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BACKSTAGE MUSICAL COMEDY

Broadway or Bust

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Nominee: Outstanding New Work
21st Annual Column Awards, Dallas, TX, 2020

Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, 2019 (world premiere)

In a converted carpet shop storeroom, community theatre company, The Plush Pile Players, are spitting tacks! When resident director Jan trips on a toaster and breaks her ankle, all hopes of staging the Off-Off-Broadway flop, Broadway Glitz - the company's last-ditch attempt to save their theatre - seem impossible. That is until a lifeline comes in the unlikely shape of a bonafide Broadway director, Percy Scott. However, Jan's eccentric ensemble soon learn that their new messiah may not be all he seems. They must unite to save the show and the theatre. It's Broadway... or Bust!

REVIEWS

"Artistic Director of Pegasus Theatre, Kurt Kleinmann, seems to have a magic touch in the theatre work he presents. Such is the case with his latest production, Broadway or Bust. If you love community theatre as I do, this captures the drama and anxiety of the behind-the-scenes dramas that come with the territory. If there is anything in community theatre that simply drives you “Mad”, this captures that spirit and more."
The News Report, Dallas

"A MERRY ROMP!"
Dallas Observer

"A VERY CUTE SHOW! A fun night of entertainment - if that’s what you’re in the mood for, this is the show for you!
The Column, Dallas

THE MUSIC

Studio Demo Recording

Book, music, and lyrics
Paul Kalburgi

Piano arrangements
Simon Walters

Vocal arrangements and engineering
Kevan Frost

Featuring
Laura Prince (Hoods)
Jennifer Hepburn (Mamma Mia, Cats)
Zee Asha (Chicago, Mary Poppins)
Damian Robinson (Road Show)

PERCY:
I ridiculed the work that you do here, and in doing so I completely missed the point. It's not about staging a theatrical masterpiece, it's about the journey. It's about the people.

Broadway or Bust

Studio Demo Recording

PERCY: I ridiculed the work that you do here, and in doing so I completely missed the point. It's not about staging a theatrical masterpiece, it's about the journey. It's about the people.

PERCY:
I ridiculed the work that you do here, and in doing so I completely missed the point. It's not about staging a theatrical masterpiece, it's about the journey. It's about the people.