follows Bobby’s rebellion as it gains power, toppling UGC. However, once free peeing is allowed, the city’s water supply becomes catastrophically polluted. The poor are again the hardest hit. Hope tries to negotiate a solution, but the rebellion descends into chaos. In a famous meta-theatrical moment, the script reveals that the characters are in a musical — and that musicals must have an ending, no matter how bleak. Nearly everyone dies, and the final image is of Hope, the sole survivor, looking out as the narrator explains the bitter lesson about resource management.
Now, now — we’re in a musical. We don’t have time to explain everything. urinetown the musical script