When I was in elementary school (so sometime between 1985 and 1990), my school put on a school play called Hotel Hollywood.
I wasn't in the play, but it really stuck with me - I even mentally wrote what I didn't yet know was called fanfiction about it.
However, I'm not able to find any evidence of its existence on the recorded internet.
So here is everything I can remember about the elementary school play called Hotel Hollywood, which I encountered in the 1980s, but might be older than that.
- There was a character called Quiggley and a character called Quiggy. I remember them as being unaffiliated with each other, although in retrospect that seems less likely. (Although I also remember experiencing the emotion of being surprised that Quiggley and Quiggy were unaffiliated with each other, so perhaps it was a deliberate red herring.)
- One of the characters was a Shirley Temple expy with her hair in ringlets.
- One of the characters was a girl whose father made her dress up as a boy so she could be a partner in his business. (The play was set in the non-specific (to my child self) Olden Days when a girl couldn't be a partner in a business.)
- When the girl dressed as a boy comes out as a girl, she sings a song that starts with "I'm a girl, I'm a girl, I'm a girl, I'm a girl, I'm gonna let my hair flow free."
- The only other song I remember from the play:
We're gonna be in the moviesWe're gonna be in the moviesA Hollywood motion picture showWe're gonna be in the moviesWe're gonna be in the moviesA Hollywood star that everyone will knowI want to sing the latest love songStep the latest danceBe a hero! Be a clown!Comedy or romanceWe're gonna be in the moviesThe glitter glamour moviesA Hollywood motion picture show!
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