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I Love a Piano

This celebration of the music of Irving Berlin follows a piano as it moves in and out of American lives from the turn of the century to present day.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Medium

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
I Love a Piano is the celebration of the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin. It follows the journey of a piano as it moves in and out of American lives from the turn of the century to the present. Along the way, the story comes to vibrant life with over sixty of Irving Berlin's most beloved songs, including classics such as 'Blue Skies,' 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' 'Puttin' on the Ritz,' 'Cheek to Cheek,' 'Always,' 'How Deep is the Ocean,' 'Anything You Can Do,' 'God Bless America,' and, of course, 'I Love a Piano.'

Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, rousing and reflective, I Love a Piano is a fitting tribute to the man Jerome Kern famously said had "no place in American music - he is American music".
REVIEWS:


"If you’re looking for a shot of vibrant good spirits set to Berlin’s jazzy masterpieces, I Love a Piano is a powerhouse of delights."

EDGE Boston

"I LOVE A PIANO captures the joy, wit, and nostalgia of Berlin's melting pot ideal."

Colorado Drama

"You will love I LOVE A PIANO!"

Showtime Magazine

"Roderick and Berkeley have captured both the astonishing range of Berlin's musical styles and the cleverness of his simple rhymes, which makes it easy to understand why the songwriter remains a national treasure."

The Boston Globe

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Chorus Size: No Chorus

I Love a Piano requires 6 triple-threat performers. While the cast retain their identities and names throughout the show, they play different characters in different time periods.

Available Material

Name Price
Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
1 x Piano-Conductor Score

$24.00
Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

10 x Libretto-Vocal Book
2 x Piano-Conductor Score

$550.00 +$135.00/pm
Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

1 x Piano-Conductor Score
1 x Drums (Traps, Train Whistles, Castanets, Wood Block, Triangle, Siren Whistle, Police Whistle, Glock, Mark Tree, Cow Bell, Whistle, Shaker, Sand Blocks, Timp, Sleigh Bells & Chimes [F])
1 x Bass (Doubles Tuba)
1 x Guitar (Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele)
1 x Trombone
1 x Trumpet
1 x Reed (Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Flute, Piccolo)
1 x Violin

$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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