Judy's Scary Little Christmas

by David Church, Jim Webber, Joe Patrick Ward

Holiday Musical Comedy / Characters: 7m, 6f / Simple Set Judy Garland is primed for her biggest comeback ever - the dazzling star of her own TV special, broadcast live on Christmas Eve, 1959. Judy's guests include Bing Crosby (making some holiday "grog"), Ethel Merman (plugging her Hawaiian album), and Liberace (with a handsome sailor in tow). However, mysterious snafus behind the scenes and cameo appearances by commie-baiting Vice President Richard Nixon (who performs a magic act) and blacklisted writer, Lillian Hellman, (who's forced to read "Children's Letter to Santa" with a puppet) throw Judy's program off course. The surprises climax when the arrival of Joan Crawford is interrupted by the spectral figure of...Death. The evening takes a detour into the twilight zone as the celebrities are forced to confront the lies behind their legends. Devastated and alone, Judy meets a special fan who ultimately proves that, despite her flaws, her shining legacy still endures. "Magical! A side-splitting musical parody...wickedly funny!" - Los Angeles Times "Fascinating, hilarious and wildly entertaining!" - Gerard Alessandrini, Creator of Forbidden Broadway "Wonderfully strange...a true holiday treat!" - Hollywood Reporter "A non-stop hoot!" - Back Stage West "Hilarious! A surreal snow globe highball; a Hollywood Christmas card from beyond the grave!" - Portland Mercury

96 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2010

About the author

A former advertising executive, David Church has written for publications as wildly diverse as "Soap Opera Digest" and "Interview Magazine," authored an environmental children's book, "Larue and the Brown Sky" (illustrations by Toby Bluth), co-authored the award-winning, cult musical, "Judy's Scary Little Christmas" (with Jim Webber and Joe Patrick Ward), and developed a variety of films for United Artists, CBS and NBC, including "Psychic Housewife" and "Saving Grace." He first became fascinated with the idea of Thomas Edison as the unlikely hero on a historical (science) fiction novel, when he accidentally discovered the Wizard of Menlo Park's decades-long passion for creating a machine that would communicate with the dead. David is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America, and lives and works in Southern California.