Set in the 1590's, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world's first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top meas being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.