Urinetown Play Summary

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Sergiy Kalenyk NPD 3000 Urinetown The musical opens with the entrance of Officer Lockstock, a tough-talking beat cop who doubles as the play's narrator. Lockstock explains how a terrible water shortage has crippled the Gotham-like city he serves, forcing the government to outlaw practices which might otherwise waste the precious resource. With the help of the street urchin Little Sally, Lockstock goes on to explain that to conserve water, the citizenry must now use the public, pay-per-use amenities owned and operated by Urine Good Company - a private corporation to which the government has assigned this public utility. Citizens who try to circumvent the peeing fee by going in the bushes or some other such place risk severe punishment. Offenders,…show more content…
Hopes decides to help rebels overthrow the despicable Caldwell. Under Hop’s protection , rebels make their way through the shattered streets to the headquarters. Caldwell and his henchmen are overthrown in a stunning coup. With blessings of the population, Hope takes control of the monopoly , opening all the amenities to all the people, to pee for free whenever they like. The character conflict was surprising because I really did not expect the main character, Bobby Strong to die or be dropped from the building as it happened in the play. At least he died informed and in love, knowing that he was living in Urinetown all along. I came to this musical thinking that the conflict will be overcome and that the boy would get the girl, well, the girl did not get the boy and the conflict only escaladed into a bigger conflict. The dialogue was extremely well written as well as performed. All of the characters had clear voices and great singing talent. Bobby Strong and Hope Cladwell were my favorite singing choices. Another fact that I noticed is that the characters were acting in a “now” timeframe, sort of acting as if this could happen any day or perhaps is already happening. The language was thus, exactly as we speak it today, which emphasized my statement above; that this could happen any day or is perhaps already
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