#Urinetown

[bratmobiler]

chat i need help. i'm auditioning for a singing competition and i was talking to my mom about songs and i was thinking of doing The Wizard and I but my mom said wicked was a bad idea since it's so popular. PLEASE suggest the most show offish extravagant songs ever, cuz i wanna win this thing. i'm a soprano with a mezzo extension. go wild

[nobodysdaydreams]

If you love the plot of the musical “Newsies” but wish it was less serious, didn’t have a happy ending, was set in a fictional dystopia instead of New York in 1899, had more murder in it, and was about a drought, then boy do I have the musical for you.

And on the flip side, if you love the plot of the musical “Urinetown” but wish it was less comedic, didn’t have a sad ending, was set in New York in 1899 instead of a fictional dystopia, had less murder in it, and was about newspapers, then boy do I also have the musical for you.

[externalacousticmeatus]

[submissive-dumbass]

“Kill them with kindness” WRONG. Send their ass to Urinetown

[pocketpauling]

My Buddy in theater posed the question “is ICUP a slur in Urinetown” and I think he was onto something

[sparrowsortadrawzzz]

no one:

me when it's a hard cold tumble of a journey, worthy of a gurney, a bumbledown:

[blimp-of-evil]

so im in a production of Urinetown rn, right?

and saying good luck to other is obvi bad luck, so the classic substitution is "break a leg"

BUT MAY I PROPOSE

"Go piss girl!!!"

[drowninginredink]

Okay so of things I did not expect: Micky Dolenz, one of the Monkees, that 60s band with a goofy TV show who sang "I'm a Believer," sang a song from Urinetown, the musical that yes, is about urine. Specifically about a dystopia where you can only pee in bathrooms that you need to pay to use, and no one has the money to do that. It's. Uh. A musical alright. The music slaps, but the writing is not good.

But anyway. Micky Dolenz absolutely KILLS at "Don't be the Bunny" from Urinetown. Like I was surprised enough that he even knew Urinetown existed, and then he's great at it?

I highly recommend. Thank you @70snasagay for being the reason I know about this.

[sewerspagetti]

St Cassian Chamber Choir dead in tragic rollercoaster accident!

[strawberryamanita]

What is Urinetown? Well, that's easy.

Urinetown is $20 for a bottle of water.

Urinetown is fees for sitting or standing in one place for too long, even if you're pregnant or physically disabled.

Urinetown is the loitering fee -- which is basically a charge you get for existing in public without buying something.

Urinetown is hostile/anti-homeless architecture.

Urinetown is having to pay extra for food products that are safe for you, as opposed to ones that will give you allergic reactions.

Urinetown is fresh produce costing more than a fast food meal that's devoid of nutrition, despite the former coming from the Earth and the latter costing God-knows-what to process the meal.

Urinetown is insulin costing ridiculous amounts of money, and always being in short supply.

Urinetown is the [pay-to-use toilet] that inspired the show in the first place.

Urinetown is every moment when a poor person has to choose between paying to use said toilet or buying a meal with the little money they have that day.

Urinetown is the weaponization of the poor's lack of hygiene against them, as if it's their fault that they're not allowed in public showers, there are very few public bathhouses in the West, and anywhere else that they exist in public is frowned upon.

Urinetown is any and every inconvenience that the elite have forced upon the lower classes in the name of wringing even more money out of them, that they then either sit their dirty asses on or feed to the War Machine.

That is Urinetown. Urinetown is here.

Fuck the UGC and fuck 12.

[bratmobiler]

bro stop playing the urinetown soundtrack you're scaring the hoes

[ramanoodles]

I cannot stress enough how Lockstock repeating the show as a time loop breaks me. I used to find the Barrel confession scene funny and cute, now it's tragic. Lockstock had feelings for him but the script wont let him show it you can't tell me otherwise. Little Sally has to die too. His basically adopted daughter. Dead. I'm actually going to cry.

[externalacousticmeatus]

OFFICER LOCKSTOCK

[inkybinkyboink]

guys. girlies. folks. people. listen ok. if you're a minor on this platform who's also very into Broadway (I know you exist. I used to be you.) I need you to know this so so so bad. and this is from someone who's been studying theatre and English for a good four years now, and i cant emphasize this enough:

everything done in a show is intentional.

literally, I promise you, everything that seems weird has a purpose. I swear to God. that rhyme, the repetition, the seemingly offhand choices. it's intentional. I saw someone say into the woods basically ended after act one. bullshit. sondheim made those choices for a reason. every melody and theme is there for a reason. all those harmonies (they're annoying I know) are there for a reason.

this isn't to say that people can't casually enjoy a show, I think that's important too, but if you're doing it at your school, if you're doing an essay on it, don't write anything off. your character has those exact lines for a reason. your script is your best friend. the stage directions are your other best friend. everything you need to create your character no matter how big or small is right there. I promise.

[kaeruutv]

Me when my musical has a -town suffix, town represents where you go when you die, narrator/character who is aware its a story but actively participates, story repeating being mentioned in show, 75% through gets a good ending, instantly goes downhill, is not a happy musical. its a sad song, two main characters are a love story representing capitalist vs. anti-capitalist ideals, two love stories in different generations, main villain utilizes people in poverty’s needs for his own gain, deep voiced male main villain with an out-of-love tough woman lover who has a big solo song. who also ends up siding with the protagonist in the end, somewhat clueless but hopeful young man mc, begins with music interlude, introduction to show, then song about how poverty affects your life, is mainly brass accompanied by piano, ends with epilogue explaining how things will always go the same way, has the ensemble as greek chorus, underhandedly addresses the consequences of economic inequality, the entire beginning of the show’s problems is climate-related, main couple fall in love very suddenly, it is their first time & are eventually separated as one of them dies, the second act is when the sheeple wake up and decide to fight for their lives.

[agentcalypso]

so urinetown peeple how we feeling