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LITTLE TRAMP

Book, music and lyrics by David Pomeranz

(Book co-written by Steven David Horwich)

Synopsis

Little Tramp is a musical telling of Charlie Chaplin's life story chronicling his dramatic rise, fall and ultimate triumph. The musical opens in 1971 at the Academy Awards Ceremony in LA where an 82 year old Chaplin is about to receive a special lifetime achievement award. This is a bitter-sweet affair, filled with mixed emotions because of his being barred from re-entry in the State 20 years previously. Little Tramp plays in many ways like a Chaplin movie, showing the little man overcoming enormous odds in a very funny, touching and powerful way. From the depths of poverty, through his determination and talent, he becomes one of the best known and loved human beings on the face of the earth.

The musical covers his humorous confrontations with the early "established" way of making silent pictures, his creation of the "Little Tramp" character, his unfortunate marriages and trumped-up press scandals, the FBI branding him a Communist (which he was not) and his eventual exile from the United States. In the moving finale Charlie is once again reconciled with the public and, perhaps for the first time, himself.

Principal characters (plus chorus)

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin (age 9)
Sydney Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin (age 9)
Hannah Chaplin
Oona Chaplin
Mack Sennett
Tippy Grey

Musical Numbers

1. In America Again (Charlie)
2. Something No-one Can Ever Take Away (Hannah, Charlie 9, Sydney 9)
3. Caviar and Cake (Charlie aged 9)
4. When The World Stops Turning
5. Number One (Charlie aged 9)
6. 'Less It Ends With A Chase
7. The Tramp/He's Got To Be Someone
8. Chaplin Films (Company)
9. Thank You
10. Heaven (Charlie, Sydney)
11. . He's Got To Be Someone (Reprise)
12. Too Many Words (Charlie)
13. I Got Me A Red (Tippy)
14. There's Got To Be A Law
15. This Is What I Dreamed (Oona)