The Big Bad Musical     The Big Bad Musical

A Howling Courtroom Comedy


By Alec Strum
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur

Cast:  Flexible cast of 14 (about 3M, 5F plus 6 that can be either), chorus
Set:  Simple courtroom set
Time:  About 1 hour

Script:  $6.00           Move your mouse here to see additional items Piano score:  $15.00
Vocal score:  $8.00
Production/rehearsal CD set:  $65.00
CD sampler T:  $4.00

Royalty:  $75 First performance/$60 Each additional performance

A courtroom has never been more lively and fun than in The Big Bad Musical!  This smart and wickedly funny musical is great for actors and audiences of any age.  The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world!  The notorious Big Bad Wolf is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by storybooks of quirky characters who want to get even:  Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.  With Sydney Grimm as the commentator on live Court TV, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest — the Evil Stepmother and the Fairy Godmother — clash in a trial that will be remembered forever after.  As our wronged fairy tale characters testify, the wolf seems deserving of all thats coming.  Yet, even though the infamous Evil Stepmother resents doing pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself.  Was he born a criminal, or made one?  This musical has it all — minimal set and costume requirements, a good balance of stage time for each character, multiple endings to make every performance unique and Bill Francoeurs toe-tapping tunes!


Song samples
Big Bad

I Got Nothin' to Say

No More

He Huffed and He Puffed

I Cried Wolf

Have Mercy On Me

May All Your Ever-Afters

Different versions of the same or similar story:
Big Bad


Other titles you may like:
Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood
The Ever After — A Musical
The Three Little Pigs Out West
Twinderella — The Musical
Unhappily Ever After
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