American Beauty
- Full Length Musical, Comedy, Contemporary
- 1M, 7F
- ISBN: A77
This wonderfully entertaining musical dramatizes the hopes of seven women as they pursue their dreams of winning the Miss Delta Queen Beauty Pageant.
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Comedy
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
This wonderfully entertaining musical dramatizes the hopes of seven women as they pursue their dreams of winning the Miss Delta Queen Beauty Pageant.
The first act focuses on key events leading up to the last night of competition, while the second act sweeps us from the contestants' opening parade to the final moment of coronation. The talent competition featuring a montage of country, pop and operatic singers, a marimba player, a tap dancer, a twirler and an ill-performed dramatic monologue, is hilarious.
Through a medley of serious and satiric monologues and scenes, American Beauty also introduces us to an array of secondary characters including backstage mothers, pageant judges, commercial sponsors, and flamboyant choreographers. In a satisfying plot twist at the end of the show, the audience discovers that each of the contestants was crowned Miss Delta Queen in competitions ranging from the present to the past.
American Beauty captures all the anxiety, the fear and the elation involved in competition, while underscoring each contestant's courage and determination.
REVIEWS:
The first act focuses on key events leading up to the last night of competition, while the second act sweeps us from the contestants' opening parade to the final moment of coronation. The talent competition featuring a montage of country, pop and operatic singers, a marimba player, a tap dancer, a twirler and an ill-performed dramatic monologue, is hilarious.
Through a medley of serious and satiric monologues and scenes, American Beauty also introduces us to an array of secondary characters including backstage mothers, pageant judges, commercial sponsors, and flamboyant choreographers. In a satisfying plot twist at the end of the show, the audience discovers that each of the contestants was crowned Miss Delta Queen in competitions ranging from the present to the past.
American Beauty captures all the anxiety, the fear and the elation involved in competition, while underscoring each contestant's courage and determination.
REVIEWS:
"American Beauty spoofs beauty contests... but, first and last, it values the human beings who participate in them. The effect is lump-in-the-throat stunning. This show is a delight."
Richmond News Leader
"American Beauty has a big heart."
Richmond Times
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 7F
- Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
