Hat! A Vaudeville - Softcover

Strand, John; McCarthy, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881454664 ISBN 13: 9780881454666

Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated, 2011

Synopsis

A loving homage to Eugene Labiche and the High Vaudeville style he was instrumental in establishing a century and a half ago. "Breathless fun! A highly accomplished effort, a smart comic machine that hurdles its characters from one amusingly improbable scenario to another ... HAT simultaneously detonates a dozen tiny plot points like some stage supercollider." -Los Angeles Times "A witty, footloose crowd-pleaser! Dennis McCarthy's appealing new music is redolent of the hurdy-gurdy and D'Oyly Carte. Strand's lyrics exude period feel and extend the comical biz. His ITALIAN STRAW HAT boasts what many others have lacked, an eminently playable text with polished but never stuffy dialogue." -Variety "Exhilarating ... Stylish and inspired ... Lightning-paced entertainment that looks and sounds sensational and keeps us rolling with laughter in the aisles ... This riotous romp is a show for all seasons." -Backstage"

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Review:

Breathless fun! A highly accomplished effort, a smart comic machine that hurdles its characters from one amusingly improbable scenario to anotherâ ¦ HAT simultaneously detonates a dozen tiny plot points like some stage supercollider. --Los Angeles Times

A witty, footloose crowd-pleaser! Dennis McCarthy's appealing new music is redolent of the hurdy-gurdy and D'Oyly Carte. Strand s lyrics exude period feel and extend the comical biz. His ITALIAN STRAW HAT boasts what many others have lacked, an eminently playable text with polished but never stuffy dialogue. --Variety

Exhilaratingâ ¦ Stylish and inspiredâ ¦ Lightning-paced entertainment that looks and sounds sensational and keeps us rolling with laughter in the aisles... This riotous romp is a show for all seasons. --Backstage

A witty, footloose crowd-pleaser! Dennis McCarthy's appealing new music is redolent of the hurdy-gurdy and D'Oyly Carte. Strand s lyrics exude period feel and extend the comical biz. His ITALIAN STRAW HAT boasts what many others have lacked, an eminently playable text with polished but never stuffy dialogue. --Variety

Exhilarating... Stylish and inspired... Lightning-paced entertainment that looks and sounds sensational and keeps us rolling with laughter in the aisles... This riotous romp is a show for all seasons. --Backstage

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0881454664
• ISBN 13: 9780881454666
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 92