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The Dream on Royal Street

Dream on Royal Street

Musical. Book by June Walker Rogers. Lyrics by David Rogers. Music by Alan Menken.

Synopsis

A madcap interpretation of the Bard's romantic A Midsummer Night's Dream set in the present in the Royal Street Hotel in New Orleans on Mardi Gras night.

Egeus, who owns the hotel, wants his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius, the assistant manager. Hermia loves Lysander, a lowly desk clerk, and the switchboard girl Helena loves Demetrius. When Oberon and Titania, the fabulous Las Vegas rock stars appearing in the hotel's nightclub, have a failing out, the four lovers become involved in Oberon's scheme for revenge.

Cast:

11m., 8w., extras, chorus if desired.

Time: The Present.
Place: The Royal Street Hotel

Note: Two men, two women, who double as ChiChi Changeling and guests. (The. characters are optional.)

Musical Numbers

  1. Mardi Gras
  2. The Course Of True Love
  3. Another Guy
  4. I Don't Need You
  5. Treat Me Like A Dog
  6. Jazz Lullaby
  7. Not So Near
  8. Treat Me Like A Dog (Reprise)
  9. With A Clear Head On Your Shoulders
  10. What Fools These Mortals Be
  11. Helena
  12. Thief Of Love
  13. Nobody Sleeps While We're On
  14. Once Upon A Dream
  15. Pyramus And Thisbe
  16. Finale
  17. Mardi Gras (Bows)

Area staging.

Orchestration and audition tape available.