BDN, Maine Edge review School of Performing Arts production of ‘Urinetown’
The Maine Edge and Bangor Daily News published reviews of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical.” The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water shortage after a 20-year drought results in a ban on private bathrooms. Citizens are forced to pay to use public facilities operated by a ruthless corporation led by a corrupt capitalist who is forever raising prices. The Maine Edge review called the production a “fun, funny show that is both clever and cutting.” “It is also one of the more ambitious undertakings that we’ve seen from the School of Performing Arts — and ultimately, one of the more successful,” the article states. Performances of the musical, which are scheduled through Feb. 28 in Hauck Auditorium, also were included in the Bangor Daily News roundup “5 Things to do this Weekend.”