Musicals with Book, Music, and Lyrics
by Stephen Murray

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Are We There Yet?

This is a fun, revue style show on the subject of travel. Very flexible for large or small casts.

Steve's favorite song from this show: If Only I Could Touch the Sky

The Edge of the Nest

A revue about life from birth to age 18. Lots of upbeat tunes about the events of childhood. It includes a zany parody of Mary Poppins. Great for large or small casts.

Steve's favorite song from this show: Little Lunch Lady

Kamp KAOS

A wild and wacky Summer Camp musical. Counselors and campers, practical jokes, madness and mayhem.

Steve's favorite song from this show: Wally, Wake Up!

Katastrophe Kate

Yee Hah! Here's a Wild Western musical with outlaws, secret identities, and a spicy chili recipe.

Steve's favorite song from this show: I Feel Lousy

The Magic Snowman

This is a musical for young audiences that can be cast with as few as 4 actors. It is loosely based on the famous story, Stone Soup.

Steve's favorite song from this show: Mulligan's General Store

Mother Goose, Inc.

Fabulously Fractured Fairy Tales! Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm are presented as rival fairy tale companies.

Steve's favorite song from this show: It's Not So Bad Being Bad

Musical! The Bard is Back!

The stage at Hilltop High has gone unused for 20 years. Suddenly the principal decides that music teacher Peggy Donahue will direct a new musical version of Romeo and Juliet. Enter the jealous understudy, the mother of all stage mothers, a stage crew obsessed with duct tape, and other madness.

Steve's favorite song from this show: Duct Tape

Pom-Pom Zombies

This is the most popular of the Murray Musicals. A spoof of the 1960's beach party movies and B-monster movies combined. Lots of great parodies of 1960's hits. Zombies, beatniks, jocks, nerds, and a crazy pirate woman. Lots of fun.

Steve's favorite song from this show: I Could Never Bite You

The President's New Clothes

Politicians are rather silly people and so is this show. This is a comedic modern retelling of The Emperor's New Clothes.

Steve's favorite song from this show: He's Just a Man (especially the way Tracy DeBlois sings it on the demo CD)

Tortoise Vs. Hare

The first Murray Musical. Based on the fable by Aesop.  The Hare is the leader of a gang called the "Hare's Angels". The Tortoise gets health and nutrition advice from an odd cast of animal characters.

Steve's favorite song from this show: Cheating

The Universe and Other Stuff

This show is subtitled, Brief and Inaccurate History of Everything. The show opens with a collage of creation myths from all over the world then bursts into The Big Bang. Topics then travel from the solar system to dinosaurs to primitive humans and beyond.

HEY TEACHERS! This show is a terrific way to incorporate Science and Social Studies into your Music and Drama programs. True Murray-heads will recognize this show as the final resting place of 2 songs from the early Murray Musical, The Legend of Columbus.

Steve's favorite song from this show: I Am the Sun (I'm a great big ball of gas, and I'm hot!)