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Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale (Expanded Cast)

Visit an enchanted fairy tale land with dragons, a handsome prince, an evil would-be Queen, a really great hair stylist, and that famous princess with the long, long, long hair!

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Backing Tracks, Comedy
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: Medieval (6th-14th c.)
  • Target Audience: Children (Age 6 - 10), Young Children (Age 2 - 5), Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Piano Only

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Visit an enchanted fairy tale land with dragons, a handsome prince, an evil would-be Queen, a really great hair stylist, and that famous princess with the long, long, long hair! Hold on to your hair and prepare for a brand new magical musical re-telling of the classic fairy tale! 

On the edge of glory, the evil Lady Za Za determines to rule the kingdom by keeping the beautiful Princess Rapunzel - with the long, long, long hair - trapped in a tower in the deep, dark, dank, dismal, dreary forest. It’ll be up to Sir Roderick and his hair stylist friend Edgar (who is on a quest to find the perfect head of hair) to rescue Princess Rapunzel and restore the kingdom - with the help of a slightly neurotic Gypsy Woman - isn't there one in every fairy tale? and a tired, yet witty, old dragon named Socrates - who has lost his poof!

This version is for an expanded cast.
REVIEWS:

"Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale is a colorful and genially zany musical that will delight the kids and charm the parents as well. With an appealing pop-rock score by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, this musical adaptation of the Rapunzel fairy tale is full of lighthearted hilarity, keeping the proceedings broad and frolicsome. Children will enjoy the musical's gentle merriment. The inside jokes directed at theater and fairy tales, meanwhile, will likely beguile the adults. Winning! A perfect storybook atmosphere."

 Paul Hyde, Greenville Online

"Just saw this show yesterday at Casa Manana Theatre. First time I took my daughter to a play or musical and she absolutely adored it. She can't wait to come back to see another. I thoroughly enjoyed it, too! Very good musical for kids - she kept glued to the stage the whole time and laughed and clapped throughout!"

 Melanie K., A Happy Online Mom

"Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale is recommended for children 4 and older. Adults will enjoy it as well with a clever script that’s full of fun pop culture references. …take some time to relax with the family, and enjoy this hair-larious update of a familiar fairy tale."

 Cathy O'Neal, Theater Jones

"The musical by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman kept a young crowd enthralled with its clever take on a familiar story.  The melodies are tuneful… it’s a silly, fractured fairy tale, but there’s a lot of charm…"

 Nancy Churnin, Dallas News


Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • RAPUNZEL - A princess with extremely long hair trapped in a tower - who loves to sing, longs to be free.

  • SOCRATES - An enchanted dragon - an older, bespectacled dragon - worse for wear - with an English accent, he has been enchanted so he cannot fly or breathe fire and must stay near to Rapunzel's tower all by a spell cast by Za Za.

  • LADY ZA ZA (aka LADY ZAZALINSKY) - Rapunzel's Aunt, secretly the Wicked Enchantress who is outrageously dressed with over the top hair and makeup (in the style of Lady Gaga) and who always wears large a bright purple jewel on a necklace around her neck. She has been running the Kingdom as the Duchess but is obsessed with being Queen. NOTE: consider changing her hair/wigs at various times during the show.

  • SIR RODERICK - A handsome young man seeking a worthy quest, he just doesn't know what it is yet.

  • EDGAR - The greatest hair stylist in the kingdom and Sir Roderick's best friend.

  • MAN EXTRA / KING - A peasant who in the final scene - is revealed to be the King, Rapunzel's father.

  • WOMAN EXTRA 1 / QUEEN - A peasant who in the final scene is revealed to be the Queen, Rapunzel's mother.

  • GYPSY WOMAN / WOMAN EXTRA 2 - A mysterious woman living in the forest, a cross between an older Fran Drescher and a hypochondriac Jersey Housewife, plus other doubled roles.

  • EXTRA TOWNSPEOPLE / COURT MEMBERS / LADIES-IN-WAITING / GYPSY CHORUS - As to the number of extras that is up to the Director/Producing.

    • Available Material

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

    1 x Libretto
    1 x Piano/Vocal Score

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    21 x Librettos
    2 x Piano/Vocal Scores

    NOTE: The EXPANDED CAST VERSION features additional minor roles and an ensemble, and two songs have been added: "What a Very Regal Day" and "There's a Forest". Additionally, other ensemble songs have been crafted for large casts or for youth casts. The song "What A Very Lovely Day Reprise" has been cut.

    Accompaniment Tracks and Vocal Tracks are available upon booking. Customers can play the tracks from a computer or burn to a CD as needed. Customers will need a person to cue each track (sound person, teacher, etc.). The musical may be performed using a piano only, but using the Performance/Accompaniment Tracks is recommended and ideal. The scripts include new formatting indicating where performance tracks begin. (Some shows have more specific instructions about where the music stops, fades, pauses; etc.)

    There is no orchestration for this show.

    		$300.00 +$50.00/pm

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