Comedy Musical Shangri-La-La Wins Platinum Award at WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition

LAS VEGAS - EntSun -- The comedy musical Shangri-La-La—written by Mike Meier and Peter Giambalvo, with music by Mike Meier—has been awarded Platinum at the WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition, Fall 2025 edition. The winners were announced September 21, 2025, on the competition's official site (WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition (https://www.wrpnsc.com/WINNERS/WRPNSC_Winners_F...)).

Inspired by the glittering mythology of Las Vegas, Shangri-La-La explores an oasis of dreams, illusions, and reinvention built on mob money, showbiz spectacle, and the Wild West spirit of justice-for-sale. Weaving together threads of history—Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, Judge Roy Bean and Isaac Parker's "hanging justice," the legendary reign of Siegfried & Roy—the musical examines how fantasy collides with corruption in America's most surreal city.

More on EntSun News

• Psalmist Sylmac Announces Release of "You Reign" – A Powerful New Worship Song
• Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition partners with Lipscomb University to host 2025 competition
• All Y'alls Foods Expands Global Reach: It's Jerky Y'all Now Available on Amazon Across 10 European Marketplaces
• 16653 Broadwater Ave in Winter Garden's Twinwaters Community Goes Under Contract in Just 22 Days — Far Outpacing the Local Average
• New Horror-Comedy Audio Drama, Illinois Hell Hole Drops You Into a Bottomless Pit of Laughs

The origin of Shangri-La-La is as improbable as the city itself. The project was conceived by attorney-turned-writer Mike Meier, who, more than fifteen years ago, filed a lawsuit against Siegfried & Roy. From the bizarre twists of that real-life case grew the seed of a satirical tale that embraces the outrageous and often hilarious truth of Las Vegas, where reality often outshines fiction.

At its core is Joshua, a young German dreamer whose arrival in Vegas echoes the journeys of countless seekers who come chasing fortune or escape—only to discover the costs of illusion. Mixing camp, absurdist comedy, and satirical musical traditions, Shangri-La-La celebrates the city's over-the-top glamour while exposing its moral contradictions.

"The goal of Shangri-La-La is to entertain with humor and spectacle while raising deeper questions," said writer-composer Mike Meier. "Las Vegas is the perfect mirror of the American Dream—beautiful, dazzling, but also full of traps. The show asks: can innocence survive in a world built on illusion?" See https://themikemeier.com/shangri-la-la-musical