The Race to Urga

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name= The Race to Urga
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music= Leonard Bernstein
lyrics= Stephen Sondheim
book= John Guare
basis= Bertolt Brecht's play
"The Exception and the Rule"
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"The Race to Urga" is a musical theatre play.

It started out as a 1968 Stephen Sondheim adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht play "The Exception and the Rule". Soon the project was renamed to "A Pray by Blecht", and composition of the music was passed on to Leonard Bernstein, though Sondheim still intended to write the lyrics. The show was never completed, but, in April 1986, a workshop production was presented at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. John Guare assisted with writing the book for this production. There is no known recording of this show, although there was a demo recording done in 1968. [ [http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/6262 Exception and The Rule > Demo [CastAlbums.org ] ]

ong list (Workshop)

* Prologue Marches
* Intro / In Seven Days Flat
* You're In Hann
* The Secret
* The Suspicion Song
* Coolie's Dilemma (lyrics by Jerry Lieber)
* Doors to Urga
* Get Your Ass In There
* Coolie's Prayer
* Number One
* The Zorba's Dance

References

External links

* http://www.sondheim.com/shows/a_pray_by_blecht/
* [http://www.sondheimguide.com/unproduced.html#Exception sondheimguide.com listing]