Urinetown at Signature Theater August 15, 2005

URINETOWN
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollman
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Joe Calarco

?What kind of musical is this? An original one.? ? The New York Times

?A fresh, unique, original, impudent, colorful, exciting, irreverent, surprising and wonderful musical.? ? New York Observer

Expect the unexpected, because you?ve never experienced anything like Urinetown. This highly original, zany musical is a wild, happy mix of biting satire and loving parody. A terrible water shortage has crippled the sewer system of a Gotham-like town in this wonderfully imaginative, hilarious dark comedy. In a mad attempt to regulate water consumption, the government outlaws the use of private toilets forcing residents to use public, pay-per-use amenities. Anyone refusing to pay for the privilege to pee is immediately and without question hauled off to Urinetown ? a mysterious place where people go but never return.

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