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A Musical in 2 Acts and a Prologue. Book and lyrics by Jerry Colker. Music by Michael Rupert.

Music Box Theatre, Broadway - Opened 14th April, 1988; closed 14th May, 1988 (36 performances).

Synopsis

An unpublished writer, who has disappeared for four months, returns to his squalid apartment abd reads his Mail. As he reads, the writers, whether from debt collectors, bulk mail advertisers, his agentor his sweeyheart, come to life to act out the letter contents.

CAST (in order of appearance):

  • Alex
  • Dana
  • Radio Announcer
  • Radio Singer
  • LIFE Execs
  • Franklin
  • Sandi
  • Max
  • Kathy Sue Binger
  • Billy Ray Binger
  • Assistants
  • Power Ladies
  • Mama Utility
  • Con Ed Men
  • Democratic Party Delegate
  • Brunhilda:
  • Hunter
  • Gypsy
  • Boy Scout
  • I.R.S. Auditor
  • Operator
  • Candi Suwinski
  • Harmony Steinberg
  • Craterface Callahan
  • Takeuchi Fujimoto
  • Mr. Stansbury
  • Lois T. Wertshafter
  • Pitchman
  • Pitch people

Scenes and Settings

Musical Numbers

PROLOGUE

  1. Monolithic Madness - Alex

ACT 1

  1. Gone So Long - Radio Singer
  2. Hit the Ground Running - Dana, Alex
  3. It's Your Life - Assistants with Billy Ray
  4. Cookin' with Steam (Music by Brian Mitchell and Michael Rupert. Lyrics by Jerry Colker. Recorded track arranged and played by Brian Mitchell.) - Franklin
  5. It's Just a Question of Technique - Sandi, Alex
  6. It's None of My Business - Max
  7. Crazy World - Dana
  8. Ambivalent Rag - Alex
  9. It's Your Life II - Assistants with Billy Ray
  10. You Better Get Outta Town - Kathy Sue, Billy Ray, Life Executives
  11. We're Gonna Turn Off Your Juice - Power Lady, Kathy Sue, Radio Singer, Con Ed Men,
  12. The World Set on Fire by a Black and a Jew - Franklin, Alex
  13. Where Are You/Where Am I? - Dana
  14. Family Ties - Max
  15. One Lost Weekend - Sandi, Alex, Dana
  16. Junk Mail/Disconnected - Ensemble
  17. Helplessness at Midnight - Radio Singer
  18. What Have You Been Doing for the Past Ten Years? - Alex, Ensemble
  19. A Blank Piece of Paper - Alex

ACT 2

  1. Sweepstakes - Alex, Billy Ray, Pitchpeople
  2. It's Getting Harder to LoveYou - Dana, Pitchwomen
  3. Publish Your Book - Sandi, Alex, Pitchpeople
  4. Ambivalent Rag II - Alex
  5. Pages of My Diary - Dana, Alex, Pitchwomen
  6. One Step at a Time/Ambivalent Rag III - Alex, Pitchpeople
  7. Don't Count on It - Ellis, Alex
  8. Friends for Life - Franklin, Alex
  9. Twenty-Nine Years Ago - Max, Alex
  10. Crazy World (reprise) - Alex
  11. Sweepstakes (reprise) - Pitchpeople
  12. A Blank Piece of Paper (reprise) - Alex
  13. Crazy World (Finale) - Alex, Dana