Too Much Exposition Mark Hollmann (Ft. Jeff McCarthy)

[LOCKSTOCK, spoken]
Well, hello there. And welcome—to Urinetown! Not the place, of course. The musical. Urinetown "the place" is... well, it's a place you'll hear people referring to a lot throughout the show. 

[PENNY, spoken]
You hear the news? They carted Old So-and-So off to Urinetown the other day. 

[BOBBY, spoken]
Is that so? What'd he do?

[PENNY, spoken]
Oh, such-and-such, I hear. 

[BOBBY, spoken]
Well, what do you know. Old So-and-So

[LOCKSTOCK]
It's kind of a mythical place, you understand? A bad place. A place you won't see until Act Two. And then? Well, let's just say it's filled with symbolism and things like that. 

But Urinetown "the musical", well, here we are. Welcome. It takes place in a town like any town that you might find in a musical. This here's the first setting for the show. As the sign says, it's a "public amenity," meaning, public toilet. These people have been waiting for hours to get in. It's the only amenity that they can afford to get into. 

[LITTLE SALLY, spoken]
Say, Officer Lockstock, is this where you tell the audience about the water shortage?

[LOCKSTOCK, spoken]
What's that, Little Sally?