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That time some random lady punched three people at the deaf West spring Awakening stage door screaming racial slurs was an experience

Is it weird if I can't find who owns the rights anywhere

I am absolutely in love with the 1959 musical The Nervous Set but can't find the sheet music anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find this?

What about a movie? I feel like movies are given more freedom to be darker...I would love a revival but god this show is depressing. I'm a Jewish man from Georgia so I love this show but it's a hard sell. With the movie musical making a resurgence I think this would be a fabulous property to convert to cinema

Just saw this musical in Atlanta, not my favorite but it has potential...any other thoughts? I'm not sure it could do Broadway....

Kim in miss Saigon. I just re listened to the cast recording and GOD the emotional barrage that show is!

Also, thanks again everyone for being so helpful! This is why I love these messages boards :)

Mental illness is more the villain :)

Im Trying not to portray him as the villain. I've seen plays do that with mental illness but I definitely won't deny the pain in the ass he is. One aspect of my play is the effect on the family and that can definitely include frustration. He's not perfect, but he's not a villain

Live in Atlanta lol. But I'll read it :)

Charley, I agree with you. I am very sympathetic to people with mental illness. I've lived it. I would never do a " sideshow" . my goal is to bring attention to the humanity of mentalillness, but while this humanity exists in the afflicted person, it does not change the fact that those immediately involved are affected incredibly. My personal experience has taught me this. Also, the statement about all the plays being melodramas: I am writing from the perspective of a normal family, not scien...

Also thanks luminous. I'll check that out

Thanks so much Charley kringas Inc :). Do you have any specific books of his you would recommend I'd read?

I was just looking at ways to right mental illness, and I'll definitely use a lot of my experience I just wanted to get ideas from other playwrights to see how they do it. I picked up the Tennessee Williams books cuz I looked up plays about mental illness and those showed up :) . again, thanks for all the help. I'm also documenting the process and I needed some resources from other plays. That's why I'm reading all these. It's a school project but I wanted to do it before I was assigned this ...

Thanks for the awesome suggestions jpeterman but I don't want to villafy mental illness. The play is going to be semi autobiographical and I don't want my brother to be a villain :). I'll look into the others though

The question marks are smiley faces :)

I am planning on writing a play about mental illness and its effects on the individual units of a family. I want to analyze theater that addresses similar ideas of mental illness or just mental illness in general so I have an idea on how to write about this taboo subject. I KNOW NEXT TO NORMAL IS GREAT, but I'm looking for straight plays. I don't have have the musical capability to write something like that ?? so far I have proof by David auburn, Equus by Peter Shaffer, the glass menagerie by...

I'm bad at understanding these grosses charts but does this mean spring awakening is doing better? Cuz if so... Yay! :) I mean still not great but improvement is nice

I am kind of falling in love with Carrie the musical and I think the duets between Carrie and her mom are bad ass.

Anyone have pictures?