The production of Urinetown put on by the students of WHBHS was horrendous. The singers were off-key, the choreography was terrible, and there was way too much exposition. In other words it was a hard, cold, tumble of a journey, worthy of a gurney, a bumble down.

It actually wasn’t that bad. It actually was pretty awesome.

If you didn’t see the musical, or Hurricane Watch, and you have no idea what it was about then I shall tell you.

Urinetown is about a futuristic town where there has been a drought for 20 years and in order to conserve water the UGC (Urine Good Company) makes everyone pay to use the toilet and uses that money to find “long term solutions” to the drought – a.k.a. they all go to Rio. Also, there are laws against public urination so the police will send you to “Urinetown” if you are caught not using the public amenities.

So, Bobby Strong, the hero of our story, falls in love with Hope Cladwell, the daughter of the head of the UGC, Caldwell B. Cladwell. Hope tells Bobby to follow his heart, which leads him to rebel against the UGC for free urination. The musical goes on people sing, people dance, two guys kiss, and everyone dies. Look, no one said it was a happy musical, actually Officer Lockstock specifically said that it wasn’t a happy musical.

Anyway, everyone who took part in this performance did an amazing job, from the set to the singing to the choreography it was very well done.

Reed Kneski and James Blydenburgh, who played Officer Lockstock and Office Barrel respectively, were amazing as the comedic relief to an otherwise strange play.

Their quirky entrances and exits were perfect and the “Cop Song” was my all time favorite song from the show that the choreography went perfectly with. To be honest, I still have that song stuck in my head. Although, the best part was when Barrel professed his love to Lockstock, which included a kiss that no one was expecting.

Jack Vicari was perfectly picked for Bobby Strong, being the hero seems to be something Jack is rather good at. I have a feeling that he would be very good in a performance of the Titanic.

Likewise, Nick Auletti, who played Caldwell B. Cladwell, seems to enjoy being the bad guy in these performances, and he is very good at it. From the evil laugh to the craziness that comes with all these villains he has got it down. Although, I think my favorite performance of his was in last years musical, Footloose.

And one could never forget little miss Hope Cladwell played by Caity DeCara. Even though the whole situation with Hope and Bobby was very strange she pulled it off and still believed that you should follow your heart. Caity did an amazing job in this role and she has shown us that she is very good at faxing. Oh, and copying.

Then there is strong, hardworking, and quite loud Ms. Pennywise, who in fact is penny-wise. Stephanie Fitt was awesome in this role, apparently Stephanie enjoys dramatic roles considering she shockingly revealed that she was Hope’s mother at the end of the play.

Last, but not least, there was Little Sally. Maura Sitzmann, you were amazing, just saying. And I have to say that there is apparently no arguing with Little Sally, she knows her theatre!

I could keep going on and talk about everyone, but that seems like overkill and as Little Sally, has told us, nothing kills a performance like too much exposition. But, everyone seriously did an amazing job and I’m sorry, I would talk about all of you if I could. Again, everyone – cast, crew, director, choreographer, everyone – was amazing and I am so glad that you pulled this off and made an amazing show. I should really get around to getting involved in one of these things.

But, I do have one more thing to say, thank you Reed Kneski for the stab at the Common Core. Thank you and good night.