The songs of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, from "Suddenly, Seymour" to "Under the Sea," have become part of the American subconsciousâbut few have heard their first musical, Kurt Vonnegutâs God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The 1979 show tells the story of Eliot Rosewater (Santino Fontana), a millionaire who drunkenly decides to blow his fortune on an impoverished town after being inspired by the utopian vision of novelist Kilgore Trout (James Earl Jones). But there are forces who want to put the kibosh on Eliotâs philanthropyâlike Norman Mushari (Skylar Astin), a lawyer plotting to have Eliot declared insane. With an irresistible crazy-quilt score that volleys between pop, ragtime, Gilbert & Sullivan, and proto-Disney ballads, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater deserves to be part of our world again.
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1. Overture br /2. The Rosewater Foundation br /3. The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise) br /4. Dear Ophelia br /5. Thank God for the Volunteer Fire Brigade br /6. Mushari's Waltz (Magical Moment) br /7. Thirty Miles From the Banks of the Ohio br / Look Who's Here br /8. Cheese Nips br /9. The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise II) br /10. Since You Came to This Town br /11. A Poem by William Blake br /12. The Rhode Island Tango br /13. Eliot/Sylvia br /14. Plain Clean Average Americans br /15. A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis br /16. Dear Ophelia (Reprise) br /17. I, Eliot Rosewater
