ACT’s URINETOWN: Beyond the Theatre
A Contemporary Theatre and The 5th Avenue Theatre present URINETOWN by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis from April 6 to May 26, 2019. Librarians at The Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, music, and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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Urinetown
The script of URINETOWN, for your reading pleasure.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Inequality
"Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. According to the distinguished economist Anthony Atkinson, however, we can do much more than skeptics imagine." -- Harvard University Press
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein (Dramatization)
Directed by Orson Welles, this 1937 musical is set in the fictional "Steeltown, USA" and reflects the concerns of the Great Depression. Its influence is apparent throughout URINETOWN.
Format: Streaming Video
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Brazil
Directed by Terry Gilliam, this surreal romantic comedy is set in a "retro-future" and pokes fun at bureaucracy.
Format: DVD
Availability: All copies in use
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The Threepenny Opera
URINETOWN parodies this 1928 play, which is a socialist critique of a capitalist world.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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White Noise
The winner of the National Book Award, this family drama examines the effects of consumerism against the background of an industrial accident that causes widespread "white noise."
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Good Omens
The apocalypse is experiencing some unexpected resistance in a small British town in the form of an 11-year-old antichrist who just wants to hang out with his buddies and an angel and demon who team up to prevent their beloved Earth's destruction. It's difficult to pull off a humorous take on the apocalypse, but both GOOD OMENS and URINETOWN somehow succeed.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Urinetown
The soundtrack to URINETOWN for your listening pleasure.
Format: Music CD
Availability: Available
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Les Misérables
The classic tale of Valjean, an ex-convict turned mayor, and the fanatical police inspector intent on capturing him. URINETOWN parodies the musical version of LES MISERABLES.
Format: Book
Availability: No Longer Available
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The Ghost Map
For a real-life account of waste management, check out this fascinating take on the London cholera epidemic of 1854.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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