"Twain"
...A Musical Portrait
Words, Music and Book by Terry E. Marler
This show is now and forever dedicated to
Louise Peirson - friend and inspiration
Copyright, 1999-2003 Theatre
Creative Workshops/newtheatre, Inc
All rights reserved
A costume/musical biography of Mark Twain -- from birth in the year of Halley's comet -- to his exit to immortality as the comet returned, featuring his achievements, his failures, the romance of his life - Livy - and the grand barnstorming world tour to repair his fortune and make his name.
An all singing, all dancing, new Mark Twain -- capturing the spirit of a growing nation, and the musical heritage of America in the pre and post-civil war eras, from the gold rush "humorist" to a respected and world-class literary giant -- the show is a Valentine to the Mississippi and the America it nurtured as exhibited by one of its most famous denizens -- river boat pilot Sam Clemens who became his own greatest creation --
