Urinetown The Musical at Constellation Theatre Company. Pay toilets are no joke in many parts of the world. Neither is corporate mismanagement run amok with crooked lawmakers and corrupt policemen. But no need to read dry political theorists on such a subject, when you can see Urinetown at Constellation! Urinetown’s premise is that not only do all human have a right to be free, but everyone has a right to pee for free. It makes it case by exploiting every form of humor possible from word puns to super metaphors. It incorporates satirical take offs of moments from decades of musicals (to name a few: The Threepenny Opera. The Cradle will Rock, Le Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Chicago, Annie.) And it takes self-deprecating asides, on what a musical is expected to do (star crossed lovers yes, but no happy ending in this one.) The Tony award winning show is clever ...
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