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“Stephen Hawking Came to Dinner” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Bernie and La Belle Klops: Adam Carr, Julie Morgantaler
Computers sing:
Stephen Hawking came to dinner
“Boy, oh boy, he’s a winner
That boy of yours you call Sy”
So he said over pastrami and rye.
“He’s just a little mega now
But [...]
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“We Mustered Out” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music by Roger Bourland
Lyrics by Mel Shapiro
We Mustered Out
Sung by all the soldiers
We mustered out
With a roar and a shout
“Get outta my way,
I got ten years back pay”
I’m practically rich
With the dough and the loot
Stuck in an old boot
A few treasures in there
For [...]
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Penelope is exasperated by suitors urging her to remarry and forget O. She is frustrated at her husband’s complete disappearance and wishes that he would just come home.
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“Come Home” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Soprano: Grace Wall
Trumpet: Jens Lindemann
© 2008 Roger Bourland and Mel [...]
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Tellemachus and Penelope
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In this scene, Telemachus, “Telly” is at his computer desperately trying to find his father, Odysseus (”O”).
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“Finding Poppa”
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Athena appears on one of his screens who, masquerading as a cyber-hooker on hotgodesses.com only to offer tips on where his father might be. Telly promises her to stay off [...]
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Penelope
Penelope, tired of waiting for her O, responds to her suitors that she is over heroes and would be happy to have an “everyday man.” The second part of this song will return in the 6th song, “Come home.”
“Everyday Man” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
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Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Soprano: Grace [...]
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This is the opening number. The curtain opens and Penelope is sitting at her piano trying to compose “the perfect song.” She pines for long gone husband, O [Odysseus, aka "O-man"]. Her suitors encourage her to finish the song and to remarry. Grace Wall is Penelope.
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“Penelope’s Story” from HOMER [...]
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My father had an LP of David Rose and his orchestra during my childhood. Every once in a while, he’d put on “The Stripper” and crank it up. No, my mother didn’t come dashing through a door with a rose in her teeth, ripping off pieces of clothing. It just made us want to dance. [...]
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Done teaching for the year. Done with most of my major responsibilities. Done with my first year as Chair. Done with Homer in Cyberspace — I’m cutting the songs out of the last two performances putting together the Original Cast Recording. I hope to be posting music from the musical in installments on the blog: [...]
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HOMER IN CYBERSPACE has finished its run. Since critics are discouraged from reviewing student events at UCLA Theater Department, I can’t offer you reviews. One rather rather grouchy and clueless review appeared in the Santa Monica Mirror online that sounded as though it was expecting a play and was annoyed to find it so cluttered [...]
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For my scrapbook and so I can remember, here are miscellaneous comments about HOMER IN CYBERSPACE.
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[From my doctor who has a 13-year old daughter. I confessed I wasn't the right one to ask what was appropriate for a 13-year old girl. I told him that there were gay sirens, but EVERYONE loved them!]
Kudos again [...]
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