BULLDOZER: The Ballad of Robert Moses is a new rock musical that dramatizes Master Builder Robert Moses’ evolution from a young idealist fervent with a desire to build the greatest city in the world to a power-insulated enemy of the people, corrupted, lost and alone. Preview performances begin Dec. 1 for a limited engagement at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, starring Constantine Maroulis, with Wayne Wilcox, Molly Pope, Ryan Knowles, and Kacie Sheik. BULLDOZER will be directed by Karen Carpenter, with music, lyrics and book by Peter Galperin, and book co-writer Daniel Scot Kadin.

Ever since Hamilton we’ve been asking ourselves what goes in “the room where it happens.” Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses gives us a brutal, rollicking peek. The story, as told by Peter Galperin (concept, music, lyrics and book) and Daniel Scot Kadin (book co-writer), is essentially one of idealism, pragmatism, and entitlement gone monumentally wrong.  Moses, played by Broadway veteran Constantine Maroulis, is the embodiment of an oily, obsessive megalomaniacal politician — as recognizable a character today as he was at the height of power in the 20th century.  Moses’ legacy as an urban planner, which includes building the network of highways that connect New York City to the tristate area and the low bridges that kept buses and, by extension, minority New Yorkers from enjoying the parks and beaches of Long Island, has made him one of the most polarizing characters in New York City history. The empathy that Maroulis brings to his portrayal of Moses is all but cancelled out by Moses’ treatment of his paramour, Vera Martin, played by the charming and hilarious Kacie Sheik.  Galperin and Kadin break from the historical narrative when it comes to Martin.  Real life Moses married …Read more