Urinetown The Musical

This year's musical production at the Delta Center for the Arts is Urinetown The Musical. It's being directed by John White, who starred as Walter Burns in last summer's production of "The Front Page" and won a Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance Elly Award for Set Design for "Man of La Mancha."

I'll be playing Senator Fipp, a small but distinct role, with performances at 8 p.m. on May 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, and a 2 p.m. matinee on May 14.

Nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 2002, and winner for Best Book of a Musical, "Urinetown The Musical" is the satirical tale of greed, corruption, romance and revolution in a city where water is worth its weight in gold. The show celebrates and spoofs Broadway musical theatre traditions, "poking good-natured fun at everything from corporate greed and politics to boy-meets-girl romance to good-versus-evil."

It is not a happy musical, but it is a funny one.