The Emperor's New Clothes
Alan Schmuckler
The Emperor's New Threads
by Frances Limoncelli, George Howe
Synopsis
A crazy quilt of mixed-up psychedelic fashion trends is the setting for this tongue-in-cheek retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, set to a fun and sprightly score.
The country is ruled by a foppish fashionista of an Emperor who has bankrupted the treasury with his clothing expenditures.
Frustrated by the Emperor's “fool for fashion� mentality, eleven-year-old Kid's romantic dreams of being a hero make her determined to change everyone's materialistic views.
She travels to the palace to reveal the superficiality of the emperor, only to end up revealing much more of him than she predicted.
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"...lively and colorful enough to keep children amused and hip enough to keep mom and dad entertained."
— Copley News Service
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The Emperor's New Threads is a play written by Frances Limoncelli and published by Concord Theatricals .
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