All the Boys I Blocked

Chanel & the Circus presents the World Premiere of their solo musical, “All the Boys I Blocked” where Chanel takes you on a clown-driven rollercoaster of blocked exes and train- wreck relationships! Highly interactive,  audience members get to share their “blocked” stories and lucky audience members may even get to date Chanel live! This jagged little thrill ride will have you laughing and crying as you navigate the accordion-fueled madness between jadedness, redemption, and the dangerous fantasies of love —or was it infatuation?

This 60-minute solo show packs a big musical punch with Chanel playing Guitar, Piano, Ukulele and Accordion while wailing live on stage to 10 new original songs like, “Blocked, Mental Breakdown, CVS” and many more! All this making “All the Boys I Blocked” a truly unique, comedic musical and heart-felt adventure that’s all about self-acceptance and taking back control of your reality…no matter how weird you are.

 

THE TEAM

 

Chanel Samson cut their teeth in the entertainment industry in Liverpool England at Paul McCartney’s music school, got kicked out of the country, and landed back home in LA. Chanel formed a community of genderfluid-pansexual queers with their variety show The Secret Circus, and toured in bands such as Chanel & the Circus and Praise Kink. Now they are taking their piano, accordion, and ukulele to the stage in this raw unfiltered one person show that will make you laugh, cry and quit your day job (if you’re unhappy with it of course, if not, then good for you! pay for this show).

 

Melanie D’Andrea tells stories about those who dare to imagine and dream new possibilities; the outsiders, the revolutionaries, the off-beats and those who are before-their-time.  With their poetic and magical realism style, D’Andrea blurs the lines between reality and fantasy in order to viscerally invoke the audience to the power within each of us.  Born in Venezuela and raised in South Florida, D’Andrea recently directed 4 episodes for NBC/ Telemundo’s “Vuelve a Mi”, is an NBC Launch Fellow, a Ryan Murphy Half Initiative fellow and a two-time DGA Award recipient for her films “South Arcadia St.” and “Stand.” They are currently directing a feature documentary and is the executive producer of “The Disruptors,” a showcase of T.V. writers of color who identify as trans/nonbinary, disabled, or undocumented/formerly undocumented migrants. 

 

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