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Greg Kotis

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LyricistBook Writer b. 1965

Greg Kotis (born 1965/1966) is an American playwright, best known for writing the book and co-writing the lyrics for the musical Urinetown.

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Urinetown

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  • Composer Mark Hollmann and bookwriter Greg Kotis—who both collaborated on the lyrics—did want to find another name. The best they could ever come up with, however, was You’re in Town. Ultimately they felt that that title would be unfair to the public, who wouldn’t be able to infer from You’re in Town what was really on the authors’ minds:…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • The plot and score (by composer Mark Hollmann and book writer Greg Kotis) were in marked contrast to The Drowsy Chaperone’s score by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and Bob Martin’s book. This was a nostalgic tour down memory lane, in which a “Man in Chair” enjoys a bootleg recording of a musical from the twenties. He gets so immersed that…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Unable to afford the price of admission to a public toilet while in Paris, Greg Kotis conceived the idea of a corporation owning the rights to a city’s water supply and allowing the citizens to use public facilities for a fee. He thought it would have to be a musical “because it is so absurd.” As it developed, it became a satiric commenta…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Urinetown is a highly entertaining and funny show, but its underlying plot (supported by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis’s dark Kurt Weill–esque score) is actually a satiric comment on corporate culture and greed. While much hysterical mayhem ensues, multiple characters die or are murdered. This, however, doesn’t stop the characters from sing…ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • Anyone who has seen Urinetown will be familiar with that sensation. Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, the show’s authors, were two of the driving forces behind Cardiff Giant, and for those of us who saw their Chicago shows ten or more years ago, part of the excitement of Urinetown is in seeing that anarchic, bizarre, Chicago storefront sensib…ebooks/Kotis, Greg/Urinetown_ The Musical - Greg Kotis & Mark Hollmann.txt
  • The Cardiff Giant Theater Company ensemble, Chicago, 1988. Clockwise from left: Greg Kotis, Mark Hollmann, John Hildreth, Bob Fisher, and Phil Ridarelli (CAROLYN SCHNEIDER/MS. SCHNEIDERebooks/Kotis, Greg/Urinetown_ The Musical - Greg Kotis & Mark Hollmann.txt

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