On December 21, 1942, the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade is on the air live from the Hotel Astor. 10m., 5f.

3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down Libretto

By Jerry Coller Michael Ruppert Follows the rise of three stand-up comics from unpaid performers to instant stardom and their own TV series until commercial success evaporates the magic. 3m.

A Chorus Line Libretto

By Michael Bennett James Kirkwood The complete libretto to this musical sensation.

A... My Name is Alice Libretto

By Joan Micklin Silver Juliane Boyd A slick and lively revue that offers a sophisticated, bawdy, funny and insightful kaledeidescope of contemporary women. 5f.

A...My Name is Still Alice Libretto

By Joan Silver Julianne Boyd The critically acclaimed sequel to the hit musical revue A..My Name is Alice. This lively entertainment continues to explore contemporary women-this time in the 1990s. The music ranges from gospel to country western to rock to some glorious pop ballads. 5 W

Assassins Libretto

By Stephen Sondheim John Weidman The complete script and lyrics for the musical.

Bat Boy Libretto

By Keythe Farley Brian Flemming Laurence O'Keefe A musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a "normal" boy by the vet's wife and teenage daughter. 6 M, 4 W

Bed and Sofa Libretto

By Polly Pen Laurence Klavan This enchanting "silent movie opera" based on Abram Room's scandalous 1926 film, Bed and Sofa, is set in Moscow, in 1926, where a housing crisis rages. In a cramped apartment, Ludmilla, a put upon housewife, lives in dreamy complacency with her cheerful despot of a husband, Kolya. One day, Kolya's handsome comrade, Volodya, arrives from the country but can find no lodging. Kolya offers him their sofa. When Kolya arrives home early one day he is shocked to discover that Ludmilla and Volodya have...

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Libretto

By Larry King Peter Masterson A happy-go-lucky recounting of the good times and demise of the Chicken Ranch,a popular pleasure palace until television and moral indignation put it in the spotlight. 13m., 14f.

Blood Brothers Libretto

The tragic story of twins separated at birth, who grow up as friends and fulfill the prophecy that twins parted at birth witll die on the day they discover thair heritage. 5m., 3f. small chorus

Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, The Libretto

By Kirsten Childs What is a black girl from sunny Southern California to do? White people are blowing up black girls in Birmingham churches. Black people are shouting "Black is beautiful" while straightening their hair and coveting light skin. Viveca Stanton's answer: Slap on a bubbly smile and be as white as you can be! In a humorous and pointed coming-of-age story spanning the sixties through the nineties, Viveca blithely sails through the confusing worlds of racism, sexism and Broadway showbiz until she is for..

Charlotte Sweet Libretto

In turn-of-the-century Liverpool, we meet Charlote Sweet. Charlotte attributes her sweetness to being born on Valentines day. Charlotte's beau Ludlow Ladd Grimble, who coincidentally was born on Christmas. Exchanging gifts, Charlotte gives her love a heart-shaped locket, while Ludlow gives her a Christmas Buche (log cake) from the bakery where he works. They pledge to love each other forever. At home Charlotte's poor mother - a chronic shiverer- has suffocated under a mass of underwear. The evil visitors, Barnaby and Katinka Bugaboo have arrived to collect on Bob's debts, incurred from the cost of his late wife's underwear. Bob backs up the Bugaboo's proposal that they liquidate all debts if Charlotte joins their musical troupe, The Circus of Voices, and Charlotte reluctantly consents. Barnaby is particualrly pleased, since he has a secret lust for the thrush. Charlotte's world twists and turns while she travels with the troupe. Will she ever be reuinted with her love? 4M, 4W

Chess Libretto

By Tim Rice Ulvaeus/Anderson In this rock opera, the game of chess becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competetive gamesmanship and nefarious international intrigues. 9m., 2f., 1 child, chorus

Chicago - Libretto

By Bob Fosse Kander/Ebb In razzle-dazzle roaring twenties Chicago, death row murderesses vie for the spotlight and headlines, hoping the publicity will bring them fame and success. 9m., 10f.

Convenience Libretto

By Gregg Coffin CONVENIENCE is a sung-through musical about family, the ties that bind and the ones we struggle to break. A single mom and her estranged twenty-six-year-old son have news for each other, but neither can find the words nor the courage. Liz can't tell her son, Vince, that she's remarrying and moving away; Vince is afraid of how Liz will react when he tells her about his boyfriend. During one funny, awkward, touching week, they come to realize what so many families discover: The things they feared would tear them apart end up bringing them closer together. A mother and son learn from their broken past and the promise of a different future that they can walk through a doorway without slamming it shut forever. 3M, 2W (doubling)

Cowgirls Libretto

By Betsy Howe Mary Murfitt Jo is in a pickle:she has 24 hours to save Hiram Hall-her father's once famous country western saloon-from foreclosure and she is determined to keep it open. But what will pack in a crowd to make the money she needs? Mickey, a waitress, has been dying to get up on stage and prove she's got what it takes to make it has a country singer, and Mo, the cook/cashier, is right behind her. But Jo has other plans:she's book the Cowgirl Trio, sure it will save the place. 6W

Dames at Sea Libretto

By George Haimsoh Robin Miller This nostalgic, pastiche of Busby Berkley musicals follows a songwriting sailor who saves the show, and the hometown girl who finds love and stardom. 4m., 3f.

Das Barbecu Libretto

By Jim Luigo Scott Warrender The complete script and lyrics for the musical. Wagner's Ring Cycle is spun as a witty Texas fable with 5 actors playing more than 30 outrageous characters. Mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their shotgun double wedding, 3 generations of feuding families, a magic ring of power, wild west lariat tricks and a synchronized. 2 M, 3 F

Day in Hollywood - Night in the Ukraine Libretto

By Dick Vosburgh Two one-act musicals provide a double feature more hilarious than any presented in Hollywood's heyday. 4m., 4f.

Debbie Does Dallas Libretto

By Erica Schmidt Andrew Sherman The show is the coming-of-age story of an all-American small-town sweetheart named Debbie Benton. Debbie is captain of her high-school cheerleader team, but she dreams of making it to the big time by becoming a Texas Cowgirl Cheerleader. When Debbie receives a letter telling her she has qualified for the professional squad, the only thing that stands between her and her dream is the bus fare to the big city: Dallas. 3M, 5 W

Desert Song, The Libretto

By Otto Harbach Oscar Hammerstein This tale of the Riff uprisings and the mysterious Red Shadow is set amid the romance of the French Foreign Legion. 11m., 7f., chorus

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Libretto

By John Powers James Quinn The story of eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950's. It lovingly captures the hilarious and trying moments of adolescence. 6m., 8f.

Doll's Life, A Libretto

By Betty Comden Adolph Green The complete script and lyrics for the musical.

Evil Dead: The Musical (script)

Based on Sam Raimi's 80's cult classic films, EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. 4 w, 6 m

Falsettos Libretto

By William Finn James Lapine The tale of Marvin, who leaves his wife and son for a man only to end up alone. Two years later he reunites with his lover on the eve of his son's bar mitzvah, just as AIDS appears. 4m., 3w.