The Emperor's New Clothes (Ahrens/Flaherty)

The Emperor's New Clothes (Ahrens/Flaherty)


Music by  Stephen Flaherty
Book and Lyrics by  Lynn Ahrens


One Act, Book Musical, Rated G
Originally Produced by TheatreworksUSA

Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have created a contemporary "fractured fairytale,"  adding song and dance and a castle full of characters to Hans Christian Andersen's delightful tale. The Washington Post called THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES "a sweet and funny  musical with a quirky, helium-light score...a memorable tribute to the power of  friendship."

Emperor Marcus the Third wonders how he can possibly run an empire when he's only 14 years old. In an attempt to appear more mature to his people, he accepts the credo that "clothes make the man," but soon finds himself the center of a hoax. Who can blame him for getting into a royal mess--only to find that "no matter how grand or small you appear/the person who counts is the person in here!" And "here," as everyone knows, is your heart.
 
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The musical Grand Hotel began life as "At The Grand" produced on the West Coast in 1958. With some new songs, a new book and a new name, it took Broadway by storm in 1989, running for 1,018 performances.

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