Welcome To The Voice
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Welcome to the Voice was a musical opera composed by Steve Nieve, best known as the keyboardist for Elvis Costello, with libretto and staging by Muriel Teodori. Many musicians, mostly from New York, took roles in this play about a Drunkman's obsession with an opera singer.
TMBG's own John Flansburgh played the Chief of Police that attempts to arrest the Drunkard, played by Elvis Costello. The play was performed on June 6, 2000 at The Town Hall in New York City, for the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival.
In a Tumblr answer in July 2026, Flansburgh spoke about the show:
It was fun and odd. I was really thrown into the thing at the last minute after a (notorious performer) dropped out. It was a very small part. The rehearsals were exactly as chaotic as things like this often are, but everyone rose to the occasion in the end. The opera singers were very impressive.