The Great American Trailer Park Musical

Infobox Musical
name= The Great American Trailer Park Musical


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music= David Nehls
lyrics= David Nehls
book= Betsy Kelso
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productions= 2005 Off-Broadway
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"The Great American Trailer Park Musical" is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It was performed in the first annual New York Music Theater Festival in 2004. "Trailer Park" opened off-Broadway at Bows at Dodger Stages on September 27, 2005, and starred Marya Grandy (Lin), Linda Hart (Betty), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Kaitlin Hopkins (Jeanne), Leslie Kritzer (Pickles), Orfeh (Pippi), and Wayne Wilcox (Duke).

The U.S. regional premiere of "Trailer Park" opened on June 2, 2006 at Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Florida.

The 1st National Tour of "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" began January 2008 in Spokane, Washington. Directed and choreographed by Steven Smeltzer; starring Erica Livingston (Jeanne), David Howard (Norbert), Sara Ruzicka (Pippi), MaryAnne Piccolo (Lin), Lindsay Devino (Pickles), Dane Agostinis (Duke), Doreen Barnard (Betty), Kenneth D'Elia and Carolyn Kimmel (Swings). The Role of Jeannie was replaced by Amanda Earls and the role of Pickles was replaced by Caitlin Maloney in the second U.S. leg.

"The Great American Trailer Park Musical" made its UK premiere with the same cast from the 1st National Tour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008. It then made its English premiere later that year in Birmingham, England.

Recording

"The Great American Trailer Park Musical" was recorded on October 26, 2005 at Right Track Studio A in NYC and was released on January 17, 2006 by Sh-K-Boom Records.

Musical numbers

*This Side of the Tracks
*One Step Closer
*The Buck Stops Here
*It Doesn't Take A Genius
*Owner of My Heart
*The Great American TV Show
*Flushed Down the Pipes
*Storm's A-Brewin'
*Road Kill
*But He's Mine / It's Never Easy
*That's Why I Love My Man
*Panic
*Finale
*This Side of the Tracks (Reprise)

External links

* [http://www.trailerparkmusical.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.trailerparkmusicaltour.com/ National Tour Official Website]
* [http://www.sh-k-boom.com/ Sh-K-Boom Records]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED61238F932A35753C1A9629C8B63 NYT Review]