VANDERGRIFT -THE  MUSICAL

              by EVAN  WARNER, ANTHONY GALLO, BEATRIX WHITEHALL

BOOK                            Anthony E. Gallo

LIBRETTO                    Anthony Gallo

LYRICS                         Beatrix Whitehall and Anthony E. Gallo

MUSIC                           Beatrix Whitehall  

ANTHONY E, GALLO  2025446973 agallo2368@verizon.net

At the turn of the 19th Century, America experiences an age of unprecedented economic growth… and struggle. George McMurtry runs a steel mill in Western Pennsylvania, but growing labor tensions and subsequent strikes make the task ever more difficult. In a decision that would impact many notable icons of the era, he steers his company and community in a bold, new direction

However, the fine line between prosperity and infamy only becomes finer. Caught in the whirlwind of unethical business practices that dominate the times, McMurtry is repeatedly challenged to re-evaluate his ideals and legacy, as he confronts an unruly union organizer, an ambitious journalist, and the very men he admires.

This two-act musical is about a town in Western Pennsylvania during the height of the Industrial Age.   Based on the play of the same name by Anthony E. Gallo

In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania. But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift.  Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and herein the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania. But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift.  Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and her sub conscious biases. She revisits the town many times over the next half a century, each time re-examining her own and McMurtry’s ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry. subconscious biases. She revisits the town many times over the next half a century, each time re-examining her own and McMurtry’s ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry.Type your paragraph here.

1. WINDING STREETS
   
2. WE WANT TO BE TREATED FAIR
   
3. ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE, ONE TOWN  OUR TOWN
   
4. THEY WANT TOO MUCH
   
5. TWELVE CENTS AN HOUR
6. HARVARD, HARVARD, HARVARD
7. POLAKS AND STRAY DOGS
8. CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, AND JEWS
9. WORKERS PARADISE
10. HOMES
11. YES. GEORGE  IDA
12.  THE MOST POWERFUL JOURNALIST IN AMERICA
    
13. MCMURTRY, I DO LIKE YOU
14. UNIONS
15. POLAKS AND STRAY DOGS
16. WORKERS PARADISE
    
17. HOMES
18. YES. GEORGE
19. IDA: THE MOST POWERFUL JOURNALIST IN AMERICA
20. MCMURTRY, I DO LIKE YOU 
21. THE BELLS
22. GEORGE IS IN HEAVEN
23. WHERE IS MR. WILSON
24. MY LIPS ARE SEALED
25. WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE
26. ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE, ONE TOWN
27. OUR TOWN
28. A STATUE PLEASE
29. LET’S PLAY BALL
30. THE WAR IS OVER:  GOD BLESS AMERICAN SOLDIERS
31. ABRACADABRA
    
32. I’LL BE SEEING, YOU IDA
33. WHAT HAPPENED TO VANDERGRIFT
34. I THINK I’LL BECOME A PRESBYTERIAN
    
35. FINALE