Back in 1996, TV writers Glen Morgan and James Wong had returned to work on "The X-Files" after a brief hiatus. Now in its fourth season, the series owed some of its initial success to the work of Morgan and Wong. The returning writers wanted to make a big mark on the series right away. Maybe they felt kind of burned for the failure of Space: Above and Beyond and they wanted to prove something. They did. Their first episode back was Home—a the now infamous second episode of the fourth season of the series. Widely considered to be one of the best in the nine-season history of the series, Home had a disturbing feel to it that stood out from the rest of the repetitious shadows of a show that has had over 200 episodes.
The story has FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder investigating the discovery of a baby’s corpse in Pennsylvania. The gruesome nature of what follows is the stuff of late 20th century TV legend. This weekend a local group of musical comedy people pay tribute to the episode in Close to Home—a musical parody of Season Four, Episode Two of "The X-Files," which originally aired on Oct. 11 1996.
Written and composed by Stuart Mott, the show is directed by T.I.M.: The Improvised Musical’s Jacob D. Bach. Brian Markovich plays Fox Mulder. Hayley San Fillippo plays Dana Scully. The cast includes Bobby McGhee, Mara McGhee and several others. This one looks refreshingly weird and delightfully obscure.;
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Close To Home: A Musical X-File runs April 23, 24 and 25 at ComedySportz Milwaukee on 420 S. 1st St. Tickets are $10 at the door.
