Show Plot Unsinkable Molly Brown

Authors: Richard Morris (book), Meredith Wilson (music and lyrics)

Time Period: 1886-1912

Setting: Missouri, Colorado, and the HMS Titanic

Summary:  Spunky and impoverished young Molly Tobin meets Johnny "Leadville" Brown, a successful mine manager.  When Johnny strikes it rich, making them overnight millionaires, Molly sets her sights on conquering the elite high-society circles.  Molly and Johnny travel through Europe and mix with international royalty and high society but when Molly boards the RMS Titanic to return home, she famously survives the tragic 1912 sinking of the ship, emerging as a resilient hero who champions the underdog, labor rights, and women's causes.