The East End Performing Arts Center

This popular pin-striped classic leaps off the silver screen and onto the stage. Like the film, this wild and wacky musical includes a child's dream come true: a classic pie fight fought with "splurge blasters" which spew forth "silly string" instead of pies! With a catchy, swinging score by the composer of The Muppet Movie, Bugsy Malone Junior includes a chorus which may be expanded to include as many performers as desired.

 As the curtain rises, we hear Bugsy Malone narrate the following action: A young member of New York kingpin Fat Sam's outfit is cornered by rival hoods. They question him then-splat! He is 'splurged' with a mysterious new weapon that fires whipped cream! The hoods exit and we see a man, Flash Frankie getting a haircut. The hoods re-enter and-splat, Frankie is splurged with the same new weapon. Bugsy enters and comments on the curious action. The girls introduce him in, "Bugsy Malone." Shortly, Bugsy meets the wide-eyed new-girl-in-town Blousey. Bugsy invites us into the speakeasy in "Fat Sam's Grand Slam." Bugsy is smitten with Blousey but she will have none of him. Suddenly the hoods enter again and splurge! One of them drops his strange gun but returns to get it. Fat Sam tries to calm his customers, but knows he has a problem on his hands. He calls his boys together for a meeting to plan a defense against the new splurge guns and their owner-Dandy Dan!

Bugsy tries to woo the reluctant Blousey. He convinces her to have a bite to eat and they talk before the hoods enter and splurge the restaurant!

Rival gang leader Dandy Dan reviews his contingent of bad guys and considers his next move. In, "That's Why They Call Him Dandy", Dandy celebrates his splurge weapon and launches a whip cream surprise on one of his own gang who dropped the gun in the previous splurging. Cut to the Grand Slam where Fat Sam and his girl, the showbiz sensation Tallulah, are preparing to go out. Fizzy, the janitor at the Club reminds Sam about his promise of an audition to fulfill his dream of being a dancer. Sam puts him off as usual saying, "Tomorrow, Fizzy." Fizzy sings of his dreams in "Tomorrow."

Big New York stage director Oscar De Velt is auditioning replacements for his big show. A parade of bad performers stream across the stage until Blousey gets her turn. Before she can sing a note, Lena Marelli, the missing star struts back in ("Show Business"). Blousey gets very angry. Bugsy suggests he can get her an audition with Fat Sam at the Grand Slam.

A gaggle of reporters crowds the crime scene where we find Smolsky and O'Dreary of the NYPD. They haplessly try to investigate the splurgings. Cut to Fat Sam's camp where he and the boys are reveling in being bad ("Bad Guys"). Sam then demonstrates his lack of proper splurging eqiupment. He then receives a bad tip that the guns are being kept at a certain laundry. It's a double-cross.

Fat Sam's boys arrive at the Hung Fu Shin Laundry where they THINK that the splurge guns are being stored. In fact, Dandy Dan's gang is waiting and they ambush Sam's troupe with a splurge party that leaves Sam's army all washed up. Dandy Dan and Louella survey they scene and then we cut to Fat Sam in his office as he receives the bad news. Sam and Knuckles are alone. Sam decides to enlist the help of crazy Chicago gangster Looney Bergonzi in the war against Dandy Dan. Sam realizes he will need a driver and calls for Bugsy Malone. Bugsy returns to the Grand Slam looking for Blousey. Instead, he runs into Tallulah, who pressures Bugsy for a little kiss. Bugsy resists, but Tallulah plants one on his forehead just as Blousey walks in. Bugsy tries to explain the situation, but Blousey's not buying it. Blousey sings for Fat Sam, he gives her a job at the club then offers Bugsy $200.00 to drive to meet Dandy Dan with Looney Bergonzi. Bugsy agrees. Bugsy unsuccessfully tries to patch things up with Blousey as the scene ends.

Bugsy drives Sam and Looney to meet Dan, but Dan is ready with another double-cross. Looney Bergonzi is ready to plant an enormous custard pie in Dan's face, but freezes up and is splurged by Dandy's crew. Bugsy quickly gathers Sam and makes a quick getaway.

Tallulah sings her eponymous song ("Tallulah") with the other girls, then Bugsy phones for Blousey. He convinces her to meet him outside the Grand Slam. Meanwhile, Tallulah and the other girls trade insults backstage at the Grand Slam.

Bugsy and Blousey enjoy a couple of hot dogs. As they digest, Bugsy tells Blousey that he has earned enough money to take the train to Hollywood with Blousey so that she can pursue her acting career. Blousey is incredulous but eventually Bugsy wins her over.

Smolsky and O'Dreary are investigating the scene of the splurging of Looney Bergonzi when they find a tire track from one of the sedans. As usual, their investigation goes awry with comic results. Meanwhile Fat Sam is testing his new version of the Splurge Gun. He enlists the help of his last unsplurged henchman, Knuckles, who splurges himself with the shoody weapon. Sam is beside himself with grief as we cut to Bugsy on the street who runs into some thugs who mug him out of his $200 smackers. Before they can beat him up, a kind-hearted but ferocious punching LeRoy passes by and helps Bugsy out of any further harm. Bugsy realizes that Fat Sam might be able to use the help of a talented fighter like Leroy.

Back at Fat Sam's office, Sam tells Tallulah to find Bugsy and bring him in. Sam needs Bugsy to help him win his empire back. Tallulah produces Bugsy who was waiting at the station for Blousey so they can leave for Hollywood. Bugsy needs more dough after being mugged, so he reluctantly agrees to help Fat Sam even the score with Dan in one last gasp. Blousey calls the Grand Slam looking for Bugsy and finds him. She tells him off, thinking he skipped out on their date to be with Tallulah. She sings of her disappointment in "Only a Fool."

Bugsy goes to Leroys apartment and calls up to his window. The sleepy Leroy comes to the window and sees Bugsy on the street below. Bugsy asks Leroy to help him in the fight against Dandy Dan's evil empire and Leroy eventually agrees.

Back at the Grand Slam there is a sense of impending doom as the girls wait for disaster. Meanwhile, Bugsy and Leroy have located the storage facility where Dandy is keeping all the Splurge guns. They enlist the help of an army of 'down-and-outs' who are in line at a charity soup kitchen. Bugsy rouses the rabble ("Down and Out") and together they outsmart the Splurge gun guards when a tiny Down and Out called Babyface plants a pie in the face of one of them. They give chase while Bugsy and others grab the temporarily unguarded Splurgers. Armed with the Splurge guns for the first time, Bugsy, Leroy and the Down and Outs march to the Grand Slam to meet Dandy's Gang for a fair fight.

Dandy Dan leads his gang into the Grand Slam and is met by the surprise of his life: Everyone there is armed with a splurge gun, a pie, whipped cream and all manner of splurgers. As a frenzied pie fight ensues, Bugsy calls a truce and brings the warring gang leaders together in a celebration of friendship, "You Give a Little Love", and the curtain falls.