The hit of the New York Musical Theatre Festival that year (the final performance reportedly sold out in 42 seconds), this monster boasted a 30-person cast and an almost-sung-through score. In 1938, as a fierce hurricane bears down on an unsuspecting beach community in Rhode Island, a young meteorologist in Washington DC tries to convince his skeptical superiors that this is The Big One.“The show is moody, evocative and full-voiced…Michael Holland and Eric Bernat have given us a show very much worth seeing.” – The New York Times. Dir. Michael Bush.