Floo: Guys, forget the club. The Lady is wonderful, but it's time for a change of pace, and I think we can do it.
Tomby: You really think so?
Floo: Are you kidding? With our good looks, and the moves Mooney teaches us, there's no way they can say no, right? Mooney: I don't know... when would we rehearse?
Bottom: After work, before work, in the boilers, in the hallways, wherever and whenever the muse and music moves us! Come on boys, don't you want to be performers?
Tack: do I?

In a world of steel girders and gears, of steam and coal, a few men have gathered to make music. The Mechanicals are an odd-ball, underdog collection of working men - friends all - aiming for the heights of fame and glory.