Urinetown: The Musical
by Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis
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Author: Greg Kotis, Mark HollmannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-19
ISBN: 0571211828
Number of pages: 103
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Book Review: "Urine" for a good time
Summary: 5 Stars
Pissing. It's not something we think about quite often, but what if that right to do your private business in private was taken away? What if we had a price over our bodily functions, and what if we couldn't afford it?
That's what "Urinetown" often ponders. Urinetown is a hilarious tragicomedy about an unnamed city in a dystopian future that has been victim to a 20 year drought. This has caused an enforced ban on all private toilets, and only one amenity is open for use. However, the lines are long and you have to pay. No biggie, I can just go in the bushes, right?
WRONG.
Police are everywhere. And if you go to the bathroom anywhere else than the amenity, you are sent off by the cops to a place called "Urinetown". What is Urinetown? I cannot reveal!!!
This is an excellent, thoughtful social commentary of a musical that is just outright fun. The music is FANTASTIC. The songs are just great! "It's a Privelege to Pee" is a hilarious, tongue in cheek song, "Run Freedom Run" is a catchy Gospel tune, "Act One Finale" is an intense and disturbing nail biter, "Snuff That Girl" is really cool... the whole musical is just too fun for words.
In the end, Urinetown ends unhappily, but it does have a good message about the waste of water, and some great music and is just overall fun.
Summary of Urinetown: The Musical
Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book, Urinetown is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
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