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Plot Summaries & Character Descriptions from Important Musicals, Plays, Operas & Ballets





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Porgy and Bess In the African-American tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, times are tough. The residents make... 59
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Figaro and Susanna are about to become married. Nevertheless, problems arise. First, Marcellina dem... 59
Steel Magnolias The quintessential story of friendship and trust, Steel Magnolias serves up a southern slice of life... 58
The Diary of Anne Frank The story concerns the lives of a Jewish family hiding from the German occupying forces in war-torn ... 56
Curtains Curtains is parody of 1950s "whodunnit" theater mysteries, where a lone detective, Lieutenant Frank ... 56
Angels in America Set in New York City in the mid-1980s, Act One introduces us to the central characters. Louis Irons... 54
A Little Night Music A Little Night Music tells the story of middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman's search for sex and love... 54
As You Like It

In As You Like It Duke Frederick (the younger duke) has usurped his ol...

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The Wild Party Taking place in the roaring 1920s ,‘Wild Party’ concerns a blowout party in one wild eve... 54
The Who's Tommy After witnessing the accidental murder of his mother's lover by his father, young Tommy is so trauma... 52
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The play tells the story of greed and deception within a patriarchal souther family. Specifically, ... 51
Meet Me in St.Louis Taking place in 1904, ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ is an optimistic musical about the Smith fa... 51
The Importance of Being Ernest ... 50
Bugsy Malone Bugsy Malone ( usually cast with children or young adults) is a musical spoof very loosely based on ... 50
Show Boat Taking place over fifty years, 'Show Boat' tells the story of a showboat acting family and t... 49
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni opens sneaking into a house in order to seduce Donna Anna. Soon, Donna Anna appears, ch... 48
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ is the story of a an eccentric inventor named Caractacus Potts who, wi... 48
All My Sons All My Sons, Arthur Miller's first commercial success, tells the story of an American family caught ... 47
Big River While Huckleberry Finn continues his reckless, adventure-loving ways, his alcoholic and violent fath... 47
She Loves Me Set in Hungary in the 1930s, 'She Loves Me' tells the story of Georg and Amalia, two coworke... 46