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CLARK GESNER (1938 - 2002) |
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Born in Augusta, ME in 1938. Raised in New England and Plainfield, NJ. A.B. in English, Princeton University, 1960. Army Special Services, 1961-63. Staff writer and composer for Captain Kangaroo (C.B.S-TV) 1963-66. Much writing and composing in New York for the past twelve years, for theater, records, and TV, especially Sesame Street and The Electric Cornpany. Wrote book, Stuff, etc., by John Gordon (pseud.) Lippincott. Filmmaker, writer, director, etc. Address (in 1981): 87 Remsen St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 (212) 875.5835. Agent (in 1981): Leo Bookman, William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10019 (212) 586-5100
Plays by Clark Gesner
Animal Fair | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62241 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Bloomers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Red Room | 2000 | ||||
Company: | TightShip | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #141773 | |||
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Genre: | Comic Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Book by Garet Scott; original music by Clark Gesner (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown). | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a small Virginia town in 1930, the rich and beautiful Olivia Hastings shoots a man dead and convinces everyone she was defending her honor. Only the dead man's blackmailing chauffeur and his slutty sister know the truth. And they have proof, a pair of incriminating bloomers monogrammed OH! Hilariously based on Somerset Maugham's The Letter. | |||||
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Bongo Fever! (She Done Him Sarong) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Theater, 39 Grove Street, New York, NY | 1999 | ||||
Company: | TightShip | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #141774 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 (includes one drag role) | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Book by Garet Scott; Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown). The style of this play is camp, filtered through the heightened acting of a '50's B-movie. The performances are presentational and should include the audience. Inspired by East of Sumatra starring forgotten hunk Jeff Chandler. | |||||
Synopsis: | Bongo Fever! is a fast-paced musical comedy set in 1956. Chance Cox leads an expedition to the peaceful South Sea island of Bongo Bongo in search of the uranium we need to keep the world safe for democracy. But when the volcano heats up, the Natives lose their cool. Will the idol's curse doom the brave miners? Can luscious Princess Desiree find the Invisible Temple in time to save them? Will Desiree's burly handmaiden Tami lose her virginity before she is sacrificed to the volcano god? The sun dial is ticking - Chance Cox has to mine the uranium before the volcano sets off a nuclear reaction! FEEL the Earthquake! SEE the Invisible Temple! DANCE the Dance of Death! | |||||
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Down! Down! Down! (30 Seconds to Hell) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Theater, 39 Grove Street, New York, NY | 1999 | ||||
Company: | TightShip | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #141775 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 (including 1 drag role) | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Book by Garet Scott; original music by Clark Gesner (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown). | |||||
Synopsis: | It's July 4, 1976 and the greatest party of the 20th Century begins at the grand opening of The Hercules, the strongest building in the world." Only the strongest building is just a little too heavy for the earth's crust, causing it to race Down! Down! Down! Inspired by 70's disaster flicks, Down! follows the heroics of Steve Smith, party planner and self-taught Earth scientist, as he tries to lead the survivors to safety. | |||||
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Jello Is Always Red | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre At St Peter's Church, New York | 11 Jun 1998 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | hcd-1502 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Harbinger Records (HCD 1502) 1997 | doollee no | #117466 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Ransom of Red Chief, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57015 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Musical Youth Audience | |||||
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Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Santa Maria, CA | 1979 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | oc-8738 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Original Cast Records (OC 8738) 1979 | doollee no | #57016 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 18 | ||
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Notes: | Music by Clark Gesner; lyrics by Clarke Gesner; book by Nagle Jackson; book by Clark Gesner | |||||
| Morrissey Hall Girls School and the headmistress seems completely unaware of the mischief her girls get up to. | |||||
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre 80 St Marks, New York | 07 Mar 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Tams Witmark, 757 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017, | ISBN/ASIN: | 851-2 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Decca (012 159 851-2) 1967 | doollee no | #57017 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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| If, like a lot of the members of the audience at the performance I attended, you're four or five years or old, then You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is filled with simple, happy moments of fun and song that will delight you. If, like me, you're old enough to remember the heyday of the first Peanuts craze (back in the sixties, when "Happiness Is. . ." was a catchphrase as popular as any yada yada thought up by Jerry Seinfeld), then you'll find yourself time and again wearing a smile of recognition as beloved iconic moments from nearly fifty years of Charles M. Schulz's cartoon come to life on the stage of the Ambassador Theatre. Charlie Brown tries to fly a kite. . .Lucy bosses Linus around shamelessly. . .Snoopy battles his old nemesis the Red Baron. At the end, the whole gang concludes in song that "Happiness is anyone and anything at all that's loved by you," and you go all misty, remembering the long-ago afternoon when you sang that song in your sixth-grade school pageant. | |||||
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