The Beastly Bombing

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Original title: The Beastly Bombing: A Terrible Tale of Terrorists Tamed by the Tangles
Original language: English
Music: Roger Neill
Book: Julien Nitzberg
Premiere: 2006
Place of premiere: Los Angeles , Steve Allen Theater
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The Beastly Bombing or: A Terrible Tale of Terrorists Tamed by the Tangles is a 2006 operetta in two acts by Julien Nitzberg and Roger Neill . The premiere took place at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles .

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The musical The Beastly Bombing is about four terrorists, the two neo-Nazis Patrick and Frank, and Al Qaeda members Abdul and Khalid. They independently pursue the common goal of blowing up the Brooklyn Bridge . The two different groups meet in their project. Since the plan fails, all four flee and meet the drug-addicted twin sisters Clarissa and Elyssa. The sisters have escaped from a rehab clinic and turn out to be the daughters of the US President. All six are arrested by the police and taken to prison. In prison they consume ecstasy , which ignites love for one another. Frank and Clarissa, Khalid and Elyssa and the hardcore terrorists Patrick and Abdul. When a pedophile priest also ends up in the prison cell, he trusts the couples and gives them the church blessing. The twin sisters fear their father might find them, but are thrilled to be in New York City.

1st act

The story begins with the two white racists, Patrick and Frank. They have decided to express their discontent with the government by blowing up the Brooklyn Bridge. At the same time, twin sisters Clarissa and Elyssa flee to New York. On their way through Washington Square Park , they meet a drug dealer. When asked what drugs would make them happy, they start singing, "We Like Mushrooms."

Upon arrival on the Brooklyn Bridge, Patrick and Frank look for a suitable place to plant their bomb. In their plan, they notice the two al-Qaida terrorists Abdul and Khalid, who came to the bridge with the same intent. The two groups of terrorists now fight each other on the bridge until the bomb falls into the East River and a harmless detonation occurs in the water.

When the police sirens sound in the distance, the terrorists flee together from the bridge. Angrily, Abdul accuses the superiority of the white race for no reason in blowing up the Brooklyn Bridge. Both Patrick and Abdul explain their motives in the song "Our Ideology". As Patrick and Abdul sing, they both realize that they hate both the Jews and "ZOG", the Zionist occupation government of the United States, equally. Covered with water and the sound of sirens in the air, they run from the bridge to a clothing store in Brooklyn to find new clothes. In the shop it turns out that it is run by a Jew. To avoid a conflict with the police, they buy clothes from the store and leave as Hasidic Jews in disguise.

Patrick and Abdul decide to work out a new plan together, without any input from their partners as they are less intelligent. Frank and Khalid sing together in their unhappy state to respect their terrorist movement, "The Song of the Sensitive White Supremacist".

Moments later, the twins Clarissa and Elyssa stumble on the run from the police with all four disguised "Hasidic Jews". The twin sisters hide their drugs with the four men. When the police arrive, all six are arrested and sent to jail.

In the prison, the police refused to eat the men because they did not have kosher food. The starving men agree to take some pills that the girls smuggled in because they think it's speed. Moments later, they look out of their cell window and are surprised that the Brooklyn Bridge was blown up and have no idea who did it.

President Dodgeson sings in the White House. Detailing his great courage. In the song, he is told by his staff that the bridge has been blown up. At the same time he is taht informed his twin daughters have escaped from rehab and cannot be found.

2nd act

The drugs started working in prison. Unfortunately, the pills weren't speed, but ecstasy, and so they begin to fall in love in the prison cell and sing “The People Who Loves Like Us”. Under the influence of drugs, couples form among the six prisoners, including Frank with Clarissa, Khalid and Elyssa, and Patrick and Abdul, each professing their love for one another.

When a new prisoner is brought to the cell, the question arises why he is in prison, he reveals to them in "The Morals Of Society" that he is a priest, who through a narrow-minded society, through his deep love for the little ones Boy has been arrested. The priest agrees to marry the couple from the prison cell. Moments later, the Secret Service arrives and frees the President's daughters from prison, along with their newlyweds and their friends Patrick and Abdul.

In the White House, President Dodgeson is determined to get revenge on someone. His co-workers claim that the attackers were Saudis. but the president sings of his love for the Hous of Saud before he randomly decides to bomb Chad.

The two daughters and their friends are now brought to the President. Meanwhile, President Dodgeson is informed that a strange submarine will be trapped in the East River and the sailors will be taken to the White House. Much to the President's surprise, the sailors are not from Chad, but are extremely old Japanese men who have been traveling since 1944 to bomb the Brooklyn Bridge. They didn't realize that World War II was over, they are happy to have finally achieved their mission. They sing "Back in 1944".

With bombs in the direction of Chad, the president now has to do the only sensible thing he can - he tells his confidants that he has diverted the rockets to Japan. His advisors rush and leave him alone with the terrorists. Abdul and Patrick are thrilled. Now they have a chance to do something even bigger than blowing up a bridge - they will kill the President. But Khalid and Frank are not happy about that as both are now the President's sons-in-law.

Just as they are about to kill Patrick and Abdul, Khalid stops them and asks the President to explain his Middle East policy because they are now part of the President's family. The President will tell you a secret: Years ago as a young man, the President was arrested for being drunk driving. In prison he met a member of the "Nation of Islam" who introduced him to the Koran. Excited to hear about Muhammad's story as a mighty warrior with many women, the president secretly converts to Islam.

When the bombs explode over Japan, there are happy hugs among the participants, while the president sings, the show finale takes place, he tells his new and extended family, “no matter how bad things get in the world, they must always remember 'The Still is Love'. Everyone (except the unfortunate Japanese) live happily ever after. "

The songs in the musical

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