Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Author: Bill Russell
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1996
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573695698

"A celebration of lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz, and rock score, this piece is designed to include the community in a theatrical response to the AIDS crisis. It is often performed as a benefit for fundraising and consciousness raising."--Publisher.

Unexpected Joy

Unexpected Joy
Author: Bill Russell
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2019
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0573707642

In modern-day Cape Cod, Joy, a baby boomer and proud hippie, is holding a memorial concert for the other half of her popular musical duo, Jump & Joy. When her tightly wound, conservative daughter and her sweet, rebellious granddaughter arrive from Oklahoma, sparks fly as one family seeks to find the common ground in their different values, dreams, and goals. A heartfelt and hilarious story that celebrates diversity and acceptance, Unexpected Joy weaves folk-rock, pop, and blues in bringing together a family that hasn’t experienced true joy in decades.

Pageant

Pageant
Author: Albert Evans
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1998
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573696558

Judges selected from the audience actually vote and determine the winner who, therefore, may be different at each performance. The show takes its shots not by mocking the pageant from the outside, but by being one. The six contestants compete for the title of Miss Glamouresse (Glamouresse being a cosmetics company). Miss Deep South, Miss West Coast, Miss Great Plains, Miss Bible Belt, Miss Industrial Northeast. and Miss Texas and compete in evening gowns, talent, swim-wear and spokemodeling, plus the finalists answer actual calls from the Glamouresse Beauty Crisis Hotline.

Murder For Two

Murder For Two
Author: Kellen Blair
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0573708347

Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town policeman with dreams of making it to detective. One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney and the writer is killed…fatally. With the nearest detective an hour away, Marcus jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills—with the help of his silent partner, Lou. But whodunit? Did Dahlia Whitney, Arthur's scene-stealing wife, give him a big finish? Is Barrette Lewis, the prima ballerina, the prime suspect? Did Dr. Griff, the overly-friendly psychiatrist, make a frenemy? Marcus has only a short amount of time to find the killer and make his name before the real detective arrives… and the ice cream melts!

Bat Boy

Bat Boy
Author: Laurence O'Keefe
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822218340

Based on a story in the Weekly World News, this is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.

The Contemporary Singing Actor

The Contemporary Singing Actor
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1540000230

(Vocal Collection). This expansive series takes an in-depth look into contemporary theatre repertoire for singers, spanning the 1980s, '90s and into the 21st century. Approximately 35-40 songs per volume represent the most interesting choices for singers from a wide variety of Broadway, Off-Broadway and London shows. Every auditioning singer will find plenty of intriguing possibilities! This third edition includes songs from The Color Purple , Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens , Hamilton , If/Then , The Light in the Piazza , Rocky the Musical , Spring Awakening , Wicked, and more!

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 4

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 4
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480319023

(Vocal Collection). 39 songs, including: Awaiting You * Breeze off the River * Dancing Through Life * The Day After That * Fortune Favors the Brave * Free * Giants in the Sky * Goodnight Saigon * I Can Do That * If You Were Gay * Love Changes Everything * A Man Could Go Quite Mad * One Track Mind * She Cries * Stay * Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians) * What Have I Done * Who Am I? * Why * You Walk with Me * and more. There are no song duplications from any of the previous volumes. All songs are written in the original keys, in authentic voice with piano accompaniment. Also includes a Foreword, and an extensive section of show facts and plot notes about the shows.

Punks: the Comic 1

Punks: the Comic 1
Author: Joshua Hale Fialkov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781632152275

Abe, Fist, Skull, and Dog live in a house, get into fights, murder gnomes, and punch each other in the nuts. A lot. Vomit-out-loud comedy guaranteed! From Joshua Hale Fialkov (The Bunker, The Life After, I, Vampire) and Kody Chamberlain (Sweets, The Ride: Southern Gothic) comes a book unlikely to become a blockbuster movie. Much to their chagrin. Collecting Punks: The Comic issues #1-5.

The Last Smoker in America

The Last Smoker in America
Author: Bill Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2015
Genre: Cigarette smokers
ISBN: 9780573701306

"... a raucous, irreverent and unfiltered new musical comedy. Enter an America where the government is in your kitchen, sniffing for outlawed cigarettes! The extreme anti-smoking laws test the sanity of one suburban family. Pam is having an impossible time trying to quit. Her husband Ernie retreats to the basement to relive the rock star dreams of his youth, while their teenage son Jimmy only turns away from his videogames to explore his gangster rapper persona. Adding to the dysfunctional dynamic is anti-smoking fanatic Phyllis, the neighbor who can't keep her nose out of everyone else's business. "--Page 4 of cover.