Philip Lynch Theatre Concert Report

I was not looking forward to seeing URINETOWN THE MUSICAL because I was tired from working all day and I really thought it was going to be a boring musical to watch. I expected that the musical would be set in the past around 1950s and it would be confusing for the audience to relate to. When I walked into the Philip Lynch Theatre I was surprised that the theatre was a thrust stage with two floors of seating.The main floor seats were all filled but the balcony seating was empty. The first thing that you noticed when you walked into the lobby was a wall that had a quote that covered the entire wall. As you passed that wall you immediately noticed the pictures on the wall of the past and prior actors and staff members that had performed in the …show more content…
I attended URINETOWN THE MUSICAL on Saturday April 23, at the 8:00 o’clock showing. My seat was located in the last row in the rear-center of the first floor. I had a great view of the stage because all the rows in the theater were elevated which allowed everyone in the audience to have a clear view of the stage. The couples sitting next to me were all elderly and they did not affect my perception of the production. Although, I felt the musical was more for the younger generation than the older generations because during some of the witty humor skits the younger generation was laughing but the older people just sat their with no emotion or expressions on their faces. Even though, I laughed a lot during the performance the older adults did not affect my perception of the …show more content…
The main theme of the script was about corruption in authority, such as the poor people having to pay to pee but the rich are using the money to make themselves better. For example, the townsfolk thought Lockstock and Barrel were protecting the water in the ground, but instead they were the tyrants and puppets of Cladwells. The central message of the script was that people should stand up to powerful people and fight for what they believe in. In the musical Bobby Strong is a hero who decides he had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom. The musical was funny, innovated, and entertaining to watch. The plot was bizarre because people actually had to pay to pee and if they could not pay they could not pee. The entire musical was about the townsfolk fighting to pee for free. Even though this was a bizarre plot it was filled with songs and dance numbers throughout the entire performance. The title URINETOWN THE MUSICAL was an interesting title, it went along with the musical and it grabbed people’s attention. When the musical started I thought it was predictable that the hero would defeat Gladwell and get the girl in the end. I was completely wrong, the musical had a surprising end to the performance. The musical was surprising because it did not have a happy ending, the hero, Bobby Strong was killed early in the second act and Hope lead the townsfolk in honor of Bobby and in turn the townsfolk killed her in the end of the performance. So the main