Word: hollman
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...Urinetown,” running through November 10, is a satire that juxtaposes politics and bathroom humor. In drama, this divisive subject matter must be carefully presented in order to provoke laughter instead of offense. The script, written by Chicago artists Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, and its production by the Adams House Drama Society manage this feat with an absurdist mix of bald honesty and self-deprecating asides...
...that’s what Urinetown does best of all—sell its songs. Each features pleasant music by Mark Hollman, clever lyrics from Hollman and Greg Kotis and belongs to a recognizable genre that it not only parodies, but does so in a variety of often unexpected ways, while paying a sort of tribute to that which it mocks. A song to unite and rouse unorganized rebels takes the form of a gospel revival number before morphing into a choral piece with an actor gleefully conducting all those around him. An inspirational number that later echoes it mocks...