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The Great All American Disaster Musical

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  6w, 5m

Tim Kelly, Jack Sharkey

Book by Tim Kelly
Music and Lyrics by Jack Sharkey

Two of America's most popular playwrights team up for the first time to create this tale of an unscrupulous movie producer who insidiously cons six major stars (via six different scripts) into believing they are each the star of an upcoming movie, and by crafty shooting-schedules keeps them fooled until the movie's made. There are 18 wildly funny musical numbers that spoof the foibles of Hollywood, like Plato Voltaire's "You Genius, You!," odious Baby Bernice Bumble's "Tappin' to the Top!," and Flint Wormwood and Apassionata Abalone's show-stopping duet called "Practice Makes Perfect."

The Great All American Disaster Musical

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 5m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Film producer Junior Dover (Jr.) hasn't made a picture since his last flop, "Zombies of the Stratosphere". But his latest project has everything, " from earthquakes to savage lobsters." Junior induces every major Hollywood star, a few has-beens, and even a maybe, to appear by tailoring separate scripts to meet each star's personal requirements. So each star assumes he or she "is" the whole picture, with the other Greats relegated to supporting roles - an assumption that leads to all kinds of madcap frenzy. How Junior manages to stay one jump ahead of disaster makes this play a champion laugh-getter. This is Hollywood, after all! Anything can happen, and does! All the parts give a comically ludicrous sweep to the legend that is Hollywood!
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JUNIOR DOVER, JUNIOR - a Hollywood film producer
ETHEL KENT - his secretary and general factotum
GINGER McGREGOR - his rather-literary receptionist
SYLVIA METROLAND - a Tinseltown gossip columnist
APASSIONATA ABALONE - the Queen of the Silent Movies
BABY BERNICE BUMBLE - a talentless "child" star
PLATO VOLTAIRE - director, a one-man love affair
GEE-GEE FONTAINE - body by Venus, voice by chipmunk
BOB EVERLOVE - yet another one-man love affair
THEO BARTOK - longtime horror-flick menace
FLINT WORMWOOD - a super-macho movie star
"MULTI-PERSON" - a double -up player to be anybody else who may show up (called, for brevity, "MP")


Large chorus can be added with an expanded cast.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Here and there in Hollywood, California. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Music

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Medium
  • Chorus Size Medium

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1 Piano-Conductor Score
15 Vocal Books

1 Alto Sax
1 Tenor Sax
2 Trumpet 1&2 (2 Books)
1 Trombone
1 Drums
1 Guitar
1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor Score
15 Vocal Books

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Authors

Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly
Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in play-writing from Yale University. His first stage play was Widow's Walk, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of ...
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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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