Musicland - Family Musical
Musicland - Family Musical
by Auriel Wyndham Livezey
With comedy, drama, dance and memorable music, Musicland explores the busyness of modern life. High-powered CEO and business owner, Bill Buskirk, bans all forms of music at the workplace. He is big business or "busyness" personified and has little time for family, friends or anything else but work. Expecting to receive an award for a weird business equation he has concocted, instead Bill is actually about to receive three life-altering experiences.
His day doesn’t start off well because, as the clock strikes 8 am, he catches the office boy and girl dancing a tango in the office. Then things really begin to happen. Children arrive to sing for peace, after which his wife visits him with an unexpected announcement. Lastly, he has a surprise meeting with someone and this is all just in the first act. There is even a dream sequence in which the children turn into notes and teach Bill a few lessons in life. You’ll enjoy his "steps" as Bill does quite a turnaround, learning at last what happiness and success really mean.
This is a good ensemble play with everyone having the opportunity to sing, dance or act.
Stars of musical theater sing on this 18 track CD
- Overture
- Yes sir tango
- There will not be any music
- Willy’s song
- Musicland
- I met a note
- Remember
- Dear B, Dear C
- Get the beat hornpipe
- Life’s melody
- Just around the corner
- Something bright and beautiful
- CEO waltz
- A noteworthy polka
- An island called Molokai
- I can tango
- Gently flows our love.
- Remember finale.
Below are music samplings from the CD:
Script is 71 pages, coil-bound in accessible booklet form. Full script and music CD $21.
Note: Special rates are available for schools or youth theater groups.
A long one-act version of this play is also available.