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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Witch and Famous (Pun Warning)
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 19:05:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  2 19:05:18 1985
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Synopsis of this year's Hasty Pudding Theatrical production 137:

                         Witch and Famous.

(Notes: anything in square brackets [] is added by me, the rest is 
as it appeared in the playbill. Quoted additions are song titles.)

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     This year the Hasty Pudding Theatricals takes you back to 
those rosy days of yore, when men were men, and women were 
witches - days when a group of morally conscious Puritans, 
determined to rid the world once and for all of undesirable 
elements, armed themsleves with sotcks and bonds and set off to 
pursue their goal of a witch-free society ["We've Got a Lot at 
Stake".]

     Led by the deadly Mandy Torpedoes and the ebullient Mayor 
John Overflow [and including Pastor Pryme and Judge Mental], the 
Puritans plan their attack on a group of recently escaped wanton 
women who have just established, on the Cape Cod coast, an 
ultramodern entertainment comples called the Mortal's Inn.

     Meanwhile, in the Mortal's Inn, the women, led by the 
voracious Anita Mann [including Mona Lott, Sharon Sharalike, 
Eileen Dover, and Auntie Histamine] are putting the finishing 
touches on their grand opening ["Mortal's Inn Boogie"] Amos 
Behavin, a Puritan priest in training, along with [the two waifs] 
Joe Mamma and Stan Byerman, infiltrate the nightclub in disguise 
to spy and to seek proof of the women's witchliness. Instead, 
Amos falls madly in love with the supremely innocent Alice 
Fairinlove, and bemoans his dilemma of staying true to the church 
or to the bewitching Alice ["Crystal Ball"].

     Things up in Heaven soon become immersed in the Earthly 
existential dilemma as the Angel Alexis Position (the heavenly 
sister of Missionary Position), grants the devilish Lou Suffer 
parole. ["Devil Without a Cause"]  Fighting off his advances as 
well as her nausea for his tacky outfits, Alexis decides instead 
to go down to Earth to investigate the Puritans' charge of 
witchery. The ever persistent Lou secretly decides to follow her.

     [ Meanwhile, the Puritans begin the anticipate a Witch-free 
world ("Witch and Famous") and as Anita and the girls celebrate 
the opening of the Mortal's Inn ("Write me a Letter") prepare for 
the confrontation ("A Witch is a Terrible Thing to Waste") ]

     What happens next is anyone's guess as tempers and libidoes 
flare. Will Brotherhood and Equaminity vanquish Prejudice and 
Greed? [yes] Will Love have to take a backseat to Piety? [of 
course] What do these metaphysical terms mean anyway? [Beats me]
There's only one way to find out and this isn't it - but relax, 
it promises to be a hell of a lot more fun than Jerry Falwell. 


-- 
				Craig Werner
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