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BIG DEAL A Musical in 2 acts, 24 scenes. Book Bob Fosse; Music various; Lyrics various based on the film “Big Deal on Madonna Street” ( I soliti ignoti) by Mario Monicelli. Broadway Theatre, New York Opened 10th April, 1986; closed 8th June, 1986 a(6 previews, 69 performances) Synopsis The film is a comedy about a group of small-time thieves and never-do-wells who bungle an attempt to hold up a state-run pawn shop called Monte di Pietà in Rome. The musical was reset in the pre-dominantly black world of 1930s Chicago using selected period songs. MUSICAL NUMBERS Act 1 1. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries – Lilly 2. (Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson) 3. For No Good Reason At All – Narrators 4. (Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young) 5. Charley My Boy – Charley 6. (Music and Lyrics By Ted Fiorito and Gus Kahn) 7. I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ – Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators 8. (Music and Lyrics By Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed) 9. Ain’t We Got Fun – Prisoners 10. (Lyrics By Gus Kahn and Raymond Egan) (Music By Richard Whiting) 11. For No Good Reason At All (Reprise) – Narrators and Dancers 12. (Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young) 13. Chicago – Narrators 14. (Music and Lyrics By Fred Fisher) 15. Pick Yourself Up – Charley, Willie, Slick, Sunnyboy and Otis 16. (Lyrics By Dorothy Fields, Music By Jerome Kern) 17. I’m Just Wild About Harry – Lilly 18. (Music and Lyrics By Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle) 19. Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar – Bandleader, Band and Dancers 20. (Music and Lyrics By Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanor Sheehy) 21. The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round – Bandleader and Band 22. (Music and Lyrics By Edward Farley, Red Hodgson and Michael Riley) 23. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) – Lilly 24. (Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson) Act II 25. Now’s the Time to Fall in Love – Narrators and Dancers 26. (Music and Lyrics By Al Sherman and Al Lewis) 27. Ain’t She Sweet – Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators and Dancers 28. (Lyrics By Jack Yellen, Music By Milton Ager) 29. Everybody Loves My Baby – Willie and Narrators 30. (Music and Lyrics By Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams) 31. Me and My Shadow – Dancin’ Dan and Shadows 32. (Lyrics By Billy Rose, Music By Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer)

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