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Musical Book by Charles Busch. Music and Lyrics by Rusty Magee. Based on the story by Jack Ritchie. 2m, 3f Ints., exts. This camp comedy thriller of greed and romance is about an Ivy League playboy who has squandered his fortune. Assisted by his girlfriend, he schemes to restore his wealth by wedding a botany crazed spinster heiress. He discovers that her conniving lawyer and sinister housekeeper are already robbing her blind and know that he plans to bump her off to become a merry widower. Soon, murder is clumsily afoot, alliances are formed and reformed, and plans that do not come to fruition bare unexpected fruit. "Plump with funny lines." N.Y. Times. "Funny! Inventive! Outrageously outrageous!" N.Y. Post. "Plenty of laughs." N.Y. Daily News. "Playful, funny and original!" Gannett Newspapers. "Demented and delightful.... The jauntiest musical since Little Shop." Newsday. Terms quoted on application. Music available on rental. Standard rental package includes: Piano/Conductor’s Score Keyboard Reed Trumpet Percussion (No Chorus Books available.)
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