2008 - Urinetown

Music by Mark Hollmann

Lyrics by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann

Book by Greg Kotis

Peoria Players Theatre 4300 North University, Peoria, IL Box Office: 309-688-4473 Performance dates: May 2nd - 3rd, 7th - 10th, 2008 at 7:30pm May 4th and 11th, 2008 at 2:30pm Tickets: $15.00 for adults/$10.00 for students Direction by Jim & Lisa Stout Music Direction by Bob Manasco Choreography by Tamra Challacombe

Plot synopsis

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year draught, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

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