Inspector Incognito and the Kansas City Kid


Book by Tim Kelly
Music and lyrics by Stephen Murray

Cast:  Flexible cast of 20 (roughly 8M, 12F), optional chorus
Set:  Simple interior set
Time:  About 90 minutes

Script:  $6.25           Move your mouse here to see additional items Piano score:  $20.00
Vocal score:  $8.00
Production/rehearsal CD set:  $65.00
CD sampler N:  $4.00

Royalty:  $90 First performance/$80 Each additional performance

Yes, there's trouble in town!  No, not in River City, but right here in Tumbleweed, a dusty town in the Arizona Territory of the 1880s.  And the bumbling Mayor Oates deserves a heap of trouble!  A Boston businessman has hired the pompous fool to develop the town.  Instead of spending the businessman's money wisely, however, Oates and his family have been pocketing it!  The family has filled all the local positions in town themselves-sheriff, doctor, schoolmarm-and they are totally incompetent!  And the town hall they were suppose to build?  Nothing but a hole in the ground!  When the family receives word that an inspector is on his way from Boston to see how the town is developing, they panic.  Just then, huckster Professor Burns comes to town.  The family assumes the professor is the detective, and he is only too happy to take full advantage of their mistake.  In cahoots with the glitzy cardshark, Lily de Lilac, they have the flustered relatives tripping over themselves with hysterical bribery attempts.  Just when you think you couldn't laugh any harder, the real detective shows up!  This wild farce has as many twists and turns as the road to Tumbleweed itself.  Songs like "We'd Do Anything For You," "Liar, Liar Liar!"  and "Tumbleweeds" add even more sparkle to this hysterical musical. 


Song samples
Trouble in Tumbleweed

Do It For the Family

If I Could Kiss You

The Kansas City Kid

Reach for the Sky

Something's Not Right Around Here

We'd Do Anything for You

We're Sick of Being Nice

Liar, Liar, Liar

Different versions of the same or similar story:
Trouble in Tumbleweed


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