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#1

Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 12:54pm

WTF.

Erie Catholic Bishop Donald Trautman does not object to the play itself -- but a diocesan spokesman said the bishop is concerned with the title "Urinetown" being connected publicly to the all-male Catholic high school.

So, the student play will go unnamed.

It would be a copyright violation to alter the show's title. That means the high school must try to sell tickets to its upcoming school play without referring to its title -- "Urinetown: The Musical."

http://www.wsoctv.com/education/10431001/detail.html
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#3

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:07pm

that is the most screwed up thing ever. Why would they do the play then....so what is it called...

Academy of the Sacred Heart

presents...

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#5

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:13pm

it's not like it's called PISSTOWN, or DISCHARGETOWN. it's the scientific name, but we know how religion and science doesn't exactly mesh....
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#7

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:14pm

I think they could make it work wonderfully! Make it a big mystery- that'll attract the crowds!

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"I don't know, maybe we should go buy tickets so we can find out!"
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#9

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:38pm

Yeah, I saw a production of South Pacific which technically was staged at the all-male half of the school, but the female half obviously had a large hand in it. re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title
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#10

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:44pm

To Rose_MacShane -

I went to an all-boys school. Our sister school (an all-girls school) participated in our shows, bands, cheerleadering team, etc. We were in their shows (along with another all boys school), their bands, jazz choir, etc.

I just don't understand this controversy about Urinetown. Maybe because I've seen it, been in it, and adore it. Oh, well. I guess I have to celebrate that they are able to do it at all!

There was a theater company that performed West Side Story in Dallas years ago. I don't know why, but they were not permitted to use the title in their publicity. They simply called it, "The Classic Musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim"
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#12

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 1:59pm

Im sure they will just market it as

"Cathedral Prep High School's Winter Musical"

Believe me, the people who plan to attend the show (teachers, friends and family of the cast) will know what the title is, and will attend regardless of how it is marketed.
"Have they come yet?"
#14

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 3:34pm

They're not saying the kids can't say the title during the performance. -- they just can't use it in their promotional materials.
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#17

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 4:26pm

All I can say to them is, "Have fun playing to a half-empty house."
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#18

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 4:28pm

My sentiments exactly, Jason.

I can't help but laugh out loud when I read about this URINETOWN censorship business. The only up side I can think of for the audience is, you think you're going to have to sit through some unknown high school "play", you're dreading it, you're waiting for the lights to come down, and out walk Officer Lockstock and Little Sally; you then realize they're doing URINETOWN! What a wonderful surprise!
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#19

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 4:28pm

I just don't get why they would do the show at all if they can't even tell anybody what the title is. There are thousands of other shows that they could do, after all.
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#20

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 4:32pm

Maybe they should advertise the show by putting fliers in bathrooms and hope that people might catch on.
Or at least be curious enough to go see it.
PS I think this whole thing is a little ridiculous.

Updated On: 11/30/06 at 04:32 PM

#21

re: Penn. HS must market Urinetown without using the title

Posted: 11/30/06 at 4:37pm

The authors of Urinetown once joked that they thought of naming the show "You're in town". Then, once the audience was in their seats, a sign or banner would come down, changing the title to "Urinetown". So, there's a solution!
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Updated On: 11/30/06 at 04:37 PM

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