Musical Urinetown: Award-Winning Comic Satire Performed by Youths
The Julia Morgan Theater, formerly Julia Morgan Center for the Arts (2640 College Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Urinetown have expired.
The last date listed for Urinetown was Sunday August 16, 2009 / 1:00pm.
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adynamo on Where to Park
Free parking was 3 blocks away - after 6 p.m.
5 Goldstar Member Reviews
J
Oh this rocked! I am so glad that I went. I was really tired and almost did not attend. It lifted my spirits. These kids are very talented and I can see a few of them making it to Broadway. This company and the youth always puts on great high quality creative productions. The narrator was excellent. My favorite was the girl who played Mr. Cladwell. She stole the show and made me laugh throughout. This should have a longer run so more people can see it. Kudos to all these kids that worked so hard.Written on Aug 16 2009
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Goldstar Member
Spotted Urinetown in my weekly Goldstar email and was excited because my daughter's high school will be putting it on this fall. Brought my daughter and two classmates and thoroughly enjoyed the show--and all three are now planning to audition for the show at their school. The company did a great job and showed tons of talent. Loved the venue too.Written on Aug 17 2009
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lisa brenkman
The kids did a fabulous job!!Written on Aug 17 2009
This was an entertaining afternoon filled with fine talent, nice people, and a beautiful theatre.....all made possible for me because of one of Goldstar's great offers!
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adynamo
Didn't realize it was a play with kids. Some of these kids had amazing powerful voices.Written on Aug 17 2009
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More Information About Urinetown
Website
http://www.berkeleyplayhouse.org/summer-2009-youth-company-...
Description
One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
Urinetown will be performed by students, Grades 6-10 in the Youth Company Teen Ensemble.
About the Ticket Supplier: Berkeley Playhouse
Berkeley Playhouse is a professional theatre for all ages. It was founded in 2007 by Artistic Director, Elizabeth McKoy, a professional theatre actor, director, and teacher for over 20 years. Originally trained in New York, Elizabeth has performed in New York, Seattle and in the Bay Area. She also served as education Director at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, creating and providing exciting and creative teacher training for schools, after-school programs and pre-professional development programs and on the faculty at the internationally known Seattle Children's theatre for five years. Elizabeth was Teaching Artist in Residence in many Seattle public and private schools and assisted with the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum for them-based education for 5th and 6th graders in public schools.