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 | Title : Urinetown
Author : Hollmann, Mark
Release Date : 20010807
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
'How about a bad title?' wonders Spencer Kayden's Little Sally in 'Too Much Exposition.' 'That could kill a show pretty good.' It's a tribute to the skill deployed by the Urinetown creative team (Mark Hollman, music and lyrics; Greg Kotis, book and lyrics) that its title doesn't kill the show. Set in a near-future in which water depletion has led to a ban on private toilets, this may be the only musical in history in which one of the leads makes a fortune on pee. But the show (which originated Off-Broadway before graduating to the big league) limits its subversive intent to subject matter and is refreshingly classic in approach and structure--think Weill-meets-Lewis Carroll. Backed by a small ensemble, the cast (with John Cullum in a turn nothing short of brilliant as the evil urinal magnate) has a field day with Kotis and Hollman's frequently hilarious score.
Buyer Reviews :
Listening to this CD, I kept comparing it to 'Bat Boy,' another off-Broadway musical released in the past couple of months I believe by the same label. And unfortunately, 'Urinetown' lost a star for the exact same reason 'Bat Boy' did - there's something wrong with the quality of the recording -- both discs sound somehow hollow and muffled. Also like 'Bat Boy,' this was the ONLY reason I knocked the disc down a star - because this is a first rate musical. The score is excellent with some very strong songs (I especially love 'Run, Freedom Run' which for my money out-gospeled 'Joyful Noise' from 'Bat Boy') and incredibly funny lyrics. I laughed out loud several times listening to the CD. It's rare that two musicals that are so similar in style come out close together and are both as strong as 'Bat Boy' and 'Urinetown.' If you enjoy one, you'll like the other just as much. I would certainly recommend this CD to anyone with an interest in strong musical comedy scores (I just wish the label would clean up the quality of the sound a little bit!)
(by Jason)
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