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Metropolis

Music by Joseph Brooks
Lyrics by Joseph Brooks & Dusty Hughes
Book by Susan & Joseph Brooks
Based on Fritz Lang's 1927 Movie
Directed by Jerome Savary
Choreography by Tom Jobe
Sets/Costumes by Ralph Koltai
Opened March 8, 1989 at the Piccadilly Theatre, London and ran for 198 performances.

Synopsis

An ambitious attempt to recreate Fritz Lang's classic silent movie. Metropolis is a blockbuster of a musical. part gothic horror story. Part metaphor for the capitalist, part science fiction romance, it assaults the senses with its bleak vision of the 21st. century life in a machine dominated society.

Song List

101.11
Hold back the night
The machines are beautiful
He's distant from me now
Oh my, what a beautiful city
This is the vision we're forbidden
Children of Metropolis
50 000 pounds of power
One more morning
It's only love
Bring on the night
Pressure chant
Day after day
When Maria comes
You are the light
The girl is a witch
The sun
Almost done
I don't need help from you
There's a girl down below
Transformation
Futura
We're the cream
I've seen a nightmare
This is life
Look at this girl who stands before you
Where do you think she's gone, your precious Maria?
If that was love
Listen to me
Learning song
Old friends
When Maria wakes
Futura's promise
Maria's insane
Perfect face
Haven't you finished with me?
Let's watch the world go to the devil
One of those nights
Requiem
Metropolis

Info

Though commercially unsuccessful the show received praise for its structurally complex and superbly engineered set. It has been recognized as one of the most technically adventurous musicals ever staged.

Original Cast included: Judy Kuhn, Graham Bickley, Megan Kelly, Jonathan Adams, Robert Fardell, Brian Blessed, Lucy Dixon, Colin Fay, Lindsey Danvers, Paul Keown, Stifyn Parri & Kevin Power

The show cost 80,000 pounds a week to run. This figure lead to the shows
demise, as the Piccadilly theatre had 1001 seats and it had to play to a maximum
capacity to generate the necessary cash. The show closed owing its Japanese
and American backers 2 million pounds!!

Related

Metropolis (1989 Original London Cast) [IMPORT] [CAST RECORDING] -- Joseph Brooks, Dusty Hughes; Audio CD
Metropolis (March 13, 1927) -- Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm; DVD Keep Case
Metropolis (March 13, 1927) -- Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm; VHS
Metropolis (March 13, 1927) -- Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm; VHS

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