MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Greg Kotis, Urinetown, John Rando
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Greg kotis and mark hollman: american songwriting team. Urinetown: the musical: setting: a gotham like city, characters: Time: sometime after the stink years: o cer lockstock, a policeman, little sally, a poor little girl, bobby strong, assistant custodian at the poorest, lthiest urinal in town, caldwell b. cladwell, president and owner of the urine good. Co: hope cladwell, his daughter, penelope pennywise, chief custodian at the poorest, lthiest urinal, o cer barrel, lockstock"s partner, old man strong, bobby"s father, josephine strong, bobby"s mother. A musical about musicals: urinetown is made up of a web of questions, allusions, homages, pastiches, parodies, and references to an array of well-known broadway musicals including: Wednesday, april 6, 2016: west side story, guys and dolls, les miz. Cladwell: plot developments and themes: rich vs. poor. To much exposition: o cer lockstock and little sally, discusses the inner workings of writing, performing, and viewing musicals.
