Musical based upon the screenplay by Jerry Belson 6 male, 7 female, plus ensemble Various Settings This touching and satiric musical by the creators of Little Shop of Horrors, A Chorus Line and They're Playing Our Song, follows the intrigue and exploits onstage and behind-the-scenes as Santa Rosa, California plays host to the Young American Miss Pageant. "A swift paced and thoroughly professional entertainment."- Time "Wonderful Marvin
The satire in this show possibly felt too close to the bone for this show to work in 1986, but it feels sufficiently removed that it would really hit its marks in a new production. Even some of the more dated references would serve as more temporal anchors than distractions.