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Weird Romance

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  4w, 5m

Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Spencer
Book by Alan Brennert

With a score by Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, this pairing of offbeat one-act musicals – The Girl Who Was Plugged In and Her Pilgrim Soul – explores love and science fiction.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 5m

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Summary

This offbeat musical by the composer of Little Shop of Horrors and the Disney films Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid is two one-act musicals of speculative fiction. The first, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, is about a homeless woman whose soul is transplanted into the body of a gorgeous female android by a company which manufactures celebrities. The second, Her Pilgrim Soul, is about a scientist who researches holographic imaging. One day a mysterious “living” holograph, apparently a woman long dead, appears and changes his life forever.

History
Weird Romance premiered off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in New York City on May 12, 1992. Directed by Barry Harman, the production featured Danny Burstein, Ellen Greene, Jonathan Hadary, Marguerite MacIntyre, Jessica Molaskey, Valarie Pettiford, Eric Riley, Sal Viviano and William Youmans.

The Girl Who Was Plugged In

SHANNARA
ZANTH
FANS
ISHAM
PAUL
P. BURKE
MUGGER
PARAMEDICS
JOE
DELPHI
TECHNICIANS
MOVEMENT COACH
DIALOGUE COACH
MAKE-UP SPECIALIST
REPORTERS
ISHAM’S ASSISTANTS
DIRECTOR

Her Pilgrim Soul

JOHNNY BEAUMONT
DANIEL GADDIS
KEVIN DRAYTON
BOXER
BRIDE
CAROL DRAYTON
REBECCA
NOLA
SUSAN GRANVILLE
CHUCK
LESTER
RUSKIN

The two pieces can be performed with as few as 5 men and 4 women. Each cast can also be expanded and independent of the other if desired.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Special Effects
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

“A melodious musical about buried memory and reincarnation.” – The New York Times
Her Pilgrim Soul is so cunningly written and musicalized with such emotional sincerity, I dare any proponent of new age philosophy to resist it.” - USA Today

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Authors

Author

Alan Brennert

Author

Alan Menken

Author

David Spencer

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