Urinetown at Middletown High School February 28 - March 2

Consider this Broadway hit too quickly and you may dismiss it as insignificant, puerile and irreverent.  Irreverent it is, but Urinetown, which ran for three years and nearly a thousand performances on Broadway, and won three Tony Awards, is far deeper than a puddle of, well, you know.

Urinetown is a parody of the stereotypical Broadway hit. Big songs about topics which don't seem to deserve big songs.  If you're a Broadway fan, you'll recognize it's poking fun at everything from The Threepenny Opera to Les Miserables.  What you'll also find is that it take the piss out of capitalism, corporatism, populism, environmentalism, bureaucracy and city politics.

Once again, Middletown High School courts controversy by offering a play that slashes the cliches of Broadway standards, and has our teen performers literally raising bathroom humor to a higher level.

Middletown High School presents Urinetown this week, Thursday February 28 at 7, Friday March 1 at 7, and Saturday March 2 in matinee at 1PM and again at 7 PM.  Tickets ($15 for adults, $10 for students) are available at the door, or in advance, at a discount, from any MHS drama club member.

The show is directed by Jillian Kellogg.