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Urinetown (2001)

Urinetown (2001)

Comedy Music

It's a privilege to pee

Release Date: 2001, September 20
Directors: John Rando
Production: The Araca Group, The Dodgers, TheaterDreams, Inc.
Cast: Jeff McCarthy, Spencer Kayden, Jennifer Cody, Rick Crom, David Beach, Ken Jennings, Nancy Opel, John Deyle, John Cullum, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Hunter Foster, Rachel Coloff

Overview:

In the not-so-distant future, a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.”

Keywords:

dystopia musical satire capitalism love corruption water shortage political satire greed revolution bureaucracy broadway musical corporate greed environmental collapse drought musical theater privatization