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Stop the World - I Want to Get Off

In this thought-provoking tale about the fleeting nature of worldly success, an Everyman character named Littlechap is born, grows up, faces life's many challenges, and ultimately makes a choice celebrating the perpetual cycle of life.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Experimental, Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

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

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 1963 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Anna Quayle)
Stop the World - I Want To Get Off is a thought-provoking tale about the fleeting nature of worldly success. In a circus-like world, the hero -- and Everyman character named Littlechap -- is born, grows up, faces life's many challenges, and ultimately makes a choice celebrating the perpetual cycle of life.

The tuneful score by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse includes the hit songs "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Once In A Lifetime," and "Gonna Build A Mountain."

Premiere Production:

Stop The World - I Want To Get Off opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on July 20, 1961, where it played for 485 performances. The Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 3, 1962, starring Anthony Newley and Anna Quayle. That New York production later transferred to the Ambassador Theatre, playing a total of 555 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Small

  • LITTLECHAP
    EVIE (Also Anya, Ilse and Ginnie)
    JANE
    SUSAN
    BOY
    CHORUS OF SEVEN GIRLS
    ANNOUNCER

    • Available Material

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

    1 x Lib-Vocal Book

    		$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 Chorus Parts
    6 x Prompt Books for Principal Characters
    4 x Conductor Scores for Principal Characters
    1 x Piano Conductor's Score (Two Volume Set)
    1 x Prompt Book

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

    1 Bass

    1 Reed I: Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone
    1 Reed II:P Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone
    1 Reed III: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone
    1 Reed IV: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
    1 Reed V: Bassoon

    1 Horn
    1 Trumpets I & II
    1 Trombone I
    1 Trombone II
    2 Percussion I & II

    I:
    Snare Drum (Brushes & Sticks)
    Bass Drum
    Cymbals (Suspended & Hi-Hat)
    Triangle
    Tom-Toms (3 Pitches)
    Cow Bell
    Wood Block
    Slide Whistle
    Finger Cymbals
    Gong (Tam Tam)
    Temple Blocks
    Tambourine

    II:
    Timpani (3 Drums)
    Xylophone
    Vibraphone
    Glockenspiel
    Chimes
    Finger Cymbals
    Auto Horn
    Siren
    Wood Block
    Hand Cymbals

    Piano (Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material.)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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