Cornish College presents Urinetown at Broadway Performance Hall. Music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Greg Kotis. A satire mocking everything, including musical as an art form. Plot is simple: the poor rebel upon a fee hike for peeing, while the authority is reaping profit instead of fixing the water shortage. Cleverly designed (the pantomime, the slow movement). The song "Run, Freedom, Run" is most enjoyable, in how it's presented.
The kids did a terrific job (especially the narrator), even though somewhat overacted, and dances were not synchronized. Good costume and makeup (the pregnant black), simple yet efficient stage set, good scores, good voices. The venue is a little too cramped for a troupe of ~20 actors. Amplifiers were tuned too high for a small house.
