Wicked City Blues | WCB Productions

"Wicked City Blues" is an original 1940s film-noir musical-comedy opening soon in New York at a top Off-Broadway theatre to be produced by leading Off-Broadway producers. The show had a successful run at the 350-seat Allred Theatre in Salt Lake City and was named Top 10 Plays of the Year in Utah by the Utah Deseret News. The award-winning theatre where the show will be produced, St. Luke’s Theatre, has a great location in the Broadway Theatre District at 46th Street and 8th Avenue, one block from Times Square. It has a 70-year tradition of presenting highly entertaining and commercially successful musicals. We have over 50,000 emails of people who enjoyed musicals at this theatre. These emails will offer them $59 tickets for a discount price. The show’s producer, John Lant, is considered one of the leading Off-Broadway producers, having produced over 100 musicals and with three shows he produced currently running Off-Broadway. John Lant is also the Production Manager of what many consider to be the most prestigious theatre in New York – Carnegie Hall.

$300+ Two free tickets to the show in NY or LA or when/if the national tour of the show comes to a city near you.
$500+ Four free tickets to the show in NY or LA or when/if the national tour comes to a city near you.
Photo with lead actors and creators.
$700+ Four free tickets to Opening Night & Party in NY and LA or when/if the national tour comes to a city near you. Photo with celebrities in NY or LA.

The net proceeds of this offering, whether the Minimum or the Maximum amount is reached, will be used to open our musical in an OffBroadway theatre. The amount of money raised will determine how many performances per week we can have. The identified uses of proceeds are subject to change at the sole discretion of the Managing Members based on the business needs of the Company.

Cornell Christianson
Writer-Producer-Managing Member
Since April 2018, Cornell Christianson's primary job has been co-founder, writer, producer, President and Managing Member of WCB Productions LLC. Starting April 2017, his primary job was writer- producer of ICFB Productions LLC which opened “It Came From Beyond” Off-Broadway in April 2018 at St. Luke’s Theatre which he is now part-time. His specialty is that he writes musicals with a unique structure of two parallel and interconnecting stories that go back and forth between two worlds. Cornell has also been a writer-producer at Marilyn Exposed Productions working part-time since 2012, where he wrote a new musical, "Marilyn Exposed", a murder-mystery that reveals the truth about Marilyn Monroe's death. He has signed a contract with a witness to Monroe's death who will serve as Technical Adviser to the show, which is set to open Off-Broadway next year. Christianson was a producer-writer at Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox where he produced the award-winning television series “The Paper Chase” starring John Houseman. He has written three produced musicals including “It Came From Beyond” which earned him two Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominations including Best Musical and Best Writing of a Musical. He has written its screenplay and two sequels. He is a Writer of the 1940s musical-comedy “Wicked City Blues aka Naked City Blues” which played in Salt Lake City and was named one of the Ten Best Plays of the Year in Utah. He has written a 1960s sword and sandal musical-comedy “Unchained Muscle”. He won a Mania Award presented by Wes Craven for writing the short film, Repossessed, starring JoBeth Williams, which took First Prize at six international film festivals. He wrote the short film Out There starring Harry Shearer which won First Prize at the Houston Film Festival. He wrote or produced over 100 television commercials and industrial films whose awards include Information Film Producers of America Gold Award, Int. Communication First Place Award, and Int. Industrial Films Creative Excellence Award. Mr. Christianson has a BA from William & Mary College and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a deacon of his church and an Eagle Scout.

John Lant
Producer - Managing Member
Since April 2018, John Lant has been part-time as co-founder, lead producer and Managing Member of WCB Productions LLC. working a few hours a week. His work hours will increase to 10 hours a week when the show goes into pre-production. Since April 2017, he has been lead producer of ICFB Productions LLC which opened "It Came From Beyond" Off-Broadway in April 2018 at St. Luke’s Theatre which he runs with two other musicals he produced running Off-Broadway – “Frankenstein: A Musical” which has run for a year and “Wicked Frozen: A Musical Parody” which opened recently. John's main job has been running the three theatres at Carnegie Hall since 2007 as its Production Manager with over 850 events being produced each year. He recently produced the musical "Fabulous!" which had 150 Off-Broadway performances and is being licensed to theatres around the world. He produced and directed three staged readings of the upcoming musical "Marilyn Exposed" starring Kelsey Youmans as Marilyn Monroe. Lant is an award-winning producer, director, writer, lighting and set designer, in New York and Los Angeles, with over 300 productions to his credit. He worked on several national tours of musicals including “Phantom of the Opera”, “Evita”, “Singin' in the Rain”, “One Mo' Time”, “Gypsy” and “The Three Musketeers” as well as tours of Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and The Beach Boys. He has won DramaLogue Awards, Diamond Awards, NAACP Awards, LA Weekly Awards and a television Emmy Award. He professionally apprenticed at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, and in New York with the Lincoln Center, Julliard, Circle Rep, and Circle in the Square. Film and TV work includes crew on Army of Darkness, The Hard Way, Year of the Dragon and King of New York, puppeteer for the Power Rangers and graduate of the CBS Directing Workshop Program. Lant received the California Service Award from the State Legislature for his Community Outreach and Service to the Arts in 2000 and 2001, and received Award of Excellence in Direction in Long Beach. He received 2 Letters of Recognition from the State of California for his theatre company’s work on Domestic Violence in 2008 and 2009. He lives with author Joan M. Kessler and his beloved dog Sierra.

• Investment Type: Investor Non-Managing Membership Units
• Units: $100 each
• Minimum Investment: $100
• Round Size: Min. $10,000, Max $86,500
• Pre-Money Valuation: $100,000
• Pre-Recoupment: Investors will retain 100% of Adjusted Gross Receipts after payment of Production Expenses, Running Expenses, Loans and a Reserve (See Operating Agreement).
• After Recoupment: Investors will retain 50% of Net Profits from the New York production and after 28 performances will share in income streams from cast CD,  national tours including Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto, international tours including China and Japan, screenplay, film/TV rights, sequels, merchandising, product placements, sponsorships, colleges, high schools and community theatres according to standard Off-Broadway business practices.