Urinetown: The Musical

I went and saw Urinetown: The Musical tonight at the college.  This is a Broadway musical produced locally with local talent, and I am very happy to yell KUDOS to my good friend Laura for doing an outstanding job as Little Sally.  Laura, you stole the show!

So, Urinetown.  It's a very strange show, and is very self-referential and is pretty much a spoof of musicals while being a real musical itself.  The purposely ridiculous premise is that there has been a 20-year drought and that both private toilets and public urination have been outlawed, so that everyone now has to pay a monopolist public toilet magnate for the privalege of going to the bathroom in a public commode.  I can't imagine a more bizarre concept, but it's camped up the point that you can't help but laugh.

A big round of applause also to Adam Savage, who played the toilet mogul Mr. Cladwell, and did an outstanding job, as well as to the actors who played Hope, Officer Lockstock, and Bobby Strong.

Again, Laura: you rock!