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The Evolution of the Show
Greg LaGana, M.D., and Barry Levy, M.D., two former medical school classmates, got together after many years to help plan entertainment for their 25th medical school reunion.
What they did changed their lives.
In the late 1960s, Greg and Barry were medical students at Cornell Medical College in New York, where they wrote three full-length musical comedies that they performed with their classmates. These shows, which satirized medical education, were the annual highlights for students and faculty alike.
After graduation, Greg and Barry went their separate ways, while staying in touch from time to time.
In 1994, Greg and Barry reunited, taking a course in writing for the musical theater at the New School for Social Research in New York. After exploring writing a Broadway musical about medicine, they decided to write an issues-oriented show about health care in the 1990s for their 25th medical school reunion. As they embarked on the writing, they realized, to their initial chagrin, that there would not be an opportunity to rehearse a show with returning classmates. With no other option, they decided to write a cabaret show and perform it themselves.
And so Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America was born. The show highlights current issues of great concern to health professionals and health care consumers, ranging from managed care and cost containment to computer technology and the re-emergence of infectious diseases. It describes, among other things, the insecurity, time pressures, and increasing isolation that many health professionals and health care consumers experience today. The show ends on an upbeat note by encouraging health professionals and health care consumers to play leadership roles in shaping the future of health care.
Greg and Barry performed the show at their medical school reunion in 1996 to a packed house and rave reviews. Since then, they have performed the show at many medical and public health meetings and conferences, including at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, the Harvard School of Public Health, the American Occupational Health Conference, and the annual meetings of many organizations, including the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, the National Council for International Health, and the Physicians Forum at the American Public Health Association. In June, 1998, they gave a performance on Capitol Hill. On an ongoing basis, Greg and Barry are adding new material, on such issues as biotechnology and genetics, to update the show.
As more bookings for Damaged Care are being made, Greg and Barry are devoting much more of their professional lives to updating and performing the show.
And they look back, with happiness, that they got together to help plan entertainment for their 25th medical school reunion.
For bookings, additional information, or for obtaining a CD or DVD of Damaged Care, please contact:
Damaged Care Productions, Inc.
PO Box 1230, Sherborn, MA 01770
Telephone: (508) 651 4919
Fax: (508) 655 4811
E-mail: info@damagedcare.com