A 2000s British musical by Mat Fraser whose plot is about the love affair of a guy with phocomelia (a birth defect that causes stunted limbs) is titled after what drug?
"hook will be added when the child reaches the age of 2 years. Eventually the patient may receive a myoelectric prosthetic limb. Patients are treated in this way due to the lack of understanding at a young age and the absence of necessary tissues and bones to hold the prosthetic limb. Phocomelia Phocomelia is a condition that involves malformations of the arms and legs. Although many factors can cause phocomelia, the prominent roots come from the use of the drug thalidomide and from genetic inheritance. Occurrence in an individual results in various abnormalities to the face, limbs, ears, nose, vessels"
"being used in Brazil to treat leprosy, but that its use in a country with low levels of literacy and a black market in drugs was leading to new thalidomide births. Fraser played the lead character, Sparky, in BBC Radio Four's Saturday Playhouse production, ""Inmates"" (1997), by Allan Sutherland and Stuart Morris. He was a regular performer on the BBC Radio Four sketch show ""Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"". Fraser has released two rap albums: ""Survival of the Shittest"" ""Genetically Modified...Just For You"" (2000) Fraser has shown a continuing interest in freak shows. His 2001 play 'Sealboy: Freak' draws on"
"10. It also seen their only performance on TFI Friday, also a now defunct TV show. ""Insomnia"" is inspired by singer Grant Nicholas's experience of Feeder's first US tour in 1998 when he broke his ankle (among other injuries) and found it hard to sleep at nights. Michael Gallucci of Allmusic called ""Insomnia"" a ""fine moment."" In the 2000 Channel 4 TV series ""Lock, Stock..."", which was a spin-off of the film ""Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"", ""Insomnia"" was heard playing at high volume from a gang members ghetto blaster during one of the episodes. It also features on"
"went to sleep when you fed it phenobarbital, woke up when you fed it benzedrine (a drug also referenced in ""Finian's"") and had the stated purpose of teaching children how to be good Americans. The principal cast of the revival production included April Allen, Mark Cortale, Christopher Budnich, Natalie Buster, Clay Hansen, Alan Semok, Cheryl Walsh, Roxy Becker, Mimi Ferraro, J. Michael Zally and Tiffany Card. There have been two London productions by the Lost Musicals project, aka The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust 1069268. The first was in 1997 at the Barbican Centre. Ian Marshall Fisher, director, Mark Dorell, Music"
"American Psycho (musical) American Psycho is a musical with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. It is based on the controversial 1991 novel ""American Psycho"" by Bret Easton Ellis, which also inspired a 2000 film of the same name, which starred Christian Bale. Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, ""American Psycho"" is about the daily life of Patrick Bateman, a wealthy young investment banker who is also a serial killer. The musical received its world premiere at London's Almeida Theatre in 2013, directed by Rupert Goold and starring"
"Musical"" and portrayed Annabel as a promiscuous drug addict. However, it is established early on that Mr G had no direct dealings with Annabel. Due to Annabel's parents being unhappy with the script, the focus of the musical changes from being about Annabel to Mr G and how he deals with Annabel's demise. As the show progresses, the musical ultimately becomes the story of how Mr G tried to help Annabel with her drug habit with the character of Mr G being a 'Jesus like figure'. One of the main songs from the musical was ""Naughty Girl"", a song told"
"and also ""IKEA, The Musical"". Mr G has previously been featured on the Seven Network sketch series ""Big Bite"". Mr G's main plot revolves around his latest school musical, based on a girl in the school, Annabel, who died after overdosing on ecstasy. It follows the casting and creative process, in which Mr G's short temper and perfectionism make the project increasingly more difficult for all involved. Finally, Annabel's parents intervene and tell Mr G they are uncomfortable of the dramatisation of their late daughter's life and death, in particular the song ""Naughty Girl"" that painted Annabel as a vapid"
"Peter Straker Peter Straker (born 7 November 1943) is a Jamaican born singer and actor, best known for appearances in ""Doctor Who"" (in the 1979 serial ""Destiny of the Daleks"") and the 1985 ITV series ""Connie"". He also had a long-standing professional and personal relationship with Freddie Mercury. He first shot to fame in 1968 when he starred as Hud in the original London production of ""Hair"". Straker has starred in countless West End productions since, including Pete Townshend's ""Tommy"", Ken Hill's ""The Original Phantom of the Opera"", ""Hot Stuff"", ""Blues in the Night"", ""The Rocky Horror Show"", ""The Rat"
"began at age 11. The addiction later extended to other drugs such as oxycodone (Percocet). In 1995, her drug problems had developed to the point that she gave a ""disastrous"" performance at the Met in ""Aïda"", where she recalled that she could not hit a note at one point during the performance. The Met bought out her contract and dismissed her from the company. She sang in a few engagements at the Seattle Opera and at the Vienna State Opera in the 1990s, but was later asked not to return either to Vienna or the Salzburg Festival. She subsequently began"
"Baah, Tyrone Downie, Fat Mattress, Gordon Jackson, Crawler, The Sky, Bobby Whitlock and others. Through much of his life, Wood suffered from addiction to drugs and alcohol, which were initially attributed to a fear of flying. Tortured by his wife's serial infidelity while immersing himself in musical experimentation, Chris turned to more drink and drugs for solace. When a liver disease was identified, indulgences were stopped, though the medication produced even more devastating effects that most people (and even close friends) wrongly interpreted, none knowing the internal agony Chris was living with. His wife Jeanette, from whom he had separated,"
"British romantic comedy ""Sparks & Embers"". He also appeared in the film ""Death at a Funeral"" as a student of pharmaceuticals who inadvertently drugged a member of the family. In July 2017, Marshall became a favourite to take over the role of The Doctor from Peter Capaldi in the BBC's long running hit sci-fi series ""Doctor Who"", but the role ultimately went to Jodie Whittaker who became the first female actress to portray The Doctor. Marshall married Hannah Dodkins in 2012. They live in Bath with their son and daughter. Previously they had lived in the Long Barton area of"
"Wolfboy Wolfboy is a musical with music and lyrics by Leon Parris and book by Russell Labey, based on the play by Brad Fraser. Its story concerns two teenagers committed to an asylum: Bernie has tried to commit suicide and David believes he is a werewolf. The musical addresses psychiatric disorders, abuse, sexuality and loneliness. The original play was staged in Canada; a 1984 production is reported as Keanu Reeves' first stage role. The musical premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2009, and had a 2010 off-West End staging at Trafalgar Studios, in London. The musical was previewed"
"has been released). He is the co-lyricist and co-book writer (with Josie Rourke) for the new musical ""Committee..."" (full title ""The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall's Relationship with Kids Company"") with music by Tom Deering, which will premiere at the Donmar Warehouse from 23 June to 12 August 2017. He played Frederick Frankenstein in the UK premiere of the Mel Brooks musical ""Young Frankenstein"" in August 2017 at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End, following a try-out run at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Hadley Fraser Robert Hugh ""Hadley"" Fraser (born 21 April 1980)"
"them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else in life and for main character, Gaz, to be able to see his son. An americanised musical adaption was launched in 2000, transferring to the West End's Prince of Wales Theatre in 2002. Music in the play includes You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate, You Can Leave Your Hat On by Tom Jones, I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown, Hot Stuff by Donna Summer, Flashdance... What a Feeling by Irene Cara, The Stripper by David"
"party girl addicted to drugs. Mr G then quickly writes ""Mr G: The Musical"" and is forced to cast a boy with Down syndrome as the lead. Mr G's beloved dog Celine is hit by a car, and all aspects of his life seem to be in a downward spiral. However, the musical goes off without a hitch, with Mr G providing the vocals. In reflection, Mr G expresses happiness that ""Mr G: The Musical"" was able to happen, and claims the project was salvaged due to his creative genius. It is later revealed that Celine survived the car crash,"
"that the true reason for his spiral downwards was his mother's death, which actually took place a year ago. He realizes that he had married Amanda because he thought it would make his mother happy. After his mother's death, he was in shock and it wasn't until Amanda left him that he began really grieving over his mother, causing his cocaine addiction and reckless abandon. The novel went on to be the source material for the 1988 film ""Bright Lights, Big City"", which was also written by McInerney. In 1999, an off Broadway stage musical was produced by the New"
"stopped drinking, although the years of substance abuse seriously damaged his health, leaving him with diabetes and impaired liver function. In May 1977, an autobiographical musical called ""Lionel!"" opened in the West End at the New London Theatre. It was loosely based on Bart's early life as a child prodigy. Bart added some new songs for the show and expectations were high. The cast included Clarke Peters, Marion Montgomery and Adrienne Posta. The role of Lionel was shared by a young Todd Carty and theatre unknown Chris Nieto. The show closed after six weeks, losing £250,000. Bart continued writing songs"
"section, and with Coldplay during the closing ceremony. Fraser left drumming to join Graeae Theatre Company, Europe's leading disabled theatre company after their production of Ubu inspired him to change careers. He worked in forum theatre for Graeae for several months, then landed the part of Dr Prentice in Joe Orton's ""What the Butler Saw"". He is now a patron of Graeae. Subsequent theatre roles in the '90s included the Group K production of ""Marisol"" and the title role in ""Johnny Sol"" at the Croydon Warehouse. He wrote 2005's ""Thalidomide!! A Musical"", in which he and Anna Winslet played all"
"of the Medical Oddity"", a song by the Winnipeg-based indie rock band The Weakerthans, is about Reimer. The Ensemble Studio Theatre produced the play ""Boy"" (2016) inspired by Reimer's story. David Reimer David Peter Reimer (born Bruce Peter Reimer; 22 August 1965 – 4 May 2004) was a Canadian man born male but reassigned as a girl and raised female following medical advice and intervention after his penis was accidentally destroyed during a botched circumcision in infancy. The psychologist John Money oversaw the case and reported the reassignment as successful and as evidence that gender identity is primarily learned. The"
"Time (musical) Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by David Pomeranz. Derived from the 1970s musical ""The Time Lord"" by Soames and Daniels, it focuses on contemporary rock musician Chris Wilder, who has been transported with his backup singers and band from a concert to the High Court of the Universe in the Andromeda Galaxy. In light of mankind's strides in space exploration, the Time Lord Melchisedic (loosely based on the title character in the BBC science fiction series ""Doctor Who"") has decided the"
"travel to a hospital where they discover they were drugged with Rohypnol (""roofies""), causing their memory loss, and that they came to the hospital from a chapel. At the chapel, they learn that Stu married a stripper named Jade, despite being in a long-term relationship with his abusive, domineering and unfaithful girlfriend Melissa. Outside the chapel, the trio is attacked by gangsters saying they are looking for someone. They flee and visit Jade, discovering that she is the mother of the baby, whose real name is Tyler. They are then arrested by the police for stealing the police cruiser. After"
"steady strumming pattern with sustained power chords in the chorus. The lyrics tell the story of a man whose medical condition can only be treated with an unstable drug, called Vitamin L, that reacts ""when boy meets girl"". In the last verse it is revealed the drug was, in fact, love, and the man is cured of his ailment when he falls in love with a woman. This song is the B. E. Taylor Group's most popular song, as it peaked at #66 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1984 and stayed on the chart for eight weeks. The song"
"have taken a drug from the Acid Queen which produced a visceral response in the otherwise mostly catatonic child. In the musical, his father brings him to see the Acid Queen, then changes his mind and leaves before Tommy partakes of her ""charms."" The most fundamental difference in the story is the finale, which was rewritten in 1993. Originally, Tommy instructs his followers to become deaf, dumb, and blind themselves to find a heightened state of enlightenment. The crowd rejects this and turns on him. In the stage version, Tommy tells them the opposite: to not try to emulate him,"
"become addicted to Valium while trying to control his anxiety. In December 1985, the Old Profanity Showboat produced the debut of their ""Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera"". Stanshall wrote 27 original songs for the opera, sharing book and lyric writing with his wife. The show has proved popular over the years. It was revived in London some years later with Peter Moss as musical director. It was produced in concert form in Bristol in July 2010. Having returned to London alone in 1986 while his wife recovered from an illness, Stanshall saw ""Stinkfoot"" briefly, but unsuccessfully, revived at the ""Bloomsbury Theatre""."
"Plague! The Musical Plague! The Musical is a musical with book, music and lyrics by David Massingham and Matthew Townend. It is a dark comedy based loosely on the events of the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666. Plague premiered in 2008 at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, London before transferring to C venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it was named a 2008 sell out show. A new production was performed at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was again performed at C venues with London previews at Upstairs at The Gatehouse. It is 1665 and Clive Hucklefish"
"and scenery, varied shooting styles and quick pacing. Much of the music was written and performed by Beadle Blair, who intended the series to feel like a musical. The show was hailed by critics for its diversity; it depicted a social setting relatively free of racism or homophobia. It was also noted for its inclusion of Fraser, a thalidomide survivor with phocomelic arms, in a role where his disability was simply part of the show's fabric rather than an inherent focus of his character's role. The story is set over the course of two consecutive weekends in spring, and follows"
"Prince Edward Island in the role of Marilla in the musical ""Anne & Gilbert"" at the Victoria Playhouse in Victoria-by-the-Sea and the Jubilee Theatre in Summerside respectively. However, through the decade she suffered three debilitating accidents which resulted in chronic pain. This led to the use of increasingly stronger prescription drugs which eventually led to dependence. She attempted to obtain a Music Therapy degree from Acadia University, but gave up her studies to concentrate on healing. She disappeared from the music scene for a time, but by 2010 she was performing again, having overcome her dependency through the adoption of"
"Court on a single count each for abuse or neglect of a disabled person resulting in bodily injury. These charges arose after the staff members allegedly did not make sure a patient taking the drug Lithium remained properly hydrated. This resulted in a Lithium overdose and the student's hospitalization. Investigation resulted in the charges being dropped for these two staff members, and the blame affixed to higher ranking staff, and licensed medical personnel. In 1999, DeSisto produced an off-off-Broadway musical titled ""Inappropriate"" with Lonnie McNeil and Michael Sottile based on the journals and life experiences of the student performers. The"
"later Brahms introduces a couple of his own compositions to the Schumanns and they are impressed by his compositional and pianistic skills. Allowing him to stay with them, Brahms lovingly cares for their children. Robert's work on the Rhenish Symphony continues to suffers and he struggles with an addiction to the drug laudanum, on which he is soon dependent. There is further tension between him and his wife, who is expecting another child. Shortly after the successful premiere of the Rhenish Symphony, Schumann becomes acquainted with Dr. Richartz who offers him help with his health problems. Schumann sees the talented"
"have taken care of his developing chest disease but Feltenstein injected morphine, sending Thomas into a coma from which he never recovered. John Brinnin, deeply in debt and desperate for money, failed in his duty of care. He knew Thomas was very ill, but did not cancel or curtail his programme, a punishing schedule of four rehearsals and two performances of ""Under Milk Wood"" in just five days, as well as two sessions of revising the play. The inspiration for the play has generated intense debate. Thomas himself declared on two occasions that his play was based on Laugharne, but"
"Hadley Fraser Robert Hugh ""Hadley"" Fraser (born 21 April 1980) is an English stage actor and singer. He made his West End debut as Marius in ""Les Misérables"". He also originated the role of Tiernan in the Broadway show ""The Pirate Queen"". Fraser was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He holds a BA from Birmingham University and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music. In 2011, he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, or ARAM. He has performed in a number of West End productions, and played Gareth in the Doctor Who episode ""Army"
"is the star of musical numbers where she is free to sing and dance as her true self. Marieta meets a man who works at the market, Raúl (Pablo Puyol), and he loves her with her appendage. This creates a conflict for Marieta, who is happy about her new found love, yet so desperately wants her operation to feel like her whole true self. 20 Centimeters 20 centímetros (English title ""20 Centimeters"") is a 2005 Spanish film about a narcoleptic transgender woman's life as she works to get the surgery to fix her ""20 centímetros"" problem. The film was written"
"the rescue. As a result, he is prescribed Vicodin which he will most likely need to take for the rest of his life to manage the pain. Six months later, McDonagh is now not only addicted to painkillers, but is habitually using several other drugs including cocaine and cannabis. He has convinced a person that works in the police department to bring him drugs sent to the evidence room. His girlfriend Frankie Donnenfeld (Eva Mendes), a prostitute, also does cocaine and they often share drugs. He has also become estranged from his father Pat (Tom Bower), a recovering alcoholic who"