5/16/2023 0 Comments Next space rebels steamSuch a show might not appeal to the general public, and in terms of New York’s Broadway theatre, might not be what Big Apple tourists would flock to see.īut the creators of Urinetown The Musical took such a risk and it paid off. This musical about pay toilets, greedy corporations, and the rise of the oppressed started at the New York International Fringe Festival in 1999, made the move to Off-Broadway for a while, before leaping to Broadway for a healthy three year run. Amy Maniscalco,(center) as Little Sally in Urinetown at NextStop Theatre Company. Brooks Studios)įlush with the humor and engaging tunes that kept NYC audiences coming for nearly 1,000 performances, Urinetown The Musical can now be savored in a spiffy production by NextStop Theatre Company in Herndon. Director Walter Ware III and company have captured the arch style of the piece and have the voices to pull off the score that alternates between ear-friendly, Broadway-style songs and duos, and edgier pieces with biting lyrics that fit the pattern of broad humor and satirical bite. The music and lyrics were my first introduction to Urinetown through the original cast album. Rain Man (1988) Two top stars at the top of their form illuminate Rain Man with dazzling tour de force performances.I’m the man … With the Plan … And who should you thank?” I took this town and made it smell swank! Cladwell offers this verse in his introductory song, for example: I have always found them clever, accessible, and memorable.Unstoppable Man, The (1961) This crime melodrama from British Lion is set in the heart of London and concerns American-born industrialist James Kennedy (Cameron….Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961) Atomic explosions from nuclear testing by the Americans and Russians at the two poles put the Earth on a collision…. Watch out for a cameo by Oliver Reed as one of a group of artists arguing drunkenly about what constitutes art in a Parisien cafe. Hancock ruthlessly lampoons the pretentious artistic beatnik set and makes fun of his own inability to paint, drifting between lies and truth while carving out a reputation for himself among the Parisian avant-garde. Brewer hails the discovery of a great artist.Īnthony tries to explain that the paintings are not his, but Brewer waves away his explanations full of ideas of a big exhibition, and finally, ignoring any pangs of conscience, Anthony falls in with his plans. who cannot understand Anthony’s ‘explanations’ becomes disheartened. He leaves his paintings with Anthony to do with them as he will and goes back to London.Īnthony’s fame spreads and when art connoisseur, Sir Charles Brewer (George Sanders) arrives at the studio and sees some of Paul’s paintings he is overwhelmed by their brilliance. He even persuades his artist friends that his childlike daubs are a new form of art. He makes statements about art that are absolute nonsense, but so arresting that people listen to him, and accept him as a genius. In Paris, he becomes friendly with Paul (Paul Massie) an English artist, and agrees to share his studio and enthusiastically joins the beatnik group of the left bank. In final defiance, he throws his bowler hat over the side of the cross-channel steamer. Realising that he can never satisfy his passion for art in England, Tony quits his job and sets out for Paris, believing that only there – among the artists on the left bank – will his genius be recognised. During the day Tony (Tony Hancock in his first big movie) is trapped in the drudgery of a nine-to-five office job at United International Transatlantic Consolidated Amalgamation Ltd.īut, hurrying home to his digs at night, he imagines himself an artist with great talent and vision, and he paints and sculpts to his heart’s content – although his landlady Mrs Crevatte (Irene Handl on top form) regards all of his efforts as a load of miscellaneous rubbish.Īt work one day he tries to explain his creative urges to his bewildered and uncomprehending manager after his ledgers are found to be full of drawings.
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