The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor/Producer

Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor

Sonja Sohn

Actor

Andre Royo

Actor

Larry Gilliard Jr

Actor

Felicia Pearson

Actor

Faizon Love

Director/Editor/Writer

PatB

Director/Editor

Matt and Oz

Composer

Isaac Laskin

Producer

Betsy Koch

Producer

Michael Kimbrew

Producer

FreeDome

Executive Producer

Funny Or Die

Actor

Joe Hartzler

Actor

Dave Theune

Actor

Ben Parks

Choreographer

Kathryn Burns

Production Design

Ellie del Campo

Production Design

Martin C Vallejo

Makeup/Hair

Kat Bardot

Sound

BoTown Sound

Series

FODfm

Producer

MattMazany

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WEBVTT 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:13.000 <v Announcer> America's war on drugs has failed. Baltimore has been torn apart by drug-related violence. But now, the violence is spreading. Spreading. To the Player's Theatre! This summer in The Wire: The Musical! 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.000 <v Larry Gilliard Jr.> WMD's right chere, right chere. WMD's. 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:18.000 <v Felicia Pearson> Omar comin'! 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.000 <v Announcer> Michael Kenneth Williams reprises his role as Omar. 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.000 <v Dallas Martin> Omar's comin' 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:23.000 <v Larry Gilliard Jr.> Omar's comin'. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.000 <v Cast Members> Omar's comin'. Omar's coming. Omar's coming! 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:40.000 <v Michael Kenneth Williams> [Singing] When Omar go a huntin' all the slingers shout my name. They ask me Omar how are you surviving this game? You gotta whistle, babe. Before the shotty goes boom. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:41.000 <v Audience> [Laughter] 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:49.000 [Whistling] [Clapping] 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:50.000 <v Cast Members> Omar! 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.000 <v Announcer> Featuring many of your favorite cast members, and some fresh faces. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:58.000 <v Dave Theune> He's a bastard. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:00:59.000 <v Felicia Pearson> He's my partner. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:00.000 <v Policeman One> Real police. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.000 <v Policeman Two> Absentee father. 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:07.000 <v Joe Hartzler> [Singing] I'm McNolte! Screwing Ronnie when I'm drunk, solving homicides with bunk. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.000 <v Cast Members> [Singing] Jimmy McNolte! 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.000 <v Sonja Sohn> You're a real piece of work, McNolte. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.000 <v Joe Hartzler> What the frick did I do? 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:18.000 <v Announcer> It's a family-friendly show. You'll see all your favorite characters. Like Bubbles! 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.000 <v Cast Members> [Singing] Come on Bubs! 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.000 <v Stephanie Carrie> [Singing] Come on Bubs! 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.000 <v Cast Members> [Singing] Stop doin' drugs! 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.000 <v Stephanie Carrie> [Singing] Stop doin' drugs! 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:23.000 <v Andre Royo> [Singing] My name's Bubs. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:24.000 <v Stephanie Carrie> [Singing] His name's Bubs. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:25.000 <v Andre Royo> [Singing] I sniff the drugs. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:26.000 <v Stephanie Carrie> [Singing] He sniffs the drugs! 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:34.000 <v Andre Royo> [Singing] I gotta talk about surviving, get that power high above! Come on Bubs! Stop doing, Bubs, stop doin' Bubs, stop doin' drugs! 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.000 <v Announcer> D'Angelo Farksdale. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.000 <v Larry Gilliard Jr.> Why you all playing checkers on a chess set? 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.000 <v Chess Player One> 'Cause we don't understand chess. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.000 <v Chess Player Two> It doesn't relate to our lives. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:59.000 <v Larry Gilliard Jr.> But don't you see? [Singing] Chess is a metaphor for drug deals. Avon is the king and we're the pawns. But the game don't change and the king will stay the king, while you and I will soon be dead and gone. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.000 <v Announcer> You'll see Snoop as you've never seen her before. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.000 <v Felicia Pearson> Man, this some Cinderella bull [beep] man! 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.000 <v Announcer> And Faizon Love as Stringer Bell. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:18.000 <v Female Cast Members> [Singing] Ah. Stringer. Bell. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:19.000 <v Faizon Love> I hate forty degree days. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.000 <v Announcer> Experience The Wire's realistic portrayal of America's decaying inner cities through the magic of song. 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:33.000 <v Dallas Martin> [Singing] I'm just a burner. They can't trace me. Use me for drug deals then replace me. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:34.000 <v Audience> Aww! 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.000 <v Ben Parks> [Singing] Mister Yedahara a parasite leeching off the drug game. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:40.000 <v Michael Kenneth Williams> [Singing] Well you and I is exactly the same. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.000 <v Ben Parks> [Singing] Excuse me, what?! 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:47.000 <v Michael Kenneth Williams> [Singing] You heard me, you disgrace. I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000 <v Announcer> You'll have the catchy songs stuck in your head all week. 00:02:51.000 --> 00:03:02.000 <v Cast Members> [Singing] There are complex problems inherited in the bureaucratic institutions of the state. But, there's no one to blame. It's a vast array of personal interest that conflicted the way our minds view the overall system. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:09.000 <v Announcer> You'll experience all five seasons of one of television's densest shows in ninety minutes of musical magic. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:25.000 <v Michael Kenneth Williams> I finally understand. The cops. The slingers. We're all the same. As we go through life, we all walk along. The wire! 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:32.000 <v Stephanie Carrie> It's all in the game, but how long must we play? 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:38.000 <v Announcer> The New York Times writes I'm pretty sure David Simon doesn't know they're doing this. But if he did, he'd love it! 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.000 <v Andre Royo> I need to hit it. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:54.000 <v Michael Kenneth Williams> Ya'll come on down to the Player's Theatre, or Omar gonna come to your house and put some lead in you.That's Fridays and Saturdays, and Sunday matinee. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.000 <v Announcer> The Wire: The Musical. Tickets on sale now.