America Is Great Again the Guy Who Didnt Like Musicals
| The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Music | Jeff Blim |
| Lyrics | Jeff Blim |
| Book | Nick Lang Matt Lang |
| Premiere | Oct 11, 2018: Matrix Theater, Los Angeles |
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals is a horror one-act musical with music and lyrics past Jeff Blim and a book by Matt and Nick Lang. Loosely inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it is the 11th phase show produced by StarKid Productions. The show follows Paul, an boilerplate guy "who doesn't like musicals," as his town is overcome by a musical alien hive listen. The show ran from October 11, 2018, to November 4, 2018, at the Matrix Theater in Los Angeles, California. A recording of the musical was uploaded to YouTube on Dec 24, 2018, which has since amassed over 5.vii million views equally of November 14, 2021.[1]
Funding for the show was washed through Kickstarter, similarly to StarKid's most recent shows. The project raised US$127,792 through 3,419 backers out of its $60,000 goal.[2]
Synopsis [edit]
Act ane [edit]
A group of singing zombies addresses the audience, setting the scene in the tiny town of Hatchetfield and introducing the main character, unremarkable lowest Paul Matthews. ("The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals").
Paul's day begins like any other, as he works dutifully at a nondescript office job. Here, we run across his coworkers: obnoxious womanizer Ted, sweet only unstable Charlotte, and Paul's closest friend, sheepish Nib. Charlotte has a phone conversation with her husband Sam, a police force officeholder who dismisses her many attempts at amore. Bill invites Paul to come to see a touring production of Mamma Mia! with him and his teenage daughter, Alice, with whom Nib feels he must make an effort to connect after his divorce with his wife. Paul declines, stating that he would "rather do annihilation" than go come across a musical.
Paul goes to the local coffee shop, Beanie'south, where he befriends Emma Perkins, a cute barista who shares his hatred for musicals. As he leaves the coffee shop, he is accosted by an activist from Greenpeace, who tries to solicit a donation from him. Their conversation is cut off past a rapidly budgeted storm, which alarms townspeople all over Hatchetfield. Charlotte, although cheating on her hubby with Ted, fears for Sam's safe; Nib's daughter Alice takes refuge with her girlfriend Deb; and a mysterious homo, Professor Hidgens, reacts in awe and horror at his predictions coming to fruition.
The adjacent forenoon, on his way to work, Paul encounters a group of singing and dancing people on the street, led by the Greenpeace girl he met the mean solar day before. The singers call back their past lives and express their newfound happiness through vocal and dance ("La Dee Dah Dah 24-hour interval"). Paul, deeply disturbed, arrives at piece of work, where Bill complains that the performance of Mamma Mia was cancelled later on a shooting star hit the theatre. Charlotte expresses concern almost her husband singing unusually well in the shower. Just as Paul, horrified, begins to connect the dots, he is called into the boss's office. He gives excuses, thinking his boss Mr Davidson is unsatisfied with his work, but Davidson cuts him off, suddenly bursting into song to ask Paul about his objective in life ("What Do You lot Want, Paul?"). Scared by yet another incident of inexplicable singing, Paul runs out nether the pretence of getting coffee. He arrives at Beanie's, where he confides in Emma that he is worried the world may have turned into a musical overnight. Emma, not convinced, excuses herself to sing a tip song with her coworkers Zoey and Nora ("Cup of Roasted Coffee"). Afterwards discovering that they added "a whole 'nother A section" to the choreography without her knowledge, she quits in exasperation. The customers suddenly brainstorm to cough and choke, whereupon the baristas reveal that they have poisoned the coffee. The customers transform into musical zombies and join the baristas in song ("Cup of Poisoned Coffee"), chasing Paul and Emma out of the shop.
Paul and Emma meet Beak, Charlotte, and Ted in an alleyway, where they learn that people all over boondocks have inexplicably begun to sing and trip the light fantastic toe. Charlotte reveals that she has called Sam, who arrives singing and dancing. He and his swain officers, all musical zombies at this bespeak, harass Paul and his friends until Ted hits Sam over the head and knocks him out ("Show Me Your Easily"). Emma proposes that they seek help from her biology professor, "doomsday survivalist" Professor Hidgens.
The group arrives at Hidgens' compound, where he reveals that he has been preparing for this exact doomsday scenario for decades. He tells them that the blue goo found on Sam'south skull is the result of an conflicting invasion and ties the unconscious Sam to a chair for the group's safety. Ted attempts to convince Charlotte to carelessness Sam for him, telling her to upgrade from a scumbag to a sleazeball, just she refuses. When Sam comes to, he begs Charlotte to untie him, professing his love to her through song and reminding her of their lives earlier their wedlock fell apart. She is unconvinced, until he fakes his death, causing her to free him ("You Tied Up My Heart"). He and then attacks her, ripping out her guts.
Meanwhile, the others head to Hidgens's bar, where an argument arises breaks out between Bill and Ted. Emma and Paul get closer, Emma revealing that after her sister's death, she promised herself that she would not die in Hatchetfield, whilst Paul reveals that his hatred of musicals was inspired by seeing Emma herself perform in Brigadoon in high school. Their conversation is interrupted by Charlotte, now a musical zombie as well, and Sam, who attacks Paul ("Join Usa (And Die)"). But in fourth dimension, Professor Hidgens returns, shooting and killing both of them.
Bill receives a call from Alice, who is still at school. Bill instructs her to hide until he can come to get her. Although Ted tells him it's a lost cause, Paul decides to join Beak on his rescue mission.
Act 2 [edit]
At the high school, Paul and Bill search for Alice as Nib panics that he is to blame for her situation. Paul tries to reassure him that he's wrong, but is interrupted past Alice, at present infected as well. Alice sings, telling Bill that her death was indeed his fault and he was never a adept father ("Non Your Seed"). Bill, heartbroken, attempts to kill himself with the shotgun they brought to defend themselves, but Paul stops him and tosses it bated. While Paul is busy comforting Bill, Alice picks upward the shotgun and shoots and kills him. Right as she is most to attack Paul, the ground forces arrives, scaring her abroad and knocking Paul out.
Dorsum at Professor Hidgens' compound, Hidgens explains the nature of the conflicting invasion to Emma, describing it every bit a hivemind. Although Emma realizes how to stop its spread, Hidgens is excited by the peace and unity of a hivemind society and decides to have the aliens' side, tranquilizing Emma. Meanwhile, Paul wakes upward and is greeted past Full general McNamara, who works with a special unit of the US Regular army called PEIP. McNamara tells him that if he is able to rescue Emma, the regular army will have a helicopter come pick them upward.
Emma wakes upward, tied to a chair with Ted. Hidgens opens the gate to the compound, claiming that the merely way humans will be saved from themselves is if they allow the alien invasion continue. He so goes on to reveal that he has a history in musical theatre, much to the dismay of Emma and Ted. He purposely attracts the aliens by singing, including the opening number of a musical he has been working on called Working Boys, where he reminisces about his days with his friends in undergrad ("Show-Stoppin' Number"). His singing attracts the zombies, though he is now besides far gone to realize this and thinks that they are his higher friends Greg, Steve, Stu, Mark, Leighton and Chad. The zombies join in his song before dragging him off and killing him.
Paul arrives to rescue Emma and Ted and they immediately caput for the pickup site, just the zombies catch up to them and elevate off Paul. Emma tries to save him merely Ted keeps running. He makes it to the pickup site and is greeted by PEIP, who accept also been infected. McNamara shoots and infects Ted before beginning to sing ("America Is Great Over again"). Paul and Emma manage to make information technology to the helicopter after Emma shoots McNamara in the arm and get on. Yet, they realize that the pilot is Emma'due south infected coworker when she begins to sing and pulls a gun on them. The resulting fight causes the helicopter to crash. A piece of rebar ends up in Emma's leg. She tells him to go out her behind and get destroy the shooting star to end the invasion. He reluctantly leaves her and takes a grenade belt along with him.
Several zombies once again address the audition through song ("Let Him Come"), where they laissez passer on the give-and-take that the star of the bear witness, Paul, is making his way to the shooting star. Paul enters the local theatre, the site of the shooting star crash, and is greeted by the reanimated bodies of Pecker, Ted, Charlotte, Zoey, Professor Hidgens and Mr. Davidson. They tell him that they are happy now, and that if he destroys the shooting star he will also die. They ask what he wants, to which he replies that information technology does non matter. The zombies, however, disagree. They begin to sing, telling him that they experience at that place is a song in him and that he must limited his feelings through song, and to his horror, his proximity to the meteor causes him to sing and dance against his will. Paul begins to switch between singing and talking, fighting for control against the infection. He manages to pull the pivot on a grenade and throw it at the shooting star, yelling that he doesn't like musicals ("Let Information technology Out").
A newscast from the neighboring town of Clivesdale states that it has been two weeks since the events of the show. Emma is in a hospital in Clivesdale and is greeted by Colonel Schaffer, a PEIP agent, who has set up a new life and identity for her. Schaffer tells her that there were no other survivors, but that she will be escorted to her new life by a Ben Bridges, who Emma manifestly knows well. Ben enters and reveals himself to be Paul. Emma and Paul embrace before Paul begins to sing, telling her she lost. He is joined by other zombies and they sing a medley of previous songs in the show and implore her to join them, explaining that they have finally found happiness. They tell her the catastrophe is "inevitable" and surroundings and elevate her off phase ("Inevitable").
Roles [edit]
Bandage [edit]
| Character | Los Angeles (2018) |
|---|---|
| Paul | Jon Matteson |
| Emma, et al. | Lauren Lopez |
| Ted, et al. | Joey Richter |
| Charlotte / Nora / Deb, et al. | Jaime Lyn Beatty |
| Bill, et al. | Corey Dorris |
| Hidgens, et al. | Robert Manion |
| Alice / Zoey, et al. | Mariah Rose Faith |
| Sam / Full general McNamara / Mr Davidson, et al. | Jeff Blim |
Characters [edit]
- Paul Matthews, a guy who doesn't like musicals and is unsure of what he wants in life. He has a crush on Emma, and often visits the coffee shop she works at equally an excuse to see her.
- Emma Perkins, a barista who is trying to piece of work her way through community college. She hates Hatchetfield, her job, and musicals.
- Ted, the function asshole. He has been having an thing with Charlotte for some time.
- Charlotte, an anxious woman committed to a declining marriage with Sam. She is secretly cheating on Sam with Ted.
- Nora, Emma'southward boss at Beanie'south.
- Beak, a divorced father trying to connect with his teenage daughter, Alice.
- Alice, a teenage girl who is caught betwixt her parents' divorce and facing the struggles of growing upwards.
- Deb, Alice's bad-girl girlfriend.
- Zoey, a catty college girl who works with Emma. She loves musical theater, and is likewise having an affair with Sam.
- Professor Henry Hidgens, Emma'south biology professor and doomsday survivalist.
- Mr. Davidson, Paul's laidback boss.
- Sam, Charlotte'due south cheating husband, a police officer who is having an affair with Zoey.
- Full general McNamara, a armed forces general who finds Paul and tries to help. He works for PEIP, a secret organization that investigates paranormal, inter-dimensional, and extraterrestrial phenomena.
Creative team, crew, and musicians [edit]
| Crew member[3] | Job |
|---|---|
| Nick Lang | Producer, Director |
| Ilana Elroi | Sound Blueprint, Technology |
| Brian Rosenthal | Audio Design |
| Corey Lubowich | Scenic Pattern, Producer |
| Amy Plouff | Breathtaking Charge |
| Sarah Petty | Lighting Design |
| June Saito | Costume Pattern |
| James Tolbert | Choreography |
| Lauren Lopez | Boosted Choreography |
| Jade Svenson | Wardrobe/Deck Hand |
| Paul Gabriel | Stage Director |
| Matt Dahan | Music Direction, Keyboard 1 |
| Josh Fleury | Bass |
| Sam Johnides | Guitar, Keyboard two |
| Ryan McDiarmid | Pulsate |
Musical numbers [edit]
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A cast recording was released on Dec 24, 2018.
Sequels [edit]
A second musical entitled Black Friday was produced and performed past Squad Starkid in the fall of 2019. The evidence takes place in Hatchetfield, and features several recurring characters from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals. The fact that all of the characters in said musical died has led many to theorize that Black Friday takes place in an alternate dimension or timeline. The show ran from October 31-December eight, 2022 and featured nearly of the original cast and crew members.
A short film titled "Workin' Boys" was announced in 2022 as a reward for Black Fri'south Kickstarter campaign. Production of the film was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A third musical entitled Nerdy Prudes Must Die is currently beingness written by the same writing team of Black Friday. It was going to be performed old in 2022 only due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been postponed indefinitely. Information technology is non yet known if any of the cast will return for the 3rd musical.
Disquisitional reception [edit]
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals received generally positive reviews from local and online publications.[4] [v] [6]
Awards [edit]
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals received 15 nominations in twelve categories at the 2022 BroadwayWorld.com Los Angeles Regional Awards. It was nominated in every category for which it was eligible, that is to say, every local (non-touring) musical category. Information technology won in every category except three. Every thespian in the musical was nominated for their performance except for Jeff Blim. Every nominee in the category Best Featured Histrion in a Musical was from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals.
| Year | Honour | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | BroadwayWorld.com Los Angeles Regional Awards[7] [8] | Best Musical - Local | Nominated | |
| Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Local | Jon Matteson | Won | ||
| All-time Leading Actress in a Musical - Local | Lauren Lopez | Nominated | ||
| All-time Featured Actor in a Musical - Local | Robert Manion | Won | ||
| Corey Dorris | Nominated | |||
| Joey Richter | Nominated | |||
| All-time Featured Actress in a Musical - Local | Jaime Lyn Beatty | Won | ||
| Mariah Rose Faith | Nominated | |||
| Best Manager of a Musical - Local | Nick Lang | Nominated | ||
| Best Choreography - Local | James Tolbert | Won | ||
| Best Musical Director - Local | Matt Dahan | Won | ||
| Best Breathtaking Design - Local | Corey Lubowich | Won | ||
| Best Costume Pattern - Local | June Saito | Won | ||
| All-time Lighting Design - Local | Sarah Fiddling | Won | ||
| Best Sound Design - Local | Ilana Elroi and Brian Rosenthal | Won | ||
See besides [edit]
- Lists of musicals
References [edit]
- ^ "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals". YouTube . Retrieved 2020-12-28 .
- ^ "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals - A StarKid Horror-One-act!". Kickstarter . Retrieved 2019-ten-08 .
- ^ a b c "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals". StarKid Productions . Retrieved 2019-05-30 .
- ^ "Youtube Musical Review: 'The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals' is hilarious, horrifying in its underlying message – The Lafayette". www.lafayettestudentnews.com . Retrieved 2019-06-05 .
- ^ Jan. 9, Emily Worrell / 6:34 p m; 2019. "Starkid's 'The Guy Who Didn't Similar Musicals' is campy in the best manner". Ball Country Daily . Retrieved 2019-06-05 .
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors listing (link) - ^ "REVIEW: "THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS" – Thoroughly Modern Reviewer". thoroughlymodernreviewer.com . Retrieved 2020-12-28 .
- ^ "Dec 19th Update: THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS - Matrix Theatre Leads All-time Musical Category in the BWW Los Angeles Awards Voting" BroadwayWorld.com, accessed March nineteen, 2020
- ^ "Winners Announced For 2022 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards" BroadwayWorld.com, accessed March nineteen, 2020
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guy_Who_Didn%27t_Like_Musicals
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