Urinetown: The Musical (2009)
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Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book The Number One Musical! (Once you get past the title, it's all good, clean fun) 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. "Pure gold a wild and happy mix of biting satire and loving parody. You'll get your money's worth insheer fun." Clive Barns, The New york Post "Can we laugh and thrill to a musical at a time like this? hilarious a recommended tonic" Bruce Weber, The New York Times "Adventurous and groundbreaking aims for comic heights and keeps the audience soaring." Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine "I had the time of my life! Urinetown is one of the cleverest, most adroit, funniest evenings I've spent in many a season." Liz Smith, Syndicated Columnist "A fresh, unique, original, impudent, colorful, exciting, irreverent, surprising and wonderful musical." Rex Reed, New York Observer "A comic gem! Witty, lovable, deliriously shameless" Linda Winer, Newsday "Broadway's 'It' musical inspired, fresh, exuberant, even moving, brought off, believe it or not, sans bathroom humor. You've got to go. Grade: A!" Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly