Stew, Heidi and The Negro Problem in world premiere at BAM

Heidi Rodewald and Stew, creators of Broadway's Passing Strange, return to the stage this October. (Copyright 2009, Steven P. Marsh)

Stew and Heidi Rodewald, the creators of Broadway’s cult favorite Passing Strange, and this season’s Making It at St. Ann’s Warehouse will be back on the boards this fall with a show as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival.

Stew in "Making It" at St. Ann's Warehouse in February. (Copyright 2010, Steven P. Marsh)

The show, called Brooklyn Omnibus, is billed as a 75-minute song cycle about the borough that Stew calls his part-time home (his girlfriend and their child live there) and where Heidi seems to have settled full-time. It’s scheduled to run Oct. 20-23.

Interestingly, the performers are listed as “Stew & The Negro Problem,” which could signal a return to form for the longtime collaborators. They’ve billed most of their band efforts in recent years as The Broadway Problem, or some other — I daresay more politically correct — variation on their original band name.

Stay tuned for more details!