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\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\tMichelangelo and His David<\/title>\r\n\r\n\t<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AnticDidone-Regular.woff2\" as=\"font\" type=\"font\/woff2\" crossorigin>\r\n\t<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Algerian.woff2\" as=\"font\" type=\"font\/woff2\" crossorigin>\r\n\r\n\t<link href=\"stylesheet.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\r\n<\/head>\r\n\r\n<body>\r\n<div class=\"flyer\">\r\n\r\n <div class=\"top-border\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"dark-header\">\r\n <div class=\"badge-box\">\r\n <div class=\"badge-statue\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/top-left-img.jpg\" \/>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"header-titles\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/heading-img.jpg\" class=\"heading-img\" \/>\r\n <div class=\"title-michel\">MICHELANGELO<\/div>\r\n <span class=\"title-and-his\">AND HIS<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"title-david\">DAVID<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"dark-tagline\">\r\n <div class=\"tl-anewplay\">A New Play<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"tl-based\">Based on real people and actual events.<\/div>\r\n <p class=\"tl-desc\">\r\n Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italy's reining artisan, had<br>\r\n only one true love is his entire life, a young,<br>\r\n 18 year-old Italian aristocrat, Tommaso de' Cavaleri.<br>\r\n Michelangelo was fifty-eight.\r\n <\/p>\r\n <div class=\"tl-byline\">By Ted Bacino<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"content\">\r\n\t <div class=\"content-con\">\r\n\t\t <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/content-top-img.jpg\" class=\"heading-img\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-con\">\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"intro-text\">\r\n\t\t\t This one-set drama with six men is the story of the one true love in life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest artist and sculptor of all time. The play, which is based on real characters and actual events, is the story of the artist using an Italian aristocrat, Tomasso de' Cavalieri, as the model for his famous statue. While creating this masterpiece, the two of them create a relationship doomed from the start.\r\n\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sec-head\">THE CAST<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"cast-list\">\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI<\/b> \u2013 At age 58, already Italy's foremost sculptor<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>TOMMASO de' CAVALIERI<\/b> \u2013 A young Italian nobleman<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>URBINO<\/b> \u2013 Michelangelo's long-time assistant<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>SALVATORE<\/b> \u2013 Michelangelo apprentice<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>THE POPE<\/b><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t <li><b>ZAMMATO<\/b><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cast-note\">(All are historic people, except for Zammato)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sec-head\">THE SET<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"body-text\">\r\n\t\t\t The set is basically a unit set representing two of Michelangelo's workshops \u2013 one in Rome and the other in Milan. The set has a drape upstage supposedly covering an entrance to a room for chiseling. For the first workshop, the drape is closed. In the second workshop (beginning in Scene 3) the drape is pulled back a little revealing the corner of a block of marble. In later scenes you can see the foot of David partially carved.\r\n\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sec-head\">THE STORY<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"body-text\">\r\n\t\t\t When the Pope asks overbearing Michelangelo, 68, to take the wealthy, aristocratic, 18-year-old Tommaso as his third apprentice, the artist refuses. But when the clever pontiff adds Italy's largest piece of Carrara marble to the deal, Michelangelo accepts. Tomasso is obviously ignored until work on the statue of David begins and the beautiful apprentice is picked to be the model for it. Working together day after day bonds a close relationship, though they argue about religion \u2014 the creation in seven days, the Church's first mention of hell and about the elimination of gospels like that of St. Thomas. But conflicts arise when the overly religious Michelangelo realizes he's falling in love with the atheistic, well-educated boy. To show his love he writes more than 100 love poems to Tommaso, most of which still exist today. After one explosive religious quarrel Tommaso is gone and Michelangelo's world is shattered until he lies dying.\r\n\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sec-head\">NUDITY OR NOT<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"body-text\">\r\n\t\t\t A long list of Broadway plays include nudity: \"Equus,\" \"Hair,\" \"Take Me Out,\" \"The Full Monty,\" and the stage version of \"The Graduate.\" Even though nudity is an integral part of this story, there is a script version available without nudity.\r\n\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sec-head\">THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"body-text\">\r\n\t\t\t Ted Bacino co-authored his recent play, \"The Shakespeare Conspiracy,\" based on his novel of the same title. The play has had productions Off-Broadway and in U.S. cities like Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Chicago, Oklahoma City and later this season in Columbus.\r\n\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"contact-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-box\">\r\n\t\t\t <p class=\"cb-for\">For a copy of the script, write to:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"cb-name\">TED BACINO<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"cb-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/map-pin.jpg\" style=\"width: 25px;top: 5px;position: relative;\" \/> 462 Village Square West<br>Palm Springs, CA 92262<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t <div class=\"cb-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/email.jpg\" style=\"width:30px;\" \/> TBacino@aol.com<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelangelotheplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/content-bottom-img.jpg\" class=\"heading-img\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\n function fillDiamonds(el) {\r\n if (!el) return;\r\n el.innerHTML = '';\r\n const w = el.closest('.flyer')?.offsetWidth || window.innerWidth;\r\n const charW = 13;\r\n const count = Math.ceil(w \/ charW) + 4;\r\n const pattern = ['\u25c6','\u25bc','\u25c6','\u25b2'];\r\n let html = '';\r\n for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {\r\n html += `<span>${pattern[i % pattern.length]}<\/span>`;\r\n }\r\n el.innerHTML = html;\r\n }\r\n\r\n function initAll() {\r\n fillDiamonds(document.getElementById('topDiamonds'));\r\n fillDiamonds(document.getElementById('midDiamonds'));\r\n fillDiamonds(document.getElementById('botDiamonds'));\r\n }\r\n\r\n document.fonts.ready.then(initAll);\r\n window.addEventListener('resize', initAll);\r\n initAll();\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelangelo and His David MICHELANGELO AND HIS DAVID A New Play Based on real people and actual events. Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italy’s reining artisan, had only one true love is his entire life, a young, 18 year-old Italian aristocrat, Tommaso de’ Cavaleri. Michelangelo was fifty-eight. 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