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DANTE OFFERS TRIP TO HELL; Boise State presents premiere of original musical comedy

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From: Boise Weekly
Date: 20041117
Author:D, Marie

Playwright Adam Harrell has found a way to combine classical literature, rock and rap music, personal reminiscences and ER in one short evening at the theater.

Inspired by The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (who is too long dead to come back and sue), Harrell explains in the program that he found The Divine Comedy "hilarious," and decided to rework and personalize it, making his hero, Dante, "a shallow, unfeeling jerk."

Now, not everyone reacts with laughter to the original Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, but creative souls must be allowed freedom of expression, right?

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