The Conversationalists

The musical storytellers James and Jerome, a.k.a. James Harrison Monaco and Jerome Ellis, invite audiences to imagine a "live movie" about a Mexican pop star, her teenage son and an Arab-American chess-shop owner in the Village. Annie Tippe, who directed the brilliantly unconventional Dave Malloy musicals Ghost Quartet and Octet, helms the premiere at the Bushwick Starr.