The Story
Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmanns Urinetown: The Musical is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.After a twentyyear drought made water a scarce commodity, private toilets became outlawed. Now, all restroom necessaries are controlled by the Urine Good Company (UGC), a megacorporation that charges fees for using public toilets. Anyone unable to pay feesor who dares to relieve themselves outside the commodeare arrested and banished to Urinetown.When UGC employee Bobby Strongs father falls victim to this tyranny, he spearheads a revolution, inspiring the people to rise up and reclaim their own restroom dutiesunaware of the realities and consequences of his actions...With a preface by David Auburn, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright of ProofAnd an introduction by the authors
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Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmanns Urinetown: The Musical is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.After a twentyyear drought made water a scarce commodity, private toilets became outlawed. Now, all restroom necessaries are controlled by the Urine Good Company (UGC), a megacorporation that charges fees for using public toilets. Anyone unable to pay feesor who dares to relieve themselves outside the commodeare arrested and banished to Urinetown.When UGC employee Bobby Strongs father falls victim to this tyranny, he spearheads a revolution, inspiring the people to rise up and reclaim their own restroom dutiesunaware of the realities and consequences of his actions...With a preface by David Auburn, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright of ProofAnd an introduction by the authors
