{"product_id":"9781780017310","title":"Crush: The Musical (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn outrageously fun musical set in an all-girls school in the 60s, from the team behind \u003cem\u003eBad Girls: The Musical\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s 1963 and the Dame Dorothea Dosserdale School for Girls has a proud tradition of fostering free spirits from all walks of life. So it’s a crushing blow when the new headmistress turns out to be a tyrant with strict Victorian values - and top of her hit list are the two sixth-formers accused of ‘Unnatural Behaviour’ in the Art Room…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrimming with catchy tunes and witty lyrics, \u003cem\u003eCrush\u003c\/em\u003e is a hilarious pastiche of Girls’ School stories - a blend of Malory Towers and St Trinian’s - with added hockey sticks and ‘lashings of jolly good fun’ \u003cem\u003eCoventry Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrush\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed on tour in the UK in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The all-female (except for a solitary male) cast of twelve, minimal furniture and very achievable set-building requirements will surely put \u003cem\u003eCrush\u003c\/em\u003e on hundreds of amateur drama societies' to-do lists' - \u003cem\u003eSardines Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eCrush\u003c\/em\u003e taps into the subversive undercurrents of its source and brings them to the fore, producing a show that’s boldly queer and a little bit crazy, yet with enough innocent exuberance to make it family-friendly, too’ - \u003cem\u003eBritish Theatre Guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Energetic, jolly, and just plain silly… Faithfully recreating and poking gentle fun at the whole range of “girls’ school” tropes’ - \u003cem\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301011079408,"sku":"9781780017310","price":13.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780017310_p0.jpg?v=1763710953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780017310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}