Music:Janet Hood
Lyrics:Bill Russell
Book:Bill Russell
Theatre: York Theatre
Performer:Courtney Balan, Allyson Kaye Daniel, Luba Mason , Celeste Rose
OPENS IN LONDON AT THE SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 5th SEPTEMBER 2018!!
Unexpected Joy is the story of three generations of female singers, long-held family tensions and a week together where change is in the air. In modern day Cape Cod, Joy, a baby boomer and proud hippie, is holding a memorial concert for the other half of her popular musical duo, Jump & Joy. When her tightly wound conservative daughter and her sweet rebellious granddaughter arrive from Oklahoma, the sparks fly as one family seeks to find the common ground in their different values, dreams and goals. A heartfelt and hilarious story that celebrates diversity and acceptance, Unexpected Joy weaves folk-rock, pop, and blues in bringing together a family that hasnt experienced true joy together for decades.
Tracklist
1. How Do We Go On?
2. Like a Good Girl
3. I Think I'm Losing My Voice
4. Before You Arrive
5. She's Got a Mind of Her Own
6. I Don't Wanna Get Married
7. What a Woman Can Do
8. Better Time Are Coming
9. You Are My Worst Nightmare
10. Unexpected Joy
11. When Will I Have My Own?
12. Raising Them Right
13. Common Ground
14. Bows (Unexpected Joy Reprise)
