Dark Slapstick Comedy "Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy" Premieres at Broadwater

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Alex Derderian and Peter Levine star in the dark slapstick comedy, directed by Dean Evans at the Hollywood Fringe.

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Are you hungry... for greatness? Would you give up everything to become truly great? This is the question at the heart of Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy, a dark slapstick exploration of shame, ambition, & horsehair from Alex Derderian (Holy Holy) & Peter Levine (Internet Style). Watch in horrified amusement as a prestigious public master class devolves into a twisted ritual of public humiliation and embarrassment. Under the tutelage of the brilliant (if unhinged) maestro Caucus (Derderian), a dedicated classical cellist (Levine) is stripped down to his bare essentials through a series of increasingly bizarre and merciless tests of devotion to his art. With the grotesque absurdity of a fever dream apparition, the maestro forces both cellist and audience to ask whether a life consumed by artistic ambition is truly a life worth living.

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In a World Premiere directed by renowned physical theater artist and clown Dean Evans (Honeybuns), Caucus and Peter will be conducting 5 masterclasses at the Broadwater Second Stage as a part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe.

Performances will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2026 - 11:55 PM (Preview); Sunday, June 14, 2026 - 11:00 AM; Tuesday; June 16, 2026 - 11:00 PM; Sunday, June 21, 2026 - 9:30 PM; Saturday, June 27, 2026 - 11:55 PM.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BIG-MAESTRO-LITTLE-CELLO-BOY-to-Have-World-Premiere-at-Broadwater-20260527)._