Friday, April 24, 2026

Tort-inspired musical-comedy plays NYC festivals

The lawyer-authored musical-comedy Shangri-La-La, a loose adaptation of a civil rights and tort suit against Roy Horn of Las Vegas-famous performing duo Siegfried & Roy, has earned invitation to New York festival performances.

I wrote about Shangri-La-La (at Go Fund Me) in September, after I saw the show at the Arlington Draft House in northern Virginia. I had some critiques here and there, but I greatly enjoyed the show overall.

Maybe more tellingly, Shangri-La-La has proven memorable. There was a lot to provoke thought in the show, which creative writer and no-longer-practicing attorney Mike Meier authored and acted in. Before leaving practice, Meier represented the plaintiffs in Preiss v. Horn (9th Cir. 2013), an unsuccessful Nevada suit that alleged retaliation against a physical therapist for his rebuff of Horn's sexual advances.

Shangri-La-La has earned invitation to New York festival stages. The show appeared last week, April 13-19, 2026, at the Back Door to Broadway Festival. You can catch Shangri-La-La on July 25 and 26, 2026, at the Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Meier wrote to me graciously in March and hinted that the show might also be the framework for Netflix TV series, as early as 2027. Color this small-screen enthusiast interested!

Stay tuned.

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