Chaps!

Chaps!

Overview

Whoa, Brittania! Panic at the BBC! The year is 1944, America's favorite singing cowboy Tex Riley and his troupe are late for a special broadcast at the BBC in London. Out of desperation, Mabel, their tour manager, and Miles, the frantic young producer, grab whomever they can — a snobby announcer, an amiable sound man, a passing soap opera actor — slap them into costume, hand them scripts (after all, it's radio!) and shove them in front of the studio audience. The resulting performance is one England will never forget.

Songs by Gene Autry, Roy Rodgers, Bob Nolan, Johnny Mercer, Frank Loesser, Patsy Montana, Dickie Wells, Tex Owens, Cliff Friend, Rex Allen Jr. & More...

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Details

  • Genre: Farce, Period
  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences

Authors

Jahnna Beecham

Jahnna Beecham (playwright/lyricist) and composer Malcolm Hillgartner (composer/lyricist) have been commissioned to write musicals for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Hope Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Or ...

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Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner has written songs and lyrics for eleven musicals, including Chaps! and Dog Park: The Musical for Concord Theatricals, They Came From Way Out There, The Doll People and Holmes and Watson Save the Empire, which won an Ovation Award for Best Small-Cast Musica ...
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