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NEIL K NEWELL
Nationality: USA
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Great Expectations Rose Such Stuff As Deams Turn the Gas Back On!Great Expectations
Synopsis:
On a wet and dreary day in 1858, Charles Dickens finds shelter from a storm in the home of one Phillip Pirrip. Intrigued by the unusual artifacts that decorate his home he entreats Phillip to tell him the story behind them. the 65 year-old Phillip begins telling the story of his childhood, when he was known as Pip, in what is soon to become Dickens' newest novel, "GREAT EXPECTATIONS." Considered one of Dickens' finest works, "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" is the coming of age story of the orphan Pip who falls in love with the unreachable Estella. In order to win her he desires to raise himself from a blacksmith's apprentice to a gentleman. When the means to do so miraculously appear, he travels to London, with expectations to become a gentleman. In spite of his new-found wealth and position EstElla remains unreachable. When Pip learns that his mysterious benefactor is none other than a common criminal, whom he had aided when he was a child, he realizes that he can no longer accept his support. This signals the end of his financial expectations and a final realization that EstElla will forever remain unreachable. Years later, Pip and EstElla meet once again. the years of hard experience have softened EstElla and brought her to the realization that Pip is her first and only love. the unique construction of the script allows for a fluid staging with Dickens and Phillip wandering through the story -- experiencing and living it. the haunting and unforgettable musical score adds rich texture to this classic story of love and loss.
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written by C Michael Perry And Neil K. Newell
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Family Musical
Parts:
Male: 12 Female: 5 Other: chorus
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Synopsis:
A challenging musical that Dramatizes the life of Rose O'Neill, one of America's most beautiful and eccentric artists and the creator of, among other things, the Kewpie Doll. Her strong family support in the midst of almost overwhelming odds is a testament to the worth and viability of the family unit. Through divorce, death and financial disaster Rose and the O'Neill family weathered the storms of life -- together. It wasn't all bad. there was joy and harmony as well as the despair, among their tribulations. Though enormously wealthy during most of their lives, the O'Neills started with nothing but each other. And they ended with nothing but each other. This is a story for all ages and times.
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written by C Michael Perry, Max C. Golightly And Neil K. Newell
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Brigham Young University -
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Family Musical
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Male: 9 Female: 5 Other: ensemble, if desired
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Synopsis:
Well, you thought you knew "the Tempest"? Well, get ready for this version. We start before Shakespeare begins. We see Propsero and Miranda arrive. We see Ariel deposit Sycorax and Caliban on the isle. We see Ariel impaled in the 'oak' and we see Propsero defeat Sycorax. We then see Sycorax come to life again through the intervention of the Caliban and the strangers deposited on the island by the Prospero's tempest. As in the original, goodness prevails but only after valuable lessons have been learned by all. This story now involves the conflict between Sycorax/Caliban and Prospero. It is no longer an epic but a taught, musical Drama with a lively and modern score. "Don'Just Sip the Water", "I Looked At the Moon", "Such Stuff As Dreams", "That's Love", "Brave New World", "Have No Pity--Rule A City", are among the songs that fill this score with inventive music and singable lyrics.
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written by C Michael Perry And Neil K. Newell; based on Shakespeare's "the Tempest"
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Genre:
Musical
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Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: small ensemble
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Synopsis:
It's a zany show about a director and a troupe of actors trying to put on an improvisational musical inspired by a work of modern art. Roger Howard, Director of a small acting company, brings Marvin, a modern artist friend, to his theatre to see a rehearsal of some of the scenes of a play he's producing, for the purpose of convincing him it can be done with the same resulting effects and methods the painter gets with his avante- garde paintings. As the play within the play proceeds, the actors and actresses try to apply natural motivations to the meanings in the play. Impressed with a song sung by Adele, an actress past her prime, who is replacing a regular member of the company, Roger includes the song in the show and succumbs to her warm charms. Wayne and Morris, who play opposite Myra, have difficulty in switching from the real to the unreal characters in their efforts to understand what significance "the Object" has in development of the theme of the play. This is further complicated by the relationship of Lily, Roger's assistant, with her unknown to all mother, Adele. In the final scene Myra is carried away in her characterization of Looma, finally losing contact with her own identity. She is brought back to reality by the others when they realize that "the object" really belongs to the audience not the actors, for when a work of art is created and presented to the public, it becomes theirs--to be done with as they see fit. they give the object back to the audience in the end, because that is where it comes from. Actors emotions run the gamut. A challenging show.
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written by C Michael Perry, Max C. Golightly And Neil K. Newell
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Brigham Young University -
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Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: chorus
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