American Beauty
Music and lyrics by Michael Rice. Book by Jack Heifner, Romulus Linney, Kent R Brown, Hank Bates, Mary Rohde Scudday, and Cliff Fannin Baker.
Product Code: A77000
Musical
Drama
Cast size: 7w. (expandable to 20+w.) and 1 m. offstage voice.
Rights and availability
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Synopsis
This wonderfully entertaining musical dramatizes the hopes of seven women as they pursue their dreams of winning the Miss Delta Queen Beauty Pageant. The first act focuses on key events leading up to the last night of competition, while the second act sweeps us from the contestants' opening parade to the final moment of coronation. The talent competition featuring a montage of country, pop and operatic singers, a marimba player, a tap dancer, a twirler and an ill-performed dramatic monologue, is hilarious. Through a medley of serious and satiric monologues and scenes, American Beauty also introduces us to an array of secondary characters including backstage mothers, pageant judges, commercial sponsors, and flamboyant choreographers. In a satisfying plot twist at the end of the show, the audience discovers that each of the contestants was crowned "Miss Delta Queen" in competitions ranging from the present to the past. Songs include: "I'm in a Pageant!," "Pageant Mothers and Daughters," "Something's Gonna Happen" and "Fireflies and Shooting Stars." American Beauty captures all the anxiety, the fear and the elation involved in competition, while underscoring each contestant's courage and determination.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Musical
- Product Code A77000
- Minimum Cast Size 8
- Pages of Dialogue 89
- Min. Royalty Rate $85.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 120 min
- Staging Unit set.
Categories
- Target Audience High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
- Genre Drama
- ISBN(13) 9780871299291
Media Reviews
"American Beauty spoofs beauty contests … but, first and last, it values the human beings who participate in them. The effect is lump-in-the-throat stunning. This show is a delight." -Richmond News Leader"American Beauty has a big heart." -Richmond Times
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