Tales of Tinseltown

"It's Singin' in the Rain meets Hollywood Babylon." On a farm in Walnut Iowa, the abused but ambitious Ellie Ash aspires to screen immortality. Elmo Green, a scenarist from NYC, bicycles by. He's immediately smitten by Ellie, who jumps on his bike—Hollywood bound. Soon they work with characters reminiscent of Ethel Merman (brassy Bertha Powell), Gene Kelly (fleet Danny Burke), Mario Lanza (lumpy Tony Toscanni), Erich Von Stroheim (producer/director Norman G. Neinstein), & Joan Crawford (vamp Lulu Beauveen). Soon, Ellie triumphs at N.G.N. Productions—the "Girl of a Thousand Sounds"—till columnist Adele DeRale exposes unseemly events. Separately, Ellie & Elmo climb up to the Hollywoodland Sign, possibly to jump, then make an unexpected decision.

Act One

• “The Public Wants to Know” Adele & Ensemble
• “I Belong In Hollywood” Ellie, Lem, Clem, & Clyde
• “Let's Go” Elmo & Ellie
• “N.G.N. Productions” Ensemble
• “The Musical Showdown” Lulu, Elmo, Norman, & Ensemble
• “Someone To Love Me” Tony
• “I Can Sing” Bertha
• “All Over the Place” Danny with Ellie
• “All I Dreamed” Ellie
• “The Jungle Song” Lulu, Danny, & Ellie, with Bertha, Adele, & Tony
• “So This Is The Movies” Elmo
• “Sounds in the Night” Ellie
• “Keep In Step” Ellie, Danny, Lulu, & Bertha
• “Hunchy” Tony & Ellie
• “It's Mine” Ellie, With Lulu, Bertha, Danny, & Tony

Act Two

• “Born to Be Bad” Ellie
• “My Best False Face” Adele
• “I'll Stand By You” Elmo
• “For My Career” Bertha, Danny, Tony, Norman, & Ellie
• “Stars In My Eyes” Ellie, with Bertha, Tony, Lulu, & Danny
• “Finale” Ensemble