THIS MUSICAL COMEDY WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN LOS ANGELES IN 1984 AS A SPOOF ON GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984." IT'S ORIGINAL TITLE WAS "1284," THE YEAR THE ACTUAL PIED PIPER APPEARED IN HAMELN AND TOOK AWAY 150 CHILDREN. IN THIS ZANY RE-TELLING, THE RATS WORK FOR THE ROTTEN MAYOR IN A CHEESE FOR GOLD EXTORTION GAME, AND THE PIPER IS A TIME TRAVELER.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: ALAN AXELROD. VOCALISTS: HARVEY SHIELD, JOHN HOSTETTER, JODI MITCHEL, J.D. ELLIS, JOEY SHECK, SUSAN HOLMES, DEL APPLEBY AND LESLEY SACHS.
MUSICIANS: ALAN AXELROD, CARL SEALOVE, BOB FORTE AND SONYA EDELMAN.
THE ORIGINAL L.A. CAST WAS EIGHT. IN THE CIRCLE-IN-THE-SQUARE PRODUCTION IN NYC THE CAST SIZE WAS TEN. SINCE THEN AS MANY AS SIXTY PERFORMERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN ITS PRESENTATION.
"THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN" HAS ALSO BEEN PERFORMED AS A BALLET.
THE MELODIES OF "HAMELIN" WILL SOON REAPPEAR IN AN UPCOMING MUSICAL "MACABEAT."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.mightyechoes.com
Track List:
1. Overture
2. 1284
3. We're Rats
4. The Mayor Doesn't Care
5. Doing My Job
6. Rat Trap
7. Easy For Me
8. What a Day
9. Paradise
10. Transylvania
11. Better Keep Your Promise
12. Follow the Music Man
13. Did You See
14. Their Interests Are Our Interests
15. Mother
16. Gold
17. I'll Remember
18. You've Outstayed Your Welcome
19. Follow the Music Man Reprise
20. Paradise Reprise
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MUSICAL DIRECTOR: ALAN AXELROD. VOCALISTS: HARVEY SHIELD, JOHN HOSTETTER, JODI MITCHEL, J.D. ELLIS, JOEY SHECK, SUSAN HOLMES, DEL APPLEBY AND LESLEY SACHS.
MUSICIANS: ALAN AXELROD, CARL SEALOVE, BOB FORTE AND SONYA EDELMAN.
THE ORIGINAL L.A. CAST WAS EIGHT. IN THE CIRCLE-IN-THE-SQUARE PRODUCTION IN NYC THE CAST SIZE WAS TEN. SINCE THEN AS MANY AS SIXTY PERFORMERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN ITS PRESENTATION.
"THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN" HAS ALSO BEEN PERFORMED AS A BALLET.
THE MELODIES OF "HAMELIN" WILL SOON REAPPEAR IN AN UPCOMING MUSICAL "MACABEAT."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.mightyechoes.com
Track List:
1. Overture
2. 1284
3. We're Rats
4. The Mayor Doesn't Care
5. Doing My Job
6. Rat Trap
7. Easy For Me
8. What a Day
9. Paradise
10. Transylvania
11. Better Keep Your Promise
12. Follow the Music Man
13. Did You See
14. Their Interests Are Our Interests
15. Mother
16. Gold
17. I'll Remember
18. You've Outstayed Your Welcome
19. Follow the Music Man Reprise
20. Paradise Reprise
Suggested CDs:Other Genres: