Starmites Lite
Stuart Ross
Starmites Pro
by Stuart Ross, Barry Keating
Broadway
Highlights
120 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Awards & Recognition
Tony Award
Nominee: Six 1989 Tony Awards, including Best Musical
Synopsis
REVISED 2021 VERSION Starmites Pro is a crowd-pleasing family musical that can be produced with a cast of 11, and a musical ensemble of 5.
It is a sci-fi fantasy show with a big heart and big laughs.
It is designed to be performed with imagination and wit, rather than with huge sets and special effects.
Starmites has been recently been carefully and lovingly “upgraded” by authors Barry Keating and Stuart Ross ( Forever Plaid ). The Story: Shy teenager Eleanor has built a fantasy world around the sci-fi comic books she collects.
To the distress of her mother, she has learned to avoid the pains of growing up by escaping into fantasy, imagining herself to be an unrecognized superhero.
When she is mysteriously thrust into the Website World of her favorite comic book, Eleanor is drawn into the conflict between Shak Graa, Arch-Creep of Chaos, and the Starmites, guardian angels of Innerspace.
She turns out to be the legendary Milady, teen superhero who must lead the Mites on their Quest to save the Galaxy.
Standing in her way are a colorful assortment of Bowie-esque villains, including the delightfully flamboyant Diva, Queen of Innerspace and her Banshee warriors – Destiny's Child-ish sirens with a ravenous hunger for Boy Bands.
With the help of hip-hop heartthrob Space Punk, Eleanor learns to own up to the inner power she has always denied, defeating her foes and conquering the evil force of the “Cruelty.”
Press Reviews
"Starmites is an utterly charming musical… You do not need to be a science fiction buff to enjoy Starmites. The only prerequisite is that you be, or once were, young… Starmites is about how people discover self-confidence and build self-esteem. It is also about individuals discovering the center of their beings so they can grasp what is important and what is superficial. In short, Starmites is a living cartoon about growing up that should appeal to children of all ages."
— The New York Sunday Times
"First there was Star Trek. Then there was Star Wars. Now… there is Starmites, which is certainly the mite-iest of the three intergalactic epics, a vest-pocket musical nebulae of cheerful nuttiness."
— The New York Times
"Need an escape? Try Starmites.… No two ways about it, Starmites is out of this world. The heroine Eleanor is a modern-day Dorothy who dreams of being a super-hero and wakes up to find herself not over the rainbow but up above the stars in a phantasmagorical galaxy."
— The Boston Globe
"Starmites is a galactic good time!… [It] has a sassy personality all its own – in Barry Keating’s rackety rock score: in Keating and Stuart Ross’s goonily graphic book."
— The Boston Herald
"ZIP! ZAP! ZALOOM! BIFF! AARGH! Move over, Tinker Bell, Alice, Dorothy and Annie – Eleanor, the Superhero Girl, has arrived."
— What’s Up Magazine: On The Boards
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ELEANOR FAIRCHILD A teenage girl who eventually becomes MILADY, Superhero of Innerspace. |
| ELEANOR’S MOTHER An unassuming woman who loves her daughter and anxiously awaits the day when she will grow out of her comic book craze. |
| SPACEPUNK The hero, captain of the Starmites and heartthrob of the universe. |
| S’UP S’UP SENSABOI The organized and methodical member of the group – he plays by the rules. |
| DIGGETY RAZZLEDAZZLE The bumbling show-off of the group. Openly expresses his feelings. |
| ACK ACK HACKERAX The group's tough guy. He is second in command. (You may cast as many extra Starmites as you choose.) |
| SHAK GRAA High Priest of Chaos, determined to destroy both Earth and Innerspace. |
| TRINKULUS A reptilian minstrel, once slave to Shak Graa, now serving as a guide to the Starmites. (Can double with SHAK GRAA.) |
| DIVA Imposing and powerful Queen of Innerspace. (Can double with MOTHER.) |
| BIZARBARA Awkward and shy daughter of Diva, possessed with a heart of gold and a yearning to be "normal and average." (Can double with ELEANOR.) |
| SHOTZI Diva's airhead sergeant at arms. (can double as ORAGALA) |
| HOLLABACK Delights in dominating the STARMITES. |
| CANIBELLE Delights in devouring the STARMITES. |
| MALIGNA Delights in teasing the STARMITES. (You may cast as many extra Banshees as you choose.) |
Publication
Starmites Pro is a play written by Stuart Ross and published by Concord Theatricals .
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