That's great. Personally, I think it's wonderful to see one of Greg Kotis' plays professionally produced. Greg was a perennial all-star of the Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind cast in New York for a while, and I followed him and his wife after the TMLMTBGB cast stopped performing there.
I actually saw the first public reading of Urinetown a few years ago, and with the exception of some tweaking that needed to be done to the ending, I thought it was amazing in its own little way. If you like off-Broadwy productions and have the chance to see it, I'd highly recommend it. posted by rklawler at 10:47 AM on March 1, 2001
Plays like "Shopping and Fucking" and "The Vagina Monologues" are proving that provocative titles=box office.
From my own experience, my longest-running performance in the fringe theater scene--nearly six months--was in a wonderful comedy called "Poona the Fuckdog and Other Stories for Children." Thank the stars it was actually a good show (he says, totally without bias). posted by Skot at 10:54 AM on March 1, 2001
Cullum (who I think is an oustanding actor) has a reputation for picking plays with bizarre titles.
Back in 1982, he took the lead (and I believe directed) a play that started in Knoxville, Tenn., before making a (deservedly) brief appearance on Broadway. My best recollection was that the plot involved the deathrow musings of a rural murderer/rapist.
The name of the play: "The Conversion of Buster Drumwright."
As Dave Berry often says, I am not making this up. posted by darren at 12:06 PM on March 1, 2001
New York New York, it's a yellowva town / the ballcock's up and the stopper is down / the urine swirls through a hole in the ground / New York New York!
I actually saw the first public reading of Urinetown a few years ago, and with the exception of some tweaking that needed to be done to the ending, I thought it was amazing in its own little way. If you like off-Broadwy productions and have the chance to see it, I'd highly recommend it.
posted by rklawler at 10:47 AM on March 1, 2001