In the 20 years since Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis’s gently irreverent and thoroughly catchy musical premiered, it’s become such a beloved staple among professional and amateur companies that it’s easy to forget about the odd footing upon which the show stumbled onto the Broadway stage. Originally scheduled to debut September 13, 2001, the vaudevillian, […]
Tag: Urinetown
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The Scottsboro Boys, The Ghoul Exhibition, and nine more new theater reviews
A Chicago premiere from Porchlight and a searing solo show on gun violence are among this week’s best bets.
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Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival of New Plays reignites
New work by Greg Kotis, Laura Jacqmin, and Antoinette Nwandu are among the highlights of this free annual showcase.
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American Theater Company’s artistic director leaves a worthy legacy
American Theater Company artistic director PJ Paparelli, killed in Scotland last month, leaves a worthy legacy in The Project(s).
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Half Baked
A review of American Theater Company’s production of Yeast Nation, a musical by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, the authors of Urinetown. Directed by P.J. Paparelli.
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Reader critics in the news, part II
California responds to The Girl, the Grouch, and the Goat–the musical by Reader critic Jack Helbig and Urinetown composer Mark Hollmann.
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Reader critics in the news
A musical by Urinetown composer Mark Hollmann and Reader critic Jack Helbig gets its west-coast premiere.
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Mary Poppins meets Urinetown
Mary Poppins team joins Chicago’s Mark Hollmann for public forum.
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Jack Helbig summers in Kansas
Reader theater critic Jack Helbig will see the musical he cowrote with Mark Hollmann produced at Kansas University.