On the Town

A series of 16th-century manuscripts that have been making waves on the Internet look like a Monty Python version of the Renaissance: They show cats outfitted with flaming backpacks, attacking castles...
AMPHITRYON What mortal hath not heard of him who shared a wife with Zeus, Amphitryon of Argos, whom on a day Alcaeus, son of Perseus begat, Amphitryon the father of Heracles? He it was dwelt here in...

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1.There You Are Chairman: What's a king without his crown? Take away his throne and gown,  He could be the rabble or the Russian czar. Judge each creature of our race By each feature in his face Look...
1.ACT I  Outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, workmen are starting their day. Three  sailors rush out to launch their twenty-four hours' leave in New York City. 2.I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet ...
OPENING NIGHT USHERETTE #1 & #2: Opening night... It's opening night! It's Max Bialystock's latest show Will it flop or will it go? The cast is taking its final bow Here comes the audience now The...

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ACT ONE 1862 - Marietta, Georgia, twenty miles from Atlanta. A young Confederate soldier stands alone in a field under a large oak tree. THE OLD RED HILLS OF HOME YOUNG SOLDIER Farewell, my Lila- I'll...

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Dear Old Syracuse VERSE This is a terrible city. The people are cattle and swine. There isn't a girl I'd call pretty Or a friend that I'd call mine. And the only decent place on earth Is the town that...
ACT I 1.Once in the Highlands  CHORUS: Once in the Highlands, the Highlands of Scotland, Deep in the night on a murky brae; There in the Highlands, the Highlands of Scotland, Two weary hunters lost...
1. Footloose/On Any Sunday Ren Been working so hard I'm punching my card Eight hours, for what? Oh, tell me what I got Chuck, Lyle & Travis Been working so hard I'm punching my card Eight hours,...
ACT I [Night. A lady's bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass, late in November in the year 1885. Through an open window with a little balcony a peak of the Balkans,...