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CTC STORE CATALOGUE
CHORAL ALBUMS
MUSICALS (lesson plans, scores, study guides, accompaniment &
Tutorial CDs)
PLAYS (lesson plans, scores, study guides, accompaniment & Tutorial
CDs)
(All items can be ordered
by telephone / credit card or via check / money order- SEE BELOW)
Featured
Items:
ONE WORLD CHORAL ALBUM:
"
.includes a civil rights medley, several rousing
songs by the group's music directors, Eric Dozier and Lory Lazarus..."
-Laurel Graeber, New York Times

ONE WORLD CD
Compilation of 19 songs accompanied by live
orchestra and performed by children.
"ONE WORLD" DOUBLE ALBUM CD Volume I & II -
$25.00
"ONE WORLD" DOUBLE ALBUM Orchestral CD- $20.00
"ONE WORLD" VOCAL SCORE- $25.00
"ONE WORLD" LYRIC ANTHOLOGY- $20.00
"...rousing songs by....Eric
Dozier...and Lory Lazarus...mature words that sound all the more stirring
when uttered by young voices."
Laurel Graeber, New York Times
| Executive Producers |
Jack Lenz & Mehr Mansuri |
| Composers |
Eric Dozier & Lory Lazarus |
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Producer / Engineer
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Jon Rezin |
| Performers |
Children's Theater Company of
NY |
| Artwork & Design by |
Bita Mohebati |
| Recorded at |
Live Unity / Lenz Entertainment
Toronto |
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Manhattan Center Studios, NYC |
CTC
MUSICALS
All musicals and plays include study guides, lesson plans, interactive
games, vocabulary (virtues and value based) as well as Orhcestral / Accompaniment
CD as well as Vocal Tutorial CDs.
BREAD
& BUTTER BATTLE
Adaptation by: Lory Lazarus &
Jill Bolstridge
Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by
Dr. Seuss
Engaged in a long-running battle, the
Yooks and the Zooks develop more and more sophisticated weaponry as they
attempt to outdo each other. In this battle between the two neighbors,
(over which way to butter your bread!), Dr. Seuss masterfully relates
how petty differences must be considered in a constructive way. Allusions
to the Cold War, like the wall dividing the two sides, is Dr. Seuss's
vehicle for conveying the astounding destructive potential behind a war
where the enemies lose sight of their true goals. The war ends up getting
fought for the wrong reasons - reminding us of the danger and the prejudice
attached to such battles which can eat away at our morals, our societies,
and our motives. While the underlying theme to the book is the absurdity
of battle, Dr. Seuss tries to convey that people must overcome their pride
to live in peace.
FARMER RABBIT'S FIESTA
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Frank Sanchez & Mehr Mansuri
On a cold, blustery day, Roscoe Rabbit
hops down the path to Farmer Haystack's vegetable patch where he collects
all the potatoes, corn, turnips, carrots, apples, and berries that Farmer
Haystack left behind. Roscoe Rabbit was very content as he filled every
corner of his burrow with food for the winter. Later, as he sat outside
eating his turnip, his neighbors passed by; Billy Chipmunk, Molly Mouse.
Tina Chickadee and Rusty Robin, each hungry and shivering with cold because
they could find no food for the winter. How can Farmer Rabbit show compassion
to his neighbors? In this story Roscoe Rabbit prepares a
big feast / fiesta and invites all his neighbors and friends.
HORTON
THE ELEPHANT** (Critics' Choice)
Adaptation by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Frank Sanchez & Mehr Mansuri
Additional Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by Dr. Seuss
Lazy Daisy does a salsa through the woods straight to Miami Beach
and cons the faithful elephant to sit on her nest. A heartfelt story about
a steadfast elephant who declares his faithfulness against a sassy flamenco
musical score.
New York Times 2006
New York Times
2007
KING KUNKA BUNKA & HIS ROTTEN ROYAL RASCALS ** (Critics' Choice)
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Frank Sanchez & Mehr Mansuri
Additional Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
An original musical in rap with rousing Russian-style music and dance
--this is the story of the land of Kunka Bunka which is ruled by a kind
and benevolent King, who is consumed with worry as he discovers that none
of his rotten royal rascal children are suited to govern the land. There
are the three Princess sisters, Proudeska, Jealousina and Chatterina and
their Prince brothers, Rudekov, Slackoff, and Coughkof - the sickly one,
with the glum disposition. To discover which child might be best as royal
heir, the King asks each of his children to wear the magical 'see-through
spectacles' that allows them to see 'inside themselves'. As none of the
rotten royal rascals are fit to fill royal shoes, the despondent King
banishes his children from the palace assigned to work as common citizens,
until they have learned the secret to happiness.
New York Times 2006
New York Times
2007
THE
LORAX & MONEY BAGS!
Adaptation, Music &
Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by Dr. Seuss
Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Trees, an enterprising villain
gets greedy and chops down the wonderous Truffula trees to produce and
mass-market "Thneeds."The Lorax is not only an ecological warning,
but also speaks to the dark side of "free enterprise" at it
most depraved and greedy state.
MISS SPIDER'S TEA PARTY
Adaptation by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Additional Music & Lyrics by: Mehr Mansuri
Inspired by Original Story by David Kirk
Miss Spider is shunned, despite the fact that she was so nice. All the
bugs were afraid because of who they thought she was. But when a wet moth
seeks her shelter, he sees her for who she really is. When Miss Spider
proves herself a friend, all the other insects come back to play. Miss
Spider's Tea Party brings home the notion that what we see on the outside
isn't always what is in the inside. Therefore, we should give everyone
a chance to be our friend. This musical adaptation by Lory Lazarus perfectly
illustrates the colorful bugs beginning with the sweet and melancholy
song of Miss Spider's lonely days to colorful numbers such as "Bumble
Bee Buzz Band" and the "Six Legged Side Walker" -- all
with a lively 6 person band!
New York Times 2006
New York Times
2005
PROVIDENCE: The Story of Roger Williams
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Frank Sanchez & Mehr Mansuri

Told in the voice of Roger Williams' young daughter, Mary, who witnesses
the court case in Boston where her father is accused of standing up for
preaching for religious freedom and against the Europeans' right to Indian
land. In perhaps the most dramatic period of American history, and opening
with a dramatic court hearing, Providence tells the story of Roger Williams
who was driven from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 to expulsion
into the wilderness, where he survives with the help of his Narraganset
Indian friends and goes on to found the settlement of Providence, Rhode
Island. Providence tells the story of a man's integrity, conviction and
belief in human rights and diversity in all forms, race, ethnicity as
well as religion.
RESCUE
ME:
A Musical History of Women
** Critics' Choice
Based on the book RESPECT by Dorothy Marcic
Adapted by: Mehr Mansuri
Music Editing by: Eric Dozier & Jack Lenz
For more than the first half of the last century, the voice of women in
Top-40 popular music has been one of neediness and dependency. "I'll
do anything for you; just be my baby-even if you're no good and treat
me bad- just LOVE me and I'll stand by my man; " to landmark songs,
like "I will survive"
R.E.S.P.E.C.T is the musical evolution
of women in songs tracking the Top 40 from 1900 to modern day.
New York Times 2006
THE
SNEETCHES on BEACHES
Adaptation, Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Lazie Daisy didn't want to sit on her egg, she wanted to take off and
see the world, so she asks the trusting and kind-hearted Horton, the elephant,
to sit on the egg while she took a vacation. Horton sits through the snow
and sleet, through the icy cold of winter and into the spring. Then hunters
capture the elephant and take him to a circus
squatting right on
the tree, the egg and all. Poor Horton, doesn't like being a captive,
but being "faithful 100%", he will not leave the egg. Then,
just as the egg is about to hatch, Mazie returns and wants to claim it.
STONE SOUP
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Music
& Lyrics by: Frank Sanchez & Mehr Mansuri

Once upon a time, somewhere in post-war Eastern Europe, there was a great
famine in which people jealously hoarded whatever food they could find,
hiding it even from their friends and neighbors. One day a wandering group
of gypsies came marching down the road towards the village asking to stay
for the night. The townspeople seeing them coming, suddenly became very
busy, for gypsies are often hungry. So all the food washidden under mattresses
or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the gypsies equal to
the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful
soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or cabbage...some
meat and so it went. The very next day, the gypsies continued their journey,
leaving the little town and its people behind. But the villagers never
forgot them, NOR the lesson they had learned.In fact, during the hardest
of times, in such a time as this tale, that little village thrived, because
the townsfolk never forgot how to make "stone soup".
YERTLE & MYRTLE THE TYRANT TURTLES
Adaptation, Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by Dr. Seuss
Two
ferocious dictators decide that they needed to rule more and so they command
the other turtles to climb back-on-back to build them a throne, higher
and higher. Two little turtles named Jack & Mac, the first brick at
the bottom of the throne, plead with the majesties to let the turtles
free.
FREEDOM SONG: Youth Can Move the
World
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Research by: Mehr Mansuri & Michael Harley
Music Director: Eric Dozier, Kim & Michael Harley
Civil
Rights through Sit-ins, Slogans, and Song
Wyatt Tee Walker: "I don't think any white
person can really understand what it is to be a Negro in America."
Martin Luther King, Jr.: "There
will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted
his citizenship rights."
Laurie Pritchett: "We didn't want to be forced into doing something,
which is one sense what it was. We were intimidated, we were threatened."
Today we will travel to many communities and relive the voices of the
peoples' songs and their stories, testimonies and mass meetings. We're
hear to tell you the story of the youth, the children as well as an impressionistic
history of the civil rights movement from Montgomery
through Nashville, Albany, Birmingham and Mississippi- while tracing the
development and spread of the freedom repertoire.
CTC PLAYS
BIG
SHOES, SMALL FEET: A Footprint of Child Heroes
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Research by: Mehr Mansuri & Desi Robinson
Music Score: Eric Dozier & Clara Bowden Kerby
An International music review of songs, dance and true stories
of young heroes and heroines from around the world set against a backdrop
of a musical score Africa, Latin America, India, France, Russia, Israel,
China, Spain and Italy.
CAUCASIA
Adapted by: Jill Bolstridge
& Mehr Mansuri
Inspired by Original Award Winning Story by Danzy Senna
Birdie
and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals
and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970's Boston. The sisters
are so close that they have created a private language, yet to the outside
world they can't be sisters: Birdie appears to be white, while Cole is
dark enough to fit in with the other kids at the Afro-centric school they
attend. For Birdie, Cole is the mirror in which she can see her own blackness.
THE
GIVING TREE
Adapted by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by Shel Silverstein
The true story of a tree who gives
unconditionally and selflessly. Music by critically acclaimed Lory
Lazarus, composer for PBS' beloved Barney and Cartoon
Network's Courage the Cowardly Dog
GOLD
IN FIRE:
A Tapestry of Historical Heroes and Heroines
Written by: Mehr Mansuri
Research by: Mehr Mansuri & Aubrey Ewing
Music Score: Eric Dozier
Highlights such champions as Dizzy Gillespie, Harriet Tubman,
Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Lucy Stone, Persian poet Tahirih, Albert Einstein,
Muhammad Ali, Joan of Arc, Albert Schweitzer, Luis Gregory, Unita Blackwell,
Cesar Chavez and Mahatma Ghandi with spiritual classics as well as original
music by internationally acclaimed gospel sensation Eric Dozier.
THE LAST FLOWER
Adapted by: Mehr Mansuri
Music & Lyrics by: Lory Lazarus
Inspired by Original Story by James Thurber
"World
War XXII, as everybody knows, brought about the collapse of civilization...Then
one day, a young girl who had never seen a flower chanced to find the
last one in the world..."
Powerful, entertaining, thought provoking, and
hope restoring. What happens after that is remarkable and renews the spirit.
Through the act of taking care of this flower, together, the young girl
and the boy who helps her, begin to bring the good back into the world.
When war comes into our living rooms and is on
every channel, there's no way for children to escape the ugly side of
war. In this time of uncertainty about what's going on in the world, this
parable offers hope.
LETTERS TO GOD
by Children's Theatre Company Casts, 1989-2005
Children's
candid letters to God asking tough questions - with humor and irony. Here's
an excerpt:
"Dear MISS God, My name is Frankie.
There are so many questions that need answers....Like how do we get so
many people of different races and nationalities to accept each other.
America is a prime example, because here we've got races and nationalities
of almost EVERY KIND. They look different. They speak different languages
sometimes. But why does everyone have so much trouble with that? Its a
mess if you ask me. Everybody hates everybody else. We have some terrible
race-wars in this country....such violence and suffering."
NICKEL & DIMED
Adapted by: Jill Bolstridge &
Mehr Mansuri
Inspired by Original Award Winning Story by Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich first learns that there
are hidden costs to being poor. She notes that if you cannot afford the
security deposit for an apartment, you are forced to live in a hotel--which
is ultimately more costly. If you have only a room, you cannot save money
by cooking nutritious, cheap food. If you have no health insurance, you
end up with significant and costly health problems. Tough questions confronting
every minimum wage worker in America and perhaps for all Americans to
consider.
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ADDITIONAL CATALOGUE
ITEMS:
INTERNATIONAL SONGS CD- $15.00
Songs in French, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Russian, Spanish
KIDS' PEACEMAKER QUOTES & PLEDGES-
$15.00
Children 4-14 years old make pledges for peace in their own words
along with quotes from the world's reknowned peacemakers. Includes a compilation
of over 400 peace-maker quotes.
PRESS / PROMO REEL DVD: $15.00
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