Sacramento Fifty Miles (or Brementown West)
By Eleanor Harder and Ray Harder. Based loosely on the old tale of The Brementown Musicians.
Product Code: ST3000
Musical
Cast size: 4m., 2w.
Rights and availability
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Synopsis
Here is an Americanized version of an old tale, set in the days of the California Gold Rush. Darby, a dreamer of a hound dog, and Molly, a mountain-grown burro, escape their gold prospector master who mistreats them. Setting off for Sacramento, where the streets are paved with gold and the good life abounds, they are joined along the way by a fiery Spanish cat and a dandified Southern rooster. When the foursome find an abandoned cabin, they discover it is used by the gold diggers turned gold robbers. They pool their combined wills and talents to claim the cabin as a home of their own and discover "you can be the town musicians anywhere you are."
Notes
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Musical
- Product Code ST3000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 56
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 85 min
- Staging Two sets with entr'acte.
Customer Reviews
Delightful humor and philosophy, excellent characterizations, catchy songs, a plot that holds all ages … the run had to be extended well beyond the original six weeks.
Delightful material for the family. Each character well-defined, and the music—so simple, so wonderful!
Media Reviews
"Sacramento Fifty Miles, a fantastic combo hits the road!" -The Sacramento Bee"A sparkling musical for young people, Sacramento Fifty Miles, based on the Brementown Musicians, retells this tale in a genuine and charming spirit." -The Nebraska Theatre Caravan
"The Goodman School Children's Theatre production of Sacramento Fifty Miles offers some thought-provoking songs about kindness to animals, and a jazzy cockadoodle-doo from Beauregard as well." -The Chicago Tribune
Gallery
Sacramento Fifty Miles (or Brementown West) - LaCrosse Playhouse, La Crosse, WI
Sacramento Fifty Miles (or Brementown West) - Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA
Sacramento Fifty Miles (or Brementown West) - Nebraska Theatre Caravan, Omaha, NE
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