Bingo! The Winning Musical
- Full Length Musical, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 1M, 6F
- ISBN: 9780573700194
Popcorn, friendship, intrigue and a famous five-letter word. Bingo turns Grandma's favorite form of gambling into fun-loving musical theater.
The New York Times
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Orchestra Size: Small/Combo
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Outdoor, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups, Senior Theatre
Bingo is a splashy, zippy, fun new musical comedy - great for theatres looking to produce a small musical with a big heart. Bingo is about a group of die-hard bingo players who stop at nothing to miss their weekly game. In between the number calling, strange rituals and fierce competitions, love blossoms and long lost friends reunite. These lovable characters spring to life with a smart, funny script and bouncy, hummable score. Audiences will be laughing in the aisles when they aren't playing games of bingo along with the cast!
Best friends and Bingo pals Vern, Honey and Patsy brave a terrible storm in order to attend the yearly celebration of the birth of Bingo and tribute to its founder, Edwin S. Lowe. As the storm knocks out power at the Bingo Hall, Patsy and Honey remind each other of the ominous night fifteen years ago that began in the same way. In flashback, Honey tells us about the night Vern and her best friend, Bernice, had their falling out. Bernice's sweet, yet headstrong daughter, Alison, enters the Bingo hall in disguise - Bernice's health is failing, and Alison is determined, with the help of Bingo, to reunite her mother with her long-lost best friend.
REVIEWS:
Best friends and Bingo pals Vern, Honey and Patsy brave a terrible storm in order to attend the yearly celebration of the birth of Bingo and tribute to its founder, Edwin S. Lowe. As the storm knocks out power at the Bingo Hall, Patsy and Honey remind each other of the ominous night fifteen years ago that began in the same way. In flashback, Honey tells us about the night Vern and her best friend, Bernice, had their falling out. Bernice's sweet, yet headstrong daughter, Alison, enters the Bingo hall in disguise - Bernice's health is failing, and Alison is determined, with the help of Bingo, to reunite her mother with her long-lost best friend.
REVIEWS:
Heitzman, Reid and Holcenberg's new musical comedy finds its heart, soul, and humor in a game that can be heard emanating from every church auditorium, high school cafeteria, and social hall across America.
The Beach Reporter
Popcorn, friendship, intrigue and a famous five-letter word. Bingo turns Grandma's favorite form of gambling into fun-loving musical theater.
The New York Times
Songs to bring down the house!
Los Angeles Times
Variety
The score is bouncy and well-crafted. An exportable small
theater concoction a la Forever Plaid.
A deceptively witty book and spirited performances - creating a hilarious portrait of a peculiar competitive event, much in the way The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee did for elementary school spellers.
The Associated Press
A show the whole family can enjoy.
Sun Sentinel Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
Warm-hearted, witty, musical comedy!
Chicago Tribune
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 6F
- Casting Attributes: Local Celebrity Cameo, Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
- Casting Notes: The show can also be performed with 6 - one male, and 5 female. You may combine the roles of Bernice and Minnie.
- Chorus Size: No Chorus
