Green Town

Green Town consists of three short plays set in a small Midwestern town on the eve of the Great Depression. Act 1 (“Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine”) follows adolescent Ralph Spaulding, who senses something unusual coming to his grandmother’s boarding house. Abandoning former idol Mr. Wyneski, the town barber, for new boarder Mr. Dickens, Ralph changes his name to Pip and helps transcribe “A Tale of Two Cities.” Though the barber cries fraud, Green Town’s librarian warms to the courtly, Victorian-clad stranger. Act 2 (“Device Out of Time”) is the story of 99-year-old Col. Freeleigh who recounts his past wartime battles to two boys. (They called him a time machine.) In Act 3 (“The Genuine Homemade Truly Egyptian Mummy”), a father and son treat Green Town to an ersatz Egyptian mummy. (No animatronic magic here; it’s made of papier-mâché.) [from an LA Times review, mostly.]

01 Comin’ Round the Dog (Act 1 overture)06 The Barber’s Prayer11 Overtime (Act 2 overture)
02 The Nice Cane (a nice rag)07 On the Porch12 Out of Time/Overmummy (Act 2 out/Act 3 in)
03 Art of Artilleries08 Dickensong13 The Charlie Jump
04 Warfarrago09 Greenlight14 Reeds and Thistles
05 The February March10 A Plugged Nickleby (Act 1 exit music)15 The Mummy Walks

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