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Music by Eric Rockwell
Lyrics by Joanne Bogart
Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart 

Directed by Jimmy Phillips
Musical Director Steven Jones
Featuring Shelby Fisher, Haley Hussey, Joseph Reed and Ryan Smith 

TLH stages one of its most successful productions, last produced 10 years ago. The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! is a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The basic plot: June is an ingénue who can't pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for not appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in a speakeasy in Chicago. 

"A GIFT FROM THE MUSICAL THEATRE GODS!" - TalkinBroadway.com

"Real Wit, Real Charm! …it's GREAT FUN!" - The New York Times

"Funny, charming and refreshing! It hits its targets with sophisticated affection!" - New York Magazine