"We originally envisioned a variety show, and with two theater troupes and a chorus, it seemed like that would be pretty easy," [Tara Ayres] says. "But once we started working on it, it turned into a fulllength musical." Highlights include choreography by Cindy Severi (in charge of the dancing for Mercury Players' The Full Monty last year) set to live renditions of Sly & the Family Stone's "Stand!" and "Everyday People" at the end of the first act, just before the riots (which the show doesn't depict).

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