Silence of the Lambs Spoof Silence! Finds New Off-Broadway Home For Open Run

The off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical, a spoof of the Oscar-winning 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, has found a new home at 9th Space Theater at P.S. 122. The production, directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, will begin an open-ended run on October 25. Jenn Harris will reprise the role of Clarice Starling, with casting for Hannibal Lecter to be announced shortly. Original star Brent Barrett is unable able to continue with the show due to prior commitments.

Silence! The Musical, which debuted at the 2005 Fringe Festival,  features a book by Tony nominee Hunter Bell and music and lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan. The show received its first full New York mounting this summer at off-Broadway's Theatre 80. The production opened on July 9 and extended twice before closing on September 24. 

In the original film, rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to catch the serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Clarice must face her own demons and race the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed. In the musical version, the action is narrated by a singing chorus of floppy-eared lambs and Buffalo Bill dances a hoedown while kidnapping the hapless Catherine Martin.