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All American
Author(s):
Mel Brooks
Musician/Composer(s):
Charles Strouse
Lyricist(s):
Lee Adams
The composers of Bye, Bye, Birdie have written another musical, this one set at a small, football-oriented college. Professor Fodorski arrives with other immigrants singing a naturalization rag with such lines as "Make us Hungarians/Into Rotarians/Change us Rumanians/To Pennsylvanians." Frantic to please, professor Fodorski finally reaches his sports-minded students by stating his engineering concepts in football terms and, in the course of demonstrating a principle, turns a mousy student drudge named Bricker into a phenomenal kicker. ("Your hip is the fulcrum, multiply by the force of the lever, your knee.") The team becomes a sensation, as do Bricker and the astonished professor. This show makes a comment on education today by putting it in terms of a bright and marvelous musical comedy. This musical has one of the most beautiful love songs ever written for a musical, the haunting "Once Upon a Time." Multiple simple sets. Orchestration available.
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Genre(s): | Drama
| Time Period(s): | Not Available | Play Type: | Musical | Runtime: | 101 minutes | Acts: | Not Available | Set Complexity: | Not Available | Set Information: | Not Available | Year First Published: | Not Available | Total Characters: | 12 | Male Characters: | 6 | Female Characters: | 6 | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | Cost: | On application Royalty/cost information prone to change. Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | ISBN: | Not Available |
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