The Emperor's New Clothes
Book and lyrics by Eric Coble. Music and additional lyrics by Kenneth Kacmar and Bill Hoffman.
Product Code: E03000
Musical
Comedy
Cast size: 1w., 3 either gender; may be expanded to 20 or more either gender.
Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold in the following countries:
Canada, United States
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.
Synopsis
A Caribbean musical adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale! It's a big day on the tiny island of Little Iguana: it's young Jasmin Martin's birthday. Her wish is simple-to spend the day making sand castles with her parents and to try on the beautiful simple sash her father bought her. But the Emperor of the island sets all the fashion standards -from high-tops to headgear-and poor Jasmin's big day doesn't stand a chance against the thrills of the runway. Then "magic" tailor Uriah "Buzz" Butler swims ashore (having been kicked off the island of Little Barracuda for starting a rebellion), and he has his own ideas for a clothing line. Now the Emperor, his subjects, and the whole island are in for a shock. This charming version features song styles of the Caribbean-Calypso, Reggae, Ska, and even a hat-and-cane number (as well as audience participation and the most amazing loom you'll ever see on a stage)—all to make the point that clothes don't make the human!
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Musical
- Product Code E03000
- Minimum Cast Size 4
- Pages of Dialogue 42
- Min. Royalty Rate $50.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 45 min
- Staging Area staging.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
- Genre Comedy
- ISBN(13) 9781583424094
Media Reviews
"[This] hilarious, Caribbean-flavored Emperor's New Clothes is an audience-participatory blast with a sneaky little moral." -Cleveland Plain Dealer"Full of the little things kids love with a hilarious denouement worth the wait. Judging from the reaction of the young audience, the play's title character was the only one who didn't leave in stitches." -St. Petersburg Times
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