You might be thinking to yourself that cancer is nothing to sing about -- and there is certainly nothing funny about cancer. But the folks at Planet Ant thought there was something funny enough to sing about when they decided to produce Cancer! the Musical. Martin F. Kohn, a Detroit Free Press theater critic, who went to go see the show thought that a musical that opens with singing lab rats is hysterical. "The show satirizes, sometimes hilariously, unfeeling health insurers, greedy pharmaceutical corporations, impersonal doctors -- eye contact is the leading cause of emotional involvement -- and scientists motivated not by altruism but by lust for glory. At no time does Cancer! The Musical make fun of people who are ill."
Thomas Donnellon, one of the authors, is a cancer survivor -- the other writer Shawn Handlon has a brother who is a cancer survivor. Go here to read the full critical review. If you live in the Detroit area, go here for tickets. The show runs through May 20.
1. Its really not making fun of the terminally ill.You can put it this way, its just to keep them light hearted and put a smile on their lips and to uplift their spirits too.Cancer is a disease to which many people succumb too but its the will and determination of the people who laugh right through their adversities see them getting success over it.So, keep smiling, cheer up coz this will give you the courage and strength to fight the disease.
Posted at 10:56PM on May 8th 2006 by medicow