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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Urinetown
Officer Lockstock. He began the show and added many comments throughout. Although Little Sally does add a lot to what he says, she is not the official narrator.
Spencer Kayden. She was hysterical! In my opinion the best part of the show was Little Sally's commentary. Nancy Opel was Penny Pennywise when I saw it, and Jennifer Laura Thompson was Hope. Sutton Foster is from "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
the bunny. "Don't Be the Bunny" is probably one of the funniest songs in the musical!
Amenity #9. It was known as "the poorest, filthiest urinal in town".
Urine Good Company . Or UGC, for short. At the end, Hope changes its name to "Bobby Strong Memorial Toilet Authority".
a bad title. This and bad subject matter. She also thinks that the story should revolve around hydraulics. However, Officer Lockstock says that it's better to focus on one little thing instead of a big problem.
urinating illegally. Throughout the show we see Old Man Strong and his son, Bobby, get sent there, although Bobby was sent there because he was the leader of the riots.
| At one point in Act One, Little Sally asks Officer Lockstock what Urinetown is like. He doesn't mean to say anything, but ends up blurting out what? | Urinetown: The Musical
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"There is no Urinetown, we just kill people!". We learn this for ourselves when Bobby Strong is sent there.
| We find out at the end of the play that Penny Pennywise is the mother of one of the main characters. Which one? | Urinetown: The Musical
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Hope. Penny had an affair with Cladwell about twenty years ago during "the stink years".
| During the song, "Mr. Cladwell," one person sings the word "daddy" over and over again. Which character was this? | Urinetown
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Hope. Hope is at first inspired by her dad, but upon seeing the horrible acts of her father, she murders him.
| In the song "Snuff that Girl," they are making fun of another amazing show by getting all excited. What show? | Urinetown
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West Side Story. They are making fun of the cool your jets song before the rumble.
| During the song, "Run, Freedom, Run!", Tiny Tom is scared and Bobby gives an example of what freedom is. What did he say? | Urinetown
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a blast of cool wind. Bobby tells him that freedom is a scary thing, kinda weird huh? And also, the song, is kind of weird. They are telling freedom to run away, but if you think about it, they are telling it to run away from Cladwell's grasp.
| Lockstock & Barrel: "Now we've finally got you! Now you're in our claws! Captured in our city of laws." Did Lockstock & Barrel actually say this? | Urinetown
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Yes. Laws ran the town more than they run the USA which is a huge deal. The play was a satire on American government, among other things. Kudos to them for making a satire on one of the strongest governments in the world at the time!
| In the last song, Hope sings an inspirational gospel entitled "I See A River." In this song, who is dying of a fever and wishes for just a cool glass of water? | Urinetown
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Josephine Strong. She joins her son and husband, but in the end, everyone will join them eventually.
| What kind of musical does Little Sally want to do next time? | Urinetown
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happy. Little Sally thinks that a happy musical and a better title will make more people want to see it. She does admit that the music is happy.
such and such. "Well, what do you know? Old 'So and So'."
| "Gosh Daddy, I never realized large, monopolizing corporations could be such a force for good in the world." What is Mr. Cladwell's response? | This is "Urinetown"!
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Few do. This is from "Mr. Cladwell".
| What comes next? "Don't be the _____. Don't be the ____. Don't be the _____, you're much better than that, Hope!" | This is "Urinetown"!
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bunny, dope, loser. From "Don't Be the Bunny".
insensitive. "Think of tomorrow, Mr. Strong!"
here. "For Urinetown is your town if you're hopeless, down and out."
| What is next? "So now, let's live it up! Eat the oyster and the pearl
and let's get this party ______" | This is "Urinetown"!
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jumpin'. From the song "Snuff that Girl".
Death. "Why did I listen to my heart? I heard its call and made this revolution start! So let the throng take up my song! Make Cladwell see that he is wrong! Why did I listen to my heart?"
scent. "No one is innocent."
sisters, brothers. "Mothers and fathers!" "Babies too!" "All in the family, push toward the river, shove toward the river, why don't you?"
it got filthy and eventually disappeared. Little Sally: "What kind of musical is this? The good guys finally take over and then everything starts falling apart?"
Lockstock: "Like I said, Little Sally. This isn't a happy musical."
Little Sally: "But the music's so happy!"
Lockstock: "Yes, Little Sally. Yes it is."
2. Officer Lockstock and Officer Barrel. Josephine Strong says, "They have 1, 2 -- 2 men and we're all so poor."
Officer Lockstock. In Act 2, he confesses his love, just before he is murdered by the rioting Poor.
Penelope Pennywise. "Hope is my daughter." *gasp*
"And I am her mother." *bigger gasp*
Everyone has to use public bathrooms in order to take care of their private business. "Well, Little Sally, suffice it to say that in "Urinetown" (the musical)
everyone has to use public bathrooms in order to take care of their
private business. That's the central conceit of the show!"
Little Sally and Officer Lockstock talk about hydraulics later in the show, but he dismisses them as unimportant to the show, because "Sometimes, in a musical, it's better to focus on one big thing than a lot of smaller things... the audience likes it better and it's easier to write."
9. "As the sign says, it's a 'public amenity', meaning public toilet. These people have been waiting for hours to get in. It's the only amenity they can afford to get into.... if you're down on your luck you have to come to a place like this -- one of the poorest, filthiest urinals in town."
Robert Thomas Malthus. "Hail Malthus!"
Robert Thomas Malthus was known for his theory that because population grows at a rate greater than that of food production, the Earth will be unable to sustain the human race beyond a certain point. Water consumption would likewise be affected.
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