It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Max World - Page 4

The End and the Post-Apocalypse, Live and On Stage!

A - Alien apocalypse (UFOs, human look-a-likes, invasion, infection, supplantation)
B - Biological apocalypse (viri, bacteria, parasites, toxins, lethal mutations, etc.)
C - Cosmic apocalypse (comets, meteors, asteroids, solar flares, supernovas, etc.)
D - Dystopia (of the post-apocalyptic variety or otherwise)
E - Ecological apocalypse (pollution, over-population, bio-degradation, extinction)
F - Foreign Invasion (war, Commie take-overs, New World Order nonsense, etc.)
G - Biblical or other God(s)-ordained apocalypse
H - Human dissolution (anarchy, breakdown of the social order & moral codes)
M - Mother Nature's revenge (the Earth strikes back)
N - Nuclear apocalypse
P - Post-apocalypse
Q - NEW! Quantum apocalypse (time paradoxes, inversions, traps, loops, holes, etc.)
S - Supernatural apocalypse (zombie romps, ancient curses, monsters, magic, etc.)
T - Technological apocalypse (computers, programs, robots, misuse of tech, etc.)
$ - Economic apocalypse (financial collapse or corporate take-over of government)

Der Ring des Nibelungen* by Richard Wagner ( G & S ) ( thanks to Albert Cat for the info )
Le Grand Macabre* by György Ligeti ( S ) ( thanks again to Albert Cat for the info )
The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder ( N ) ( thanks yet, again to Albert Cat for the info )
End Game by Samuel Beckett ( spells out none, hints at them all )
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett ( H )
The Bedsitting Room by Spike Milligan & John Antrobus ( N )
Rhinosaurus by Eugene Ionesco ( H masquerading as S )
Metropolis ( the musical ) by Joe Brooks & Dusty Hughes ( D, $, T and H )
Einstein On The Beach* by Philip Glass ( N ) (and thanks a fourth time and counting to Albert Cat)
Dr. Atomic* by John Adams ( N )
Valis* by Tod Machover, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (A, T & G)
1000 Airplanes on the Roof* by Philip Glass ( A )
Marisol by Jose Rivera ( G ) ( thanks to Oscar for the info )
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8* by Philip Glass, the first part of an adaptation of the Canopus in Argos series by Doris Lessing ( A )
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five* by Philip Glass. Part 2 of same ( A )
Angels In America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner ( H, B & G )
Angels In America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner ( H, B & G )
Big Head Women by Mel DeMind ( D, P, H & possibly B )
Urinetown, The Musical! by Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis ( D, P, H & E )
Plague: The Musical by Matthew Townsend ( B )
Body Snatchers: The Musical by Ed Howard and Bob Lesoine ( A )
Plan 9 From Outer Space, The Musical by David g. Smith ( A & S )
Area 51 by Daniel Richard O'Brien ( A )
Repo! The Genetic Opera ( originally "The Necromancer's Debt" ) by Darren Lynn Bousmann & Terrance Zdunich ( D, H, B & $ )

(! Nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical!... But, no, alas, it didn't win.)

(* Note: I am advised by Mr. Albert Cat that I should warn the unwary reader that these particular theatrical works are operas... I suppose, much the way one might warn an unwary shopper that particular display boxes contain live and very angry wolverines... Leaving aside questions about where you could possibly be doing your shopping, in the interest of avoiding an unpleasant retail accident, I've decided to pass Mr. Cat's caveat along to you. Be careful out there. )

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