Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century at Spoleto Festival USA

"Not your typical punk act…with a nearly vaudeville approach to its songwriting, the World/Inferno Friendship Society draws on everything from punk and rock to jazz, polka, swing and a mind-boggling number of influences."
– SPIN Magazine

In this gloriously crazy spectacle, the legendary punk group World/Inferno Friendship Society joins forces with Jay Scheib, one of contemporary theater’s brightest young directors, to create a cabaret punk-rock operetta for our times. Using Peter Lorre as the ultimate 20th century archetype of alienation, WIFS dedicates a furious song cycle charting Lorre’s trajectory from his days as an illustrious stage and film actor to his pitiless fall from grace. Led by the inimitable Jack Terricloth, WIFS paints a picture of the 20th century from the outsider’s eye via a multi-media spectacle.

Approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes

$25-32