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George Howe

GEORGE HOWE

  
Nationality:    USA
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George Howe is an award-winning composer/lyricist. His musicals include the emperor's Groovy New Clothes, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, Sleeping Ugly, Brave Potatoes, and a series of musicals based on the best-selling books by Doreen Cronin and Betsey Lewin; Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Duck For President, andDooby Dooby Moo. His musical Queen Lucia won a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Citation for Best New Musical. Mr. Howe lives and works in the beautiful city of Chicago.

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below is a list of George Howe's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Arnie the Doughnut         Click, Clack, Boo         Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type         Dooby Dooby Moo         Duck For President         Emperor's Groovy New Clothes, The         Giggle, Giggle, Quack         Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile         Mr Popper's Penguins         Northanger Abbey         Somebody Loves You, Mr Hatch

Arnie the Doughnut

Synopsis:
Mr Bing gets the surprise of his life when he tries to eat Arnie the Doughnut

Notes:
Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by Frances Limoncelli. Based on the story by Laurie Keller

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Click, Clack, Boo

Synopsis:
Duck, Pig, Hen and Cow are throwing a Halloween party. Farmer Brown does not like Halloween - it is scary

Notes:
Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by James E Grote. Based on the book "Click, Clack, Boo" by Doreen Cronin

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago     19 Oct 2013

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Synopsis:
Cow 1 and 2 and Hen are tired of their freezing accommodation. Duck is tired of his lily pond and wants to spice it up. The animals have problems in communicating this to Farmer Brown

Notes:
Music by George Howe; lyrics by James E Grote; George Howe; book by James E Grote. Based on the book "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin

1st Produced:
Manhattan Childrens Theatre, New York     19 Sep 2009

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Dooby Dooby Moo

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Music by George Howe; lyrics by James E Grote; George Howe; book by James E Grote. Based on the book "Dooby Dooby Moo" by Doreen Cronin

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago     17 Oct 2009

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Childrens musical

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Duck For President

Synopsis:
Duck, Pig, Hen and Cow have all been given umpteen chores to do by a tired Farmer Brown. The animals decide that they want someone else to run the farm and Duck is voted in as leader

Notes:
Music by George Howe; lyrics by James E Grote; George Howe; book by James E Grote. Based on the book "Duck For President" by Doreen Cronin

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago     11 Oct 2008

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Emperor's Groovy New Clothes, The

Synopsis:
a crazy quilt of mixed-up psychedelic fashion trends is the setting for this tongue-in-cheek retelling of the Hans Christian andersen fairytale, set to a fun and sprightly score. the country is ruled by a foppish fashionista of an emperor who has bankrupted the treasury with his clothing expenditures. Frustrated by the emperor's slave-to-fashion mentality, Ten-year-old Kid's romantic dreams of being a hero make her determined to change everyone's materialistic views. She travels to the palace to reveal the superficiality of the emperor, only to end up revealing much more of him than she predicted.

Notes:
written by George Howe And Frances Limoncelli

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, Il, United States)     2001

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
50-60 min Musical for young audiences

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 males, 2 females (4-40 actors possible: 2-20 males, 2-20 females)

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Giggle, Giggle, Quack

Synopsis:
Farmer Brown goes on holiday he leaves a handwritten letter for his brother Bob who will be looking after the farm. In the letter he tells his brother to watch out for Duck as he is trouble. But Duck has read the letter and as he can also write he changes it. So now the cows have a movie night, the pigs bubble baths and the hens pizza

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Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by James E Grote. Based on the book "Giggle, Giggle, Quack" by Doreen Cronin

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Synopsis:
Lyle the Crocodile lives in a brownstone with the Primms. The grumpy neighbour Mr Grump does not like Lyle because Lyle frightens his cat. Mr Grump has Lyle put in the Zoo

Notes:
Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by Christina Calvit. Based on the book "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" by Bernard Waber

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago     15 Dec 2007

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Mr Popper's Penguins

Synopsis:
Times are bad for the Poppers. Mr Popper's work is seasonal and it is the off season. Mrs Popper struggles to put food on their table. Then a penguin called Captain Cook arrives

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Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by Robert Kauzlaric. Based on the novel "Mr Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Attwater

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  2 either sex

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Northanger Abbey

Synopsis:
Innocent Catherine Morland leaves the countryside for the pleasures of Bath

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Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by Robert Kauzlaric. Based on the novel "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Somebody Loves You, Mr Hatch

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Music and lyrics by George Howe; book by Frances Limoncelli. Based on the book "Somebody Loves You, Mr Hatch" by Eileen Spinelli

1st Produced:
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago     08 Jan 2011

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Genre:
Musical

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