'Walmartopia,' a two-hour musical comedy dedicated to the retailer and its workers, opened this weekend at the Minetta Theatre in New York’s Greenwich village.
The two-hour show’s initial performances have been filling the 399-seat “off-Broadway” theatre but with songs such as 'Consume' and 'American Dream' and lyrics such as 'Oh joy, another day praying to the Smiley god.'
'Walmartopia' is unlikely to have the corporate ranks in Bentonville dancing in the aisles. The plot and music tell the story of Vicki and Maia Latrell, a mother and daughter who grow disenchanted when a less experienced male is promoted over Vicki’s head. They find themselves catapulted 30 years into the future by a time machine that has already brought back the talking head of Sam Walton, Wal-Mart’s founder. In 2037, the retailer is running schools and prisons and waging war against the recalcitrant anti-Wal-Mart residents of Vermont.
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