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How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying)
Alvin Community College
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a satirical musical comedy about J. Pierrepont Finch, a window washer who uses a handbook to climb the corporate ladder at the World Wide Wicket Company, rising from a mailroom clerk to a high-ranking executive through ambition, luck, and a bit of manipulation. The show, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, is based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book and is known for its witty take on corporate culture, winning a Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962
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Murder by the Book
Alvin Community College
Set in London, "Murder by the Book" is a lighthearted inventive play filled with twists, dark humor, and playful deception. A thriller writer indulges in vitriolic word duels with his estranged wife until she shoots him. An amateur detective from the next flat attempts to solve the murder before calling the police. More deadly games are in store when the corpse rises and the tables are turned more than once for the victim and the killers.
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The Glass Menagerie
Alvin Community College
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a memory play that explores family, escape, and fragile dreams. Narrated by Tom Wingfield, the story looks back on his life with his overbearing mother Amanda and his shy, emotionally delicate sister Laura. Trapped in a small apartment and struggling with disappointment and unrealized hopes, each character longs for a different kind of freedom.
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