarren Criss
LyricsDarren Criss
BookMatt Lang
Nick Lang
Brian Holden
Joe Walker
BasisStarship Troopers and The Little Mermaid
Productions2011 Chicago

Starship is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss,[1][2] and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Joe Walker.[3][4]

Starship is about an alien planet inhabited by giant insects, called Bug-World. One of these insects, named Bug, comes across a crashed human starship and becomes infatuated with the idea of becoming a Starship Ranger, and he gets his chance when a group of humans land on Bug-World in an attempt to colonize the planet.[1]

The musical was performed February 11[3]-23rd, 2011,[1] at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre in Chicago, Illinois (this was the first StarKid stage production to not be performed on the University of Michigan campus). It was produced by StarKid Productions[1] and directed by Matt Lang.[3][4] The musical stars an ensemble cast featuring Joey Richter as the lead, Bug.[4] The group put the entire musical up on YouTube on April 30, 2011. The musical's cast recording debuted at No. 134 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 for Top Cast Albums.[2]

An audio-only sequel, Starship: Requiem, was included as a perk for fans who contributed to Firebringer's funding and was intended to be released on Christmas of 2016 but was delayed until February 2018.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Austrone, Xavier (22 November 2010). "Starkid Interview: Starship Coverage & A VERY POTTER THREEQUEL!?". WizardingLife.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Suntimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c "Team StarKid's Home Page for "Starship"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  5. ^ StarKid, Team (2018-02-12). "Hey there! As @NickLangTweets said a while back, the last FIREBRINGER award has been sent out! Starship Requiem, the audio version should be available through your backerkit survey if you purchased it back in the year 2016! Enjoy!…https://firebringer-starkids-new-stone-age-musical.backerkit.com/". @TeamStarKid. Retrieved 2020-02-16.