Return to the Forbidden Planet May 1, 2009

New Line Theatre's 18th season continues with the St. Louis premiere of the outrageous rock and roll musical 'Return to the Forbidden Planet,' Bob Carlton's hilarious take on the classic 1956 sci-fi film 'Forbidden Planet' and (sort of) on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest.' Like a crazy cocktail of "Rocky Horror" and "Star Trek," this smart, subversive piece of rock theatre taps into Americans' perpetual fear of technology (and sex!), and it reminds us of that famous quote by Lord Acton: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Contains adult themes.