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Night of the Musical Dead takes place in the tiny hamlet of Wicksford, Connecticut. Jimmy and Bunni are brother and sister and
are spending their Sunday visiting their parent’s graves. Jimmy teases Bunni about being frightened
of cemeteries (There’s a Place in Heaven).
A man staggers towards the two and fights with Jimmy. Hysterical, Bunni runs from the scene until
she comes upon an abandoned farmhouse.
There she meets Duane, who is hiding from the creatures outside. Still hysterical, Bunni tries to tell Duane
about what happened to her and her brother.
Duane realizes that for the first time in his life, he’s going to have
to take care of someone else (Responsible) because Bunni has lapsed into
catatonia. Meanwhile, a sense of foreboding and panic is sweeping Wicksford (Something Bad).
Tim comes up from the basement and is soon joined by Harvey and
Ellen Rowland, who’s daughter has been bitten by one of the creatures and is
resting in the basement. They all find
an old television set and watch for the latest news updates. (Television) Harvey wants to take the TV set down to the
basement and barricade the group down there.
Duane is unconvinced, and Harvey stomps off to find another television (Looking Out For Number
One). Duane tells Ellen about her
husband’s actions and she draws the parallel between being stuck in a
loveless marriage and being trapped in the house (There’s No Getting Out of
This). Tim’s girlfriend, Kitten comes up from the basement and they
begin to make weapons to fight off the ever-increasing number of the undead
outside the house. (Molotov Song)
While trying to reinforce some of the windows upstairs, Tim is bitten
and that’s when the group finds out that a bite from the undead is fatal to
the victim (We’re All Gonna Die Someday). Act 2 begins with local television reporter, Don Traut,
interviewing the Reverend Jeremiah Wrongfellow about the situation in
town. The Reverend is convinced that
it’s all from a lack of faith and religious dogma (Pray!) Tim proposes to Kitten in a desperate attempt to hold on to
her. Kitten is confused
(Choices). She finally relents when
she discovers her secret desire to be bitten by the man she loves (Eat
Me). With both Tim and Kitten on the
path to becoming zombies, they leave the house together, arm in arm. The undead pour into the house as Duane
and Harvey fight over the sole shotgun.
Bunni faces her brother once more and realizes that he’s changed
(There’s a Place in Heaven Reprise). The Reverend returns as a member of the undead and we discover
that he’s on a new mission (Prey!)
Ellen confronts her husband about his shortcomings as a father and
husband. (Song of Marital
Discord). Harvey and Duane agreed to a
truce (Work Together) in order to concentrate on the more important fight
they have before them. Ellen kills her
husband for several reasons. Reporter Don Traut is alone in the field and beginning to fear
for his life (Hear That Sound) as things start to go badly in the battle
against the undead. Ellen is confronted by her daughter (Oh Mother) who has been
stuck in the basement the entire time.
Duane enters just as Kerry is killing her mother causing Duane to kill
her. Duane, now alone in the house
against a sea of the undead, runs to the basement and locks himself in
there. Several days later, he reemerges
from the cellar and realizes that he could well be the only human left in
town and contemplates what he should do next.
(One Bullet)
©2008 Bill Arnold. |