{"product_id":"9780571211821","title":"Urinetown : The Musical","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUrinetown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Greg Kotis, Mark Hollmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann's \u003ci\u003eUrinetown: The Musical \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a twenty-year drought made water a scarce commodity, private toilets became outlawed. Now, all restroom necessaries are controlled by the Urine Good Company (UGC), a megacorporation that charges fees for using public toilets. Anyone unable to pay fees--or who dares to relieve themselves outside the commode--are arrested and banished to \"Urinetown\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen UGC employee Bobby Strong's father falls victim to this tyranny, he spearheads a revolution, inspiring the people to rise up and reclaim their own restroom duties--unaware of the realities and consequences of his actions...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a preface by David Auburn, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of \u003ci\u003eProof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd an introduction by the authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Elevated silliness of the highest order that makes a gratifying case for the restorative return to knowing foolishness and the smartly absurd. The show winks at everything from Hamlet's father's ghost to\u003ci\u003e West Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, from the revolutionary pretensions of \u003ci\u003eLes Mis \u003c\/i\u003eto the revivalist joy of\u003ci\u003e Guys \u0026amp; Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eLinda Winer, Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571211821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594876629198,"sku":"9780571211821","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_72a6283b-916e-49ef-b90d-8b58c988aae6.jpg?v=1637820405","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571211821","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}