'Urinetown, The Musical' Makes Splash In Coral Gables

ACTORS' PLAYHOUSE AT THE MIRACLE THEATRE BRINGS THE BROADWAY HIT
URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL TO SOUTH FLORIDA

Making its professional regional theatre premiere in South Florida and featuring a stellar, Carbonell Award-winning cast, Actors' Playhouse presents the hilariously funny (and boldly named) Urinetown, the Musical at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables, playing Now-November 11, 2007.

This three-time Tony award-winning Broadway musical revolves around a town suffering from a 20-year drought. Private toilets are unimaginable in this town where an all-powerful corporation forces the town's citizens to pay to use the public amenities. From the oppressed townspeople, a young hero rises to lead a revolution against the establishment and learns the true meaning of the word, "Urinetown."
 
Urinetown, the Musical's laughs derive from a myriad of wacky and entertaining characters like Office Lockstock, Little Sally, Penelope Pennywise and Bobby Strong. Urinetown's varied score, winner of the Best New Musical Score Tony Award, offers something for everyone, from gospel to musical theatre to pop. The musical is a spoof on a pay-to-pee future and of the musical theatre genre in general, making for an innovative, hysterical and profoundly different theatre experience.
 
The New York Times said, "Urinetown is simply the most galvanizing theater experience in town" and Actors' Playhouse is opening its 2007-2008 Season with this celebrated musical.
 
"We're thrilled to be the first South Florida regional theatre to produce Urinetown," said Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein. "This is the one Broadway musical everyone has heard of but few have seen. This contemporary musical experience has great appeal to audiences of all ages and is just the show to open our celebratory 20th anniversary season".
 
Artistic Director David Arisco said, "Every four or five years a musical comes along that beckons me to produce it. Urinetown is that special show—funny, fresh and smart, brimming with an outrageously clever and melodic score. I hope you'll agree that it's the best new musical theatre piece you'll see this year."
 
To encourage the audience to become more involved in the bizarre world of Urinetown, attendees, dressed as "Urine Good Company" employees, will encourage patrons to contribute to use the theatre's facilities.  These "Pay-to-Pee" contributions will benefit a charity that works to keep the local community "green."
 
"We knew we wanted to bring Urinetown's premise to life for our audience, and we're excited to do it in a way that supports the environment," Stein said. "Urinetown is so hilarious and different that we had to engage our audience in a new and special way. We feel that every little 'drop' counts in making for a better town and global community."

FALL IN LOVE TODAY!  ADOPT A PET FROM YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER