The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
by Eric Rockwell, Joanne Bogart

Name: The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
Brand: Eric Rockwell
SKU: 9780573633126
Rating: 3.69 (13 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

90 mins Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Lucille Lortel Award

Nominee: Two 2004 Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical Nominee: 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical

Synopsis

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical about musicals!

In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim.

The basic plot: June is an ingenue who can’t pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord.

Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue?

The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for not appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in a speakeasy in Chicago.

Before it moved off-Broadway, this comic valentine to musical theatre was the longest-running show in the York Theatre Company’s 35-year history.

Press Reviews

"Real wit, real charm… Two smart writers and four winning performers… You get the picture, it’s great fun!"
— The New York Times

"A gift from the musical theatre gods!"
— Talkin’ Broadway

"Witty! Refreshing! Juicily! Merciless!"
— Michael Feingold, Village Voice

"Funny, charming and refreshing… It hits its targets with sophisticated affection."
— New York Magazine

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Willy The Hero	—	—	The Hero
Jitter The Villain	—	—	The Villain
Abby The MatronCHORUS – Hundreds of other potential roles, including cats, roller-skaters, farm hands, and prisoners… all, of course, must sing and dance.	—	—	The MatronCHORUS – Hundreds of other potential roles, including cats, roller-skaters, farm hands, and prisoners… all, of course, must sing and dance.
June The Ingenue	—	—	The Ingenue