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Overview

Synopsis

"Pipe Dream" is a tale of hard times and star-crossed love on Cannery Row. The musical is populated with longshoremen and "ladies of the evening", who weave a poignant story of the friendship and romance that blossoms among the loners and runaways searching for their dreams on the Monterey wharf. The show focuses on a marine biologist, Doc, and his relationship with a downtrodden defiant waif, Suzy.

Show Information

Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Large Cast

Characters

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Character Portrayals

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Songs

  • All Kinds of People – Doc and Hazel
  • The Tide Pool – Doc, Hazel, Mac and Suzy
  • Everybody's Got a Home but Me – Suzy
  • All Kinds of People (Reprise) – Jim Blaikey
  • A Lopsided Bus – Mac, Hazel, Kitty, Sonya and chorus
  • Bums' Opera – Fauna, Joe, Pancho and chorus
  • The Man I Used to Be – Doc
  • Sweet Thursday – Fauna
  • Suzy Is a Good Thing – Fauna and Suzy
  • All at Once You Love Her – Doc, Suzy and Esteban
  • The Happiest House on the Block – Fauna and chorus girls
  • The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night – Mac and company
  • Thinkin' – Hazel
  • All at Once You Love Her (Reprise) – Fauna
  • How Long? – Fauna, Doc, and chorus
  • The Next Time It Happens – Suzy and Doc
  • Sweet Thursday (Reprise) – Entire company
  • Finale – Entire company

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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