Musical Script: Urinetown The

Title: "The Stinky Truth"

Musical Numbers and Style

Title: No More Bathroom Breaks: A Write-Up on the Script of Urinetown: The Musical

Overview

The script for Urinetown: The Musical, written by Greg Kotis (Book and Lyrics) and Mark Hollmann (Music and Lyrics), is widely considered one of the smartest, most subversive texts in modern musical theatre. Premiering Off-Broadway in 2001 before moving to Broadway in 2002, the script is a masterclass in "metatheatre"—a play that openly acknowledges it is a play. urinetown the musical script

Strengths of the script

• Generally, the script’s economy is tight; avoid nonessential trimming that weakens the narrator’s structural role.
• If adaptation for time is needed, preserve the climactic reversal and coda — these are essential to the playwrights’ message.

Here is a list of songs from the Urinetown musical: Title: "The Stinky Truth" Musical Numbers and Style