Libretto of the Favorite Christmas Opera, As Beautiful to Read As to Hear
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Title: 1776 Author: Stone, Peter Edwards, Sherman Publisher: Viking Press 1964 Description: roy musical - historical - American twenty-six characters twenty-four male; two female one act (seven scenes) 'The play commences in May, as we find the representatives to the Continental Congress braving the humidity and the flies of the stuffy chamber. It continues through June, with countless votes and arguments, climaxing on July 4, 1776, as the Declaration of Independence, somewhat modified from Jefferson's original, is passed and signed.' Title: 3 Guys Naked From the Waist Down Author: Colker, Jerry Publisher: Samuel French 1986 Description: roy musical - comedy - human nature all male cast; three characters three male two acts 'Three guys are stand-up comics. Wild and crazy and very, very hip, their unique blend of intellectual and slap-stick humor propels them from unpaid neophyte performers to the Johnny Carson Show, instant stardom, and their own television show. Then, commercial success evaporates the magic.' Title: 33 Variations Author: Kaufman, Moises Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 2011 Description: roy musical - comedy eight characters four male; four female two acts A mother coming to terms with her daughter. A composer coming to terms with his genius. And, even though they're separated by 200 years, these two people share an obsession that might, even just for a moment, make time stand still. Drama, memory and music combine to transport you from present-day New York to nineteenth-century Austria in this extraordinary American play about passion, parenthood and the moments of beauty that can transform a life. Title: A...My Name is Alice A musical review Author: Silver, Joan Micklin Boyd, Julianne Publisher: Samuel French 1985 Description: roy musical - women - comedy⌦all female cast; five characters⌦five female two acts bare stage with set pieces This slick and lively entertainment created in the best revue style by a wide variety of comedy writers, lyricists and composers offers a marvelous kaleidoscope of contemporary women. Sophisticated, bawdy, funny and insightful, the twenty numbers dramatize women as friends, rivals, sisters - even as members of the all-women's Detroit Persons basketball team. Title: A...My Name Is Still Alice A musical revue Author: Silver, Joan Micklin Boyd, Julianne Publisher: Samuel French 1993 Description: roy musical revue all female cast; five characters five female two acts 'The critically acclaimed sequel to the hit musical revue "A. My Name is Alice" is similar in format. Written by a wide variety of writers, lyricists and composers, this lively entertainment continues to explore contemporary women - this time in the 1990's. The numbers run the gamut from a single woman who insists on registering at a department store bridal registry to a touching monologue of a middle-age woman trying to sell her life to the movies to give it meaning. The music ranges from gospel to country western to rock to some glorious pop ballads.' Title: Act, The Author: Furth, George Kander, John Publisher: Samuel French 1987 Description: roy musical - Little Theatre seven characters; ensemble five male; two female two acts 1 interior set. Book by George Furth; music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb. 'Liza Minnelli took Broadway by storm in this "concept musical" about a Las Vegas nightclub performer named Michelle Craig, a has-been movie star now trying to make a comeback.' Title: Adding Machine Author: Rice, Elmer Schmidt, Joshua Publisher: Samuel French 2008 Description: roy comedy - musical five characters; chorus three male; two female twenty-four short scenes Based on the play 'The Adding Machine' by Elmer Rice. Adaptation by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt. Darkly comic and heartbreakingly beautiful, Adding Machine, a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice’s incendiary 1923 play, tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic Title: Adrift in Macao Author: Durang, Christopher Melnick, Peter Publisher: Samuel French 2009 Description: roy musical - parody seven characters four male; three female eleven scenes music by Peter Melnick. Set in 1952 in Macao, China, ADRIFT IN MACAO is a loving parody of film noir movies. Everyone that comes to Macao is waiting for something, and though none of them know exactly what that is, they hang around to find out. The characters include your film noir standards, like Laureena, the curvaceous blonde, who luckily bumps into Rick Shaw, the cynical surf and turf casino owner her Title: Amahl and the Night Visitors - opera in - The Twelve Plays of Christmas / CHR Author: Menotti, Gian-Carlo Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2000 Description: roy opera - Christmas - religious six characters; chorus; extras five male; one female one act The libretto of the favorite Christmas opera, as beautiful to read as to hear. Title: Amazon All-Stars in - Amazon All Stars / COL Author: Gage, Carolyn Carney, Sue Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1996 Description: roy musical - women - comedy all female cast; many characters twelve female (doubling) two acts 'The title of Gage's musical comes from the fantasy life of one characters in the play, who, like many lesbians, prefers the symbolism of sisterly utopia to the reality of personal and team relationships.' Title: American Tales Author: Stone, Ken Powell, Jan Publisher: Samuel French 2008 Description: roy musical - dramatic comedy - relationships ten characters; chorus four male; one female (doubling) two acts running time - 90 mins. Book and lyrics by Ken Stone; music by Jan Powell. American Tales features two classic American stories by Mark Twain and Herman Melville. Act I, 'The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton,' is from Mark Twain's story of two people falling in love at a great distance with the aid of that brand-new invention, the telephone. Title: Amorous Flea, The Author: Devine, Jerry Montgomery, Bruce Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1964 Description: roy musical - comedy eight characters six male; two female three acts A musical comedy based on Moliere's "School for Wives". Title: Angelica in - Bertha and Other Plays / COL Author: Koch, Kenneth Publisher: Grove Press 1966 Description: roy drama - opera sixteen characters thirteen male; three female three scenes The main characters in the opera are three Spirits, who cause much of what happens in France in the nineteenth century: Angelica, the Spirit of Beauty; Edouard, the Spirit of Change and Civic Progress; and Jean, the Spirit of Art. Both Jean and Edouard vie for Angelica's love. Unable to give her love exclusively either to Jean or to Edouard, despite a prophecy that the world may be destroyed if she fails to choose one of them, Angelica determines to leave the earth and go to the Kingdoms of the Air, where she will remain until she can make a decision. Title: Animal Farm Author: Orwell, George Hall, Peter Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1986 Description: roy musical - allegory - animals - fantasy eighteen characters eleven male; seven female two acts 'This musical begins as a young boy takes the novel "Animal Farm" from his bookshelf and sits by his toy barnyard to read. While he does so, the barnyard becomes an imaginative set in which the barnyard animals seek to take over control of the yard as they feel they will have a better life without the interference of the farmer. Their quest for this new life soon leads them to establish a totalitarian microcosm in which some animals are far more equal than others.' Music by Richard Peaslee; lyrics by Adrian Mitchell. Title: Annie Get Your Gun Author: Fields, Herbert Fields, Dorothy Publisher: Miscellaneous 1946 Description: roy musical - biography nineteen characters; extras ten male; nine female two acts 'The story of the female sharpshooter Annie Oakley as she gains recognition and love in the Wild West shows of the late nineteenth century. Includes famous Western characters, such as Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, and others.' Title: Applause Author: Comden, Betty Green, Adolph Publisher: Random House 1971 Description: roy musical - theatre twenty-one characters sixteen male; five female two acts Based on the Film 'All About Eve'. 'What is it that we're living for?' 'Applause, Applause!' These lyrics epitomize the motives of all the characters in this story about the plots and intrigues of life backstage. An aspiring young actress successfully dethrones the established star, but in the process relinquishes any redeeming qualities and becomes the producer's plaything. The star, in turn, realizes that there is another life besides the one on stage and that the applause is, after all, hollow. Provides two strong character parts for women.' Title: Ask Any Girl Author: Wolfe, Winifred Sergel, Christopher Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1963 Description: roy musical - comedy twenty-one characters; extras five male; sixteen female two acts Christopher Sergel's adaptation of Winifred Wolfe's book "Ask Any Girl". Music by Mark Bucci. Lyrics by David Rogers. 'Young Meg has already overwhelmed her parents with made-up statistics that support her thesis that all sensible girls go to New York where they find glamorous careers and wonderful husbands. What Meg encounters in New York is the last thing she's looking for - other attractive girls. Meg is soon involved with an advertising firm and Title: Assassins Author: Sondheim, Stephen Weidman, John Publisher: