THE SHOW
SYNOPSIS
On a ramshackle stage somewhere in the musical theatre purgatory known as “The Grave White Way”, an acting-troupe of deceased Broadway veterans assembles in the presence of the Supreme Being. For what reason? To perform an "afterlife revue" celebrating some calamitous 20th Century musicals. Because they were condemned on Earth, these shows and the souls responsible for them have been denied entrance into Broadway Paradise, where musicals of more dubious fame (like Oklahoma! and Gypsy) enjoy an everlasting run on a glimmering stage of gold. To gain admittance, the Players recount the histories and revive the songs of those brilliant forgotten musical flops… proving at last that the shows are indeed worthy of eternal acceptance.
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Musical Numbers |
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Act One |
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| “Hooray for the Grave White Way!" | Company |
| “My Parents Like Him So” from Riverboat Regina | Lindsey |
| “Lovelier Than the Loveliest Things I Know” from Too Comfy for Kissing | Sheldon & Amanda |
| “Goin' to the Cockfights" from Wichita | Company |
| “Chummy Chum Chum” from I’m Just Wilde About Oscar | Greg & Sheldon |
| “He’s Clean and She’s Not” from Chubby Cheeks | Jacob |
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“The
Mice, the Men, the Music and Me” from
Lenny and George (Based on the novel Of Mice and Men) |
Amanda, Sheldon & Greg |
| "Bury the Hatchet" from 40 Whacks 40! | Jacob, Amanda & Lindsey |
| “However Bad It Is, It Could Be Worse” from Look Before You Leper | Jacob & Company |
| “Join the Chorus While You Can” from Do I Hear a Boom? | Company |
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Act Two |
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| “Oh Helen!” from Oh Helen! (Based on the play The Miracle Worker) | Lindsey & Amanda |
| "Were I An Ordinary Man" from Relativity-ly Speaking | Greg |
| “Who's the New Guy?” from Nazareth High | Amanda & Company |
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“Wow”
and “Just Too Dumb To Know” from An
Ensemble of Non-Speaking Roles That Sing and Dance in The Background |
Sheldon & Company |
| "My Heart is in My Chest" from Lady Hiroshima | Lindsey & Jacob |
| “Be Afraid” from Jurassirrific! | Amanda |
| “On the Trail” and “Eat Me” from Winter in the Woods with Donner | Company |
| “Curtain Down” | Joel |
| “Hooray for the Grave White Way!" (Reprise) | Company |
