Supermarkets on Stage

[GuyfromGermany]

Supermarkets on Stage#1

Posted: 7/11/19 at 10:15am

Hey everyone,

this might be a weird question, but:

are there any plays/musicals/shows that circle around a supermarket? Maybe the show is set in a supermarket or the leading character is a cashier?  Or even just a song or a monologue?

Anything that comes to mind?

Any input would be highly appreciated!

Thanks! :)

GfG

In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Supermarkets on Stage#2

Posted: 7/11/19 at 10:22am

In the Heights is about a bodega.

[VotePeron]

Supermarkets on Stage#3

Posted: 7/11/19 at 10:33am

Skittles The Musical takes place primarily in a grocery store.

[jpbran]

Supermarkets on Stage#4

Posted: 7/11/19 at 10:57am

An early iteration of Next to Normal had a Costco-set scene/song I believe. 

[John Adams]

Supermarkets on Stage#5

Posted: 7/11/19 at 11:14am

 

[JSquared2]

Supermarkets on Stage#6

Posted: 7/11/19 at 11:33am

Christopher Durang's one-act monologue Laughing Wild is a (very funny) play about a mentally unstable woman shopping in a supermarket.

[Kad]

Supermarkets on Stage#7

Posted: 7/11/19 at 11:47am

Whatever happened to festival darling Walmartopia?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[John Adams]

Supermarkets on Stage#8

Posted: 7/11/19 at 11:48am

jpbran said: "An early iteration of Next to Normal had a Costco-set scene/song I believe."

 

[brettarnett]

Supermarkets on Stage#9

Posted: 7/11/19 at 10:34pm

Memphis - Scratch My Itch

Not a supermarket but Evening Primrose revolves around a department store.

[Here I Am]

Supermarkets on Stage#10

Posted: 7/11/19 at 11:59pm

“I’m Just Movin’” from WORKING seems to fit what you’re looking for.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Supermarkets on Stage#11

Posted: 7/12/19 at 12:12am

Not a supermarket, per se, but “Freeze Your Brain” from Heathers takes place in a 7-11.

[GuyfromGermany]

Supermarkets on Stage#12

Posted: 7/12/19 at 8:06am

Awesome! Thanks for the input everyone.

Hadn't really looked into the Skittles musical before. It sounds HILARIOUS!

In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...

[kdogg36]

Supermarkets on Stage#13

Posted: 7/12/19 at 8:34am

This is a really minor one, but at least parts of "Jesus of Suburbia" from American Idiot were staged outside a 7-11 (as implied by the lyrics).