Urinetown trilogy?

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 1:38am

I could have sworn that I heard that just after Urinetown closed that the writers were going to write parts 1 and 3 of a Urinetown trilogy (with Urinetown being part 2). How far along are they on that, or were those just rumors (I swear it was on Playbill.com)? I ask because I just got the CD yesterday from a friend. Not only was it hillarious, but I haven't been as moved - for lack of a better word - by a cast album on the first listening since the first time I heard Les Miz - and I understood this one a lot better, too! (Or am I just emotionally easy?) Also, a local theatre company will be doing it this winter, and I HAVE to play Bobby Strong!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 1:43am

It is true, they've worked on Part 1 at least so far.

[magruder]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:53am

The idea for the prequel, which will be the first one out of the gate, is going to take a lot of people by surprise.

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:47am

So, it isn't going to be about the drought and Cladwell's "rise to power?" I've only known much about Urinetown for a couple days, but that at least seems like a likely subject for a prequel.

[Hairspraydoll]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 4:06am

I think this is a cool idea. I love the cd.

[broadway betty]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:07am

Oooh, I can't wait for Urinetown: Before We Had To Pay To Pee, or whatever it'll be called. Seriously, I LOVE this show!

[BluCat500]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:44am

Has a theatrical trilogy ever been done before? It seems like an exciting idea, but maybe not destined for success...

[magruder]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 12:08pm

There's In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. Only trilogy I can think of.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:26pm

I'm sad..my school is doing it and I'll be in London... no Urinetown for me....

that'd be awesome! I hope that's true!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:32pm

Torch Song Trilogy

lots of 2 parters out there

[bway_meggs]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:33pm

That is so exciting! I hope it does well when it all comes together.


Updated On: 7/31/05 at 02:33 PM

[apdarcey]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:36pm

isn't contact a three part show? (i never saw it)

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:01pm

well i LOVED urinetowm, so i hope the prequel and sequel do it justice.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:38pm

What do you envision?

Part two: Sh*t City
Part three: Vacinity of Vomitus?

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:38pm

I also loved URINETOWN and can't wait to see where they take this. Did anyone see THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT? I heard it was very URINETOWN-ish.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:42pm

I think there is potential here. I hope Mark and Greg are making enough on regional productions of Urinetown to get by while they write it. I always thought the show closed way too early, with the theatre demolition and all that.

[broadway betty]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:50pm

I want Urinetown to reopen at Studio 54. I miss it.

[JohnnyJune]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:22pm

I think it is unlikely to be a huge sucess but at least have a decent following. Many people haven't seen Urinetown. Its not like a movie where you can go pick up a copy of it and revisit it. I think people who go to see the prequal and a sequal will be confused by story since they will not have seen the original show urinetown. Destined for a following but destined to fail never-the-less. As unfortunate as that may be. The only way I can forsee this surviving is if it is written like an individual story where previous background info from urinetown isn't needed. A Story that can stand on its own.

[JohnnyJune]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:24pm

Did anyone ever hear the rumor that ALW wants to make a sequal to the Phantom of the Opera. I hate to see the original ruined but somehow if it was done right it might very well be sucessful.... Now being good thats another issue.

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:29pm

I did hear that one. God I hope that doesn't happen. I barely cared for the characters as it was, let alone to see them again.


Since we brought up possible sequals, does anyone think new editions of Avenue Q could work? Unlike virtually any other show, I could see caring for the characters in different situations. They put them in many other situations as it is. Maybe even an HBO seris? Hey, a guy could dream.

[JohnnyJune]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:40pm

The reality is that Phantom and Les Miz are the best musicals of all time.

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:07am

While I disagree with you quite a bit there (though I still love Les Miz and like Phantom), in any case, what does that have to do with why or why not to make sequals?

"The reality is that Phantom and Les Miz are the best musicals of all time."
Again, I love Les Miz and like Phantom, but if that really is reality, then please don't wake me up!

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:15am

If the other parts of the trilogy are effective, it will be because they are well written. There is nothing inherent in the characters or the universe they inhabit that spells success. If anything, the first show was a hard sell that ultimately worked because it brilliantly parodied its own foundations. The in-jokes about what makes a good show can't be repeated here, though I think that Kotis and Hollman will infuse their unique sense of humor into the scripts in similar ways.

Personally, I'd prefer to see those two focus on an entirely new concept, but I wouldn't rule out the idea that the prequel and sequel will be very different creatures from the original show.

And while I have this window open I would like to take major issue with JohnnyJune's assertion that Phantom and Les Miz are "the best musicals of all time." In terms of story? Score? Staging? Or just timing? Both are really quite fine works of art, but I wouldn't put them in the #1 and #2 spots -- top ten maybe.

[magruder]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:26am

Don't necessarily assume that the prequel to Urinetown has anything to do with the plot or characters of Urinetown. It shares a theme with Urinetown, but that's it.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 1:40am

They simply must call the prequel THE STINK YEARS.