The iconic musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" opens on the Wimberley Players stage June 28 and runs through July 21, including two Thursday night performances July 11 and 18.
From a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, with music and lyrics by Carol Hall, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" was inspired by the real-life brothel called the Chicken Ranch in La Grange.
Set in the fictional town of Gilbert, Texas, in the late 1970s, the Ranch is run by Miss Mona, who has plenty of snap in her garters. She has an up close and personal friendship with the local lawman Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, whose predecessors have abided the establishment for more than 100 years. Trouble brews when Houston watchdog news commentator, Melvin P. Thorpe, sets out to expose the goings on at the Ranch. He’s slicker than a boiled onion and he’s got the power of the press behind him. A hissy fit of Texas proportions follows when cameramen capture the sheriff giving Thorpe an earful. Soon the commotion works its way from the citizens of Gilbert, to Mayor Poindexter, and Senator Wingwoah, and all the way to the Governor’s office. It’s a hootenanny of hilarity.
