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Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Urinetown the Musical, Original Broadway Cast (2001)

Cast: Jeff McCarthy (Officer Lockstock), Spencer Kayden (Little Sally), Hunter Foster (Bobby Strong), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Hope Cladwell)
For complete cast info, see IBDb's Urinetown page.

In spite of the horrible title, Urinetown has a lot of good points. The fact that the musical admits it has a horrible title and discusses what one can do to ruin a musical is hilarious. Some of the songs are pretty good, but as a whole the score is weak and the lyrics are just okay.

The biggest problem in Urinetown is that it's really a one joke show and that joke gets old. The sound effects (running water when you're just sitting in the theatre waiting for the show to start, etc.) are very well done and the cast (with the exception of John Cullum (Caldwell B. Cladwell), who was very disappointing, does an amazing job.

In short, Urinetown is funny and amusing, but if you have somewhere better to go, don't go out of your way to see it.

Grade: C+

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