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==Musicals==
[[Fannish]] musicals (also called '''[[filk]] operettas''') are usually spoofs of [[mundane]] musicals with [[fannish]] or [[stfnal]] themes, and have a long and honored history in [[fandom]]. 

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 Title || Composer || Performed || Notes 
''[[1986 (musical)|1986]]||[[Richard Kolker]]||[[Lunacon 23]], March 14-16, 1980|| 
''[[Asteroid (ballet)]]|| [[Julian May]] and [[Bob Johnson]]||[[Chicon II]], September 1, 1952 || A ballet danced by the University of Chicago Knights of the Ballet, under the direction of Guy Bassett.
''[[Another Part of the Trilogy]]'' ||[[John M. Ford]] ||[[Boskone 34]], [[25th World Fantasy Convention]] || 
''[[Back to Rivets]]'' or, ''[[Mik Ado About Nothing]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 14]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' 
''[[The Booze Brothers]]'' ||[[Ian Sorensen]] || || 
''[[Captain Future Meets Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' ||[[Steve Schultheis|Steve]] and [[Virginia Schultheis]] || 1967: [[Westercon XX]],  1972: [[Boskone 9]] || 
''[[The Decomposers]]; or, [[Rivets Has Risen from the Grave]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 16]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' 
''[[Enterprise]]'' || ||[[Minicon 9]] || 
''[[Faans II]]''||Book and lyrics by [[Leah Zeldes Smith]] || ||Published as a script in 1988
''[[The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia]]'' ||[[Ruth Berman]] || || 
''[[Fundament!]]'' ||[[Maria Hamilton]] ||[[Conine]] || 
''[[The Galactic Gaieties]]'' || [[Hal Lynch]], [[Steve Schultheis]], and [[Virginia Schultheis]]||[[Pittcon]] 1960 ([[Worldcon]])||
''[[Happy Birthday Doctor!]]'' ||[[Katherine Phelps]] ||2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival || 
''[[Hatty, or St. Simon's Bride]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] ||1995 || 
''[[H.M.S. Trek-a-Star]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] ||[[Baycon (Worldcon)]] ||What a ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode might have been if it had been scripted by Gilbert & Sullivan 
''[[Inside 2001: A Space Opera]]'' ||[[Alexis Gilliland]] || || 
''[[Joe Phaust]]'' ||[[Lee Harding]] ||[[Eastercon '73]] || 
''[[Jophan!]]'' ||[[Filthy Pierre]] || ||Based on ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]'' 
''[[Midwest Side Story]]'' || ||[[Minicon 12]], [[Minicon 33]] ||First performed in 1977. Script published in ''[[Midwestside Story]]'' 
''[[The Mimeo Man]]'' ||[[Debbie Notkin]], [[Eli Cohen]], [[Moshe Feder]] ||[[Minicon 11]], [[Disclave 19]], [[PgHLANGE VI]] || 
''[[My Claire Lady]]'' ||[[Ian Sorensen]] ||[[Novacon 28]] ||A send-up of [[Croydon Fandom]] 
''[[My Fair Femmefan]]''|| [[Carl Brandon]] || 1957|| Never performed but widely published 
''[[The Pirates of Fenzance]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] (with additional lyrics by [[Mary Bentley]]) ||[[LoneStarCon II]] (revived at [[BucConeer]]) || 
''[[Requiem for a Fake Fan]]''||[[Jim O'Meara]]||[[Pittcon]] (1960)||Performed by [[CHIAC]] and [[LASFS]]
''[[Rivets Redux]]; or, What Ever Happened to Helminth of Boskone?'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 15]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' 
''[[Smoflahoma]]'' ||[[John Pomeranz]] ||[[Noreascon 3]] || 
''[[Songs from Space]]''||[[Laurence Sandfield]]||1957||Not performed as a musical but a collection of songs with a [[fannish]] [[SF]] frame
''[[Spock in Manacles]]'' ||[[Kate Davies]] & [[Ian Sorensen]] ||[[BECCON '85]] ||Collected in ''The Beccon Plays'' 
''[[Stringworld]]'' ||[[Shelby Bush III]] and [[Bernard J. Willinger]] ||[[Rivercon III]] || 
Untitled Christmas musical ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and [[Robert Bloch]] ||[[Clevention]] ||A [[fannish]] version of ''A Christmas Carol''.  See [[Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence]] for details. 
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* [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Musicals/ Musical scripts at FANAC]

See also [[Fannish Film]], [[Tapera]], [[Burlesques]], [[Drama]], [[Ian Sorensen]].


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