A new musical subject..?

A quick look at recent Broadway trends might suggest that there are either more and more quirky, eccentric geniuses writing these scores and books for the new musicals, or they really are running out of ideas. But - I suppose you can't argue with great reviews and houses for such shows as 'The Bat Boy' (based on a tabloid newspaper's headline talking about a half-bat, half-boy!!); 'Urinetown' (seriously!! Where a water shortage leads to a character making a fortune from... - you can see where this is going...); 'Seussical' (The Cat in the Hat musical); and of course 'The Producers' (featuring such songs as 'Springtime for Hitler').

But - this probably is testimony to the willingness of producers to take chances - and the success of these shows perhaps means that we in Perth can moot our own show 'Tower!' - a musical oddessey through Court's fallus on Barrack Street...

Or not.

Toby