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Hamilton appears and accuses Alfonso of two-timing him with a woman. Alfonso is outraged at the suggestion that he and Hamilton (who have never met before) are lovers. He threatens Hamilton, who in turn eggs him on and warns Alfonso that he has a black belt in karate. Horrified by the prospect of losing a physical battle to such an effeminate and smaller person, Alfonso backs off. The play ends with the jilted girlfriend and Hamilton embarking on a new kind of relationship for both of them. TA production in San Antonio in 2017 won two performance awards and an "excellence" award for script from the Alamo City Arts Council
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Cinderella rejects the prince because she is disturbed by his obsession with whether or not her feet will fit a glass slipper. She falls for a penniless courtier who rescues her from the slave traders to whom her stepmother tries to sell her. The show ends with the couple entering and winning a national talent show. You can see/hear two songs from the show on Youtube:
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569:. The musical sticks fairly closely to Charles Dickens’s novella but condenses some of the scenes and excludes the necessity of certain elements (like some of the Cratchit children apart from Timy Tim), and the giant figure that requires an actor to walk on stilts. This reduces the size of the cast and makes it easier to stage. The music is a blend of traditional Christmas carols and songs – mainly with new or altered lyrics – and new songs reflecting the narrative progression and the characters.
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685:. Playwright Mark Leonard lauded Estrada's "brilliant, energetic portrayal of Williams. Both Taylor and Estrada deftly sidestep the cloying cliches to offer a gripping and vastly entertaining hour or so in the company of an American genius bent on self-destruction. Their Tennessee has heart, soul, rage and wit and it is well worth spending an evening entranced and entertained in his company."
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Christian Andersen's lesser-known fairy tales is considerably expanded and re-worked by Taylor in a comic opera using the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This was completed in 2010. All four comic operas, plus two plays, were published in Britain by Stagescripts Ltd in 2010. Here is
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A musical loosely based on W.M. Thackeray's movel Vanity Fair. Completed in 2023. The narrative takes four of the most prominent characters in Thackeray's novel (most notably Becky Sharpe) and puts them in a modern context. You can see and hear an introduction to the musical on Youtube:
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