Urinetown
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Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics.
- Opened
- 2001
- Performances
- 965
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions2 on Broadway
| 2001 | Henry Miller Theatre Original. September 20, 2001 · John Rando | 965 performances · 3 Tony wins |
| 2001 | Transfer Theatre unknown. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Urinetown matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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30 passages naming Urinetown, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
After having been a success in the 1999 Fringe Festival, Urinetown was presented Off-Broadway in May 2001 and moved in September to Broadway. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p310
The off-off-Broadway hit Urinetown (9/20/2001) transferred to the theater, where it remains at press time. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p258
In the 2001—2002 season, for example, TDF subsidized 14 Broadway shows, including Urinetown, Dance of Death, and Thou Shalt Not. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p544
Twenty years after that, Urinetown’s Broadway neophytes, as were the writers of the recent Tony winner A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p260
Urinetown: The Musical, which he designed with Gregory Gale, opened in the 2001-2002 Broadway season on September 20, 2001 after a successful off-Broadway run. book:the-broadway-design-roster-designers-and-their-credits-owen-bobbi-bibliographies#p72
2002: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Urinetown the Musical and The Dazzle; Mornings at Seven, Oklahoma! book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p431
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