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It's simply the story of two kids who
fall in love in a city in the middle of a water shortage. URINETOWN
has triumphed as Broadway's unexpected phenomenon: the winner
of the 2002 Tony Awards® Triple Crown for Best Direction,
Best Book and Best Music and Lyrics! This musical comedy tale
of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a city where water
is worth its weight in gold has been hailed by Entertainment
Weekly as "fresh, exuberant and even moving - somewhere
beyond the sublime and beyond the ridiculous." A show that
both celebrates and spoofs the best of Broadway traditions,
the New York Times calls it "a great musical - extraordinary,
hilarious, and entirely original. It is simply the most galvanizing
theatre experience in town. And did I mention that URINETOWN
is hilarious?"
The New Yorker in turn declares, "Of course, you’re
not supposed to like the title - that’s part of the big,
good natured and remarkably successful joke that is URINETOWN.
[It is] a terrifically spirited send-up of musicals and their
conventions."
URINETOWN: THE COMEDY MUSICAL is a satire. Starting with an
absurd, exaggerated premise - that all the toilets in a city
are controlled by one greedy corporation - the show makes us
laugh while it explores real social issues of corporate control,
corruption, environmental conservation and the growing divide
between rich and poor. But it also parodies those "do-gooders"
who try to make societal change happen without thinking things
through. The New York Post says it best when it calls URINETOWN,
"sheer fun! A wild and happy mix of biting satire and loving
parody. It’s a wonderful show!"
Finally the San Francisco Chronicle sums it up nicely when it
calls URINETOWN, "the happiest musical in town, bubbling
over with exuberant musical nods to everything from Three Penny
Opera and West Side Story, to Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the
Roof and Cabaret! One of the most original musicals in a long
time."
Urinetown- The Musical has been presented only twice in Colorado
since it was written in 2001.
* It was highly successful as a touring production at The Buell
Theatre in the Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver.
* It was the most successful show of the year at The Lake Dillon
Theatre (It sold-out every performance, including added matinees).
The Denver production at the Public Works Division of the City
& County of Denver’s Wastewater Management Building
marks the first production ever mounted outside a theatre and
features the following members in its cast and crew:
- Produced
& Directed by Dan Wiley
Musical & Vocal Direction by Amanda Farnsworth
Choreography by Juliana Black
Casting Direction by Cathy Reinking
Costume Design by Rebecca Spafford
Lighting Design by Jen Orf
Stage Management/Light Operation by Lorrin Dyer
Set Design by Stuart Barr & Dan Wiley
Set Construction by Kurt Knipple
Set Crew: Phil Rosenberg-Watt, Bob Sanders
Photography by Michael Ensminger
Graphics by Dan Wiley, SCORE Marketing
Directors Team: Cathy Reinking /Terry Dodd
Scenic/Resource Consultant: Stuart Barr
Fight Choreography by Geoffrey Kent
Props by Beki Pineda
Cast
Officer Lockstock..........................…...Geoffrey
Kent
Little Sally....................................…....Genevieve
Baer
Bobby Strong........................……...Zander
Meisner
Hope Cladwell...........……...............…....Michelle
Merz
Caldwell B. Cladwell……………..…....….....Robert
Sanders
Penelope Pennywise...................…...Jessica
Gisin-Mosley
Officer Barrel/Tin Pan Patty.................…....Heather
Larson
Mr. McQueen..........................…...Phil Rosenberg-Watt
Dr. Billeaux/Tiny Tom..........….........…...Jack
Wefso
Josephine Strong/Old Woman......…...Mare Trevathan
Hot Blades Harry/Old Man Strong.…...Mark Pergola
Soupy Sue/Cladwell’s Secretary...…...Joyce Cole
Senator Fipp/Billy Boy Bill.............…...Lori
Hansen
Little Becky 2-Shoes/Mrs. Millenium….Brityn Martin
Robby the Stockfish/UGC Exec.......…..Step Pearce
Wastewater's Most Dangerous Orchestra:
Music Director/Keyboards.......Amanda Farnsworth
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Alto Sax/Tenor Sax............Michael
Weaver
Bass Trombone.............Stephen Gehring
Bass.................Scott Alan Smith
Percussion................Mark Emmons
Urinetown is produced through special arrangements with
Music Theatre International and Actors Equity Association.
Special Thanks to the City & County of Denver, Carlos
Guerra, Berkenkotter Motors, Denver Water, Super Bowl
Portable Restrooms, Great Big Color, Advanced Rock Technologies,
Celebrity Tattoo, Denver Fabrics, Unity of Denver and
Pam VanNostern, VanNostern Arabians.
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as the Oakland Tribune declares,
"Get over the title
and go, go, go!"
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