TheTheatreRoyalhasworkedhardrecentlytoinvolve"urban"voicesinitsproductions,havingitsbiggestsuccesswith"TheBigLife",amusicalaboutfouryoungblackmencomingtoEnglandinthe1950's.Buildingonthissuccess,theTheatrecombinewithChannelFourtobringtogethermusicians,writersandtwolecturersinMusicalTheatrefromNYU.Thechallengetoeachgroupistoproduceatenminutepieceusingurbanmusicandstillfitwiththestructureofmusicals.Thegroupsbreakoffwiththeirdifferentstoriesbutthedynamicsofeachgroupproducesdifferentchallengesandresults.