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The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Dave Reiser, Jack Sharkey

Book, Lyrics, and Music by Jack Sharkey and Dave Reiser

Gaston, proprietor and star tenor of a tacky opera house, can only afford a chorus of two (Pristine and Bubby) and one guest soprano per opera. The guest sopranos keep succumbing to ghastly fates such as strangulation, electrocution, enraged bulls, banana peelings underfoot, poison fleas, falling ch…

The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Gaston, proprietor and star tenor of a tacky opera house, can only afford a chorus of two (Pristine and Bubby) and one guest soprano per opera. The guest sopranos keep succumbing to ghastly fates such as strangulation, electrocution, enraged bulls, banana peelings underfoot, poison fleas, falling chandeliers and hypothermia. Why? Because unscrupulous Airwick (Phantom of the Opera) wants Pristine to star-- and at the rate he bumps off her rivals, she'll soon be the only soprano in grand opera! This hilarious melange of crazed desire, gruesome death and bone headed ambition-- done with only four players on a single set -- is a romp for audiences and players alike.
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GASTON, owner and lead tenor of IL SPARSO VALORE Opera Theatre

PRISTINE, a lovely-but-lowly soprano in the opera chorus

BUBBY, a tenor and the only other member of the opera chorus

AIRWICK, a weird sewer-dweller, a.k.a. The Phantom of the Opera

DIVAS: All sopranos played by the selfsame actress

SHMOYNA POTSKI

AIMEE RAREMENT

DONNA JOSE

MACHTILDE VON HIMMEL

HELGA GEISELN

ELEKTRA LUXE

SONJA SHTOY

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Special Effects
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Music

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size Small

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Dave Reiser

Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey (1931-1992) was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to 1955. In mid-1955, Mr. Sharkey enlisted in the Army, serving at Sandia Base ...

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