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Street Dreams: The Inner City Musical

Full-Length Musical  /  5w, 4m

Eve Merriam, Helen Miller

Book and Lyrics by Eve Merriam
Music by Helen Miller

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Street Dreams: The Inner City Musical

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Adaptations (Stage & Screen)

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Summary
This version of the Broadway show originally produced as Inner City in 1971 is based on the bestselling book The Inner City Mother Goose by Eve Merriam. This revised version musically updates these modern-day nursery tales through the use of songs and character studies, presenting the urban landscape of our modern American cities in an evocative and theatrical way.
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"It's all presented by a fascinating parade of characters: a local congressman, a prostitute, the cop, the drug pusher, each of them has a chance to address the audience, to tell their story, and they tell the audience how things really work. The songs have verve and drive, the lyrics have an exuberant and refreshing frankness." - ABC-TV

Music

1 Piano-Conductor
1 Reed (Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone & Tenor Saxophone)
1 Trumpet (Doubling Flugelhorn)
1 Bass (Bass & Fender Bass)
1 Cello
1 Guitar (Electric & Acoustic)
1 Percussion (Drum Kit, Suspended Cymbal, Timpani, Cymbal, Tambourine, Gourd, Guiro, Bells, Conga, Claves, Chromatic Cowbell, Sand Paper Block, Bongos, Marimba, Slap Stick, Anvil, Vibes, Train Whistle, Bass Drum, Vibraslap, Finger Cymbals, Steel Drum, Triangle, Boo Bams, Bell Tree, Shaker)
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only

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10 Piano-Conductor
1 Reed
1 Trumpet
1 Bass
1 Cello
1 Guitar
1 Percussion
10 Piano-Conductor
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Authors

Eve Merriam

Eve Merriam
Eve Merriam (1916-1992) was a poet, playwright, director and lecturer. Born in Philadelphia in 1916, she attended Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin and Columbia University, and taught and lectured at many other institutions. Her first boo ...
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Helen Miller

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