3 GUYS NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN Minetta Lane Theatre, New York - 5 February, 1985. SYNOPSIS This is the story of three stand-up comics who play the comedy club circuit of Manhattan, come together to form a team, and subsequently experience the fulfillment of their wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. The time: the 1980's, The Place: the Komedy Klub East. Ted Klausterman, the M.C., is warming up the audience, explaining how he's a child of the '60s who came of age in the '70s. ("It's like you wanna be a hero and take all the money in the world and redistribute it in alphabetical order and yet still afford that summer house in the Hamptons.") but now in the '80s, he's a self-proclaimed "deep guy" with the promise of greatness! Ted then introduces Phil Kunin, a newcomer to the comedy scene, who relates the New Yorker's dilemma of how to get through a single day with both mind and body intact. Interrupting both Ted and Phil's routines, another comedian, Kenny Brewster wanders on stage and enacts silent depictions of "The Kenny Brewster Hall of Martyrs". First he hangs himself, then he staggers across the stage covered with arrows, and finally enters headless. The inexperienced Phil, thrown by the interruptions, furiously stomps off the stage. Ted finds Phil in the back alley of the club. Feeling trapped as an M.C., Ted sees Phil as a potential partner. Phil, a law school drop-out whose girlfriend is pregnant and wants to have the baby, warms up to Ted, especially when Ted suggests that they break in on Kenny Brewster's routine. Ted also believes they have a good chance of getting on the Johnny Carson Show. At The Last Stand-Up, another comedy club, Kenny Brewster comes on stage to do his routine, a wild combination of sound-effects, mime, and conceptual impressions, all within his own secret world, a world that ranges from the silly to the macabre. While Kenny continues his routine with the help of his ventriloquist dummy, Phil and then Ted break in on him with their own dummies. Together for the first time, the three guys discover they share similar sensibilities and aspirations. At yet another comedy club, The Funny Farm, they audition for the head talent scout for Johnny Carson, with a Gilbert and Sullivan parody. Ted has convinced Phil and Kenny that this is the best way to sell themselves. In the middle of the number, Kenny, deep within his own world, wanders off, leaving Ted and Phil, and the number falls apart. Later, alone in the deserted club, Kenny tries to come to terms with his inner torments. Ted, Phil and Kenny meet in Central Park where Ted breaks the news that they have indeed earned a shot on the Carson show. Overcoming Phil's doubts about Kenny's unpredictability, Ted urges them on to reaffirm their new identity as a team. As they fly to Los Angeles for what may be their first major break, Ted, Phil, and Kenny decide not to do a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song on Carson as expected, but something "outrageous" and "hanging over the edge." Act Two opens on the Johnny Carson show, where, through a spoof of the '50s, '60s and '70s, Ted, Phil and Kenny emerge in the '80s making a serious statement clad only in their boxer shorts. They become an instant sensation. They sign on to do a TV series called "Hello, Fellas" about undercover cops. What they didn't know was that they would always be undercover in drag. The show becomes Number 1 in the ratings and launches them to TV superstardom. A television special and world tour follow. And of course, they are always in women's clothes. The fresh irreverent comics of the comedy clubs and the Carson Show find themselves caught up in the whirlwind trappings of prime-time TV success. Feeling that Phil and Kenny are drifting away from him Ted tries to see himself on his own. Kenny comes perilously close to becoming a real-life member of his own Hall of Martyrs. Phil, however, is
immediately brought back down to earth with the birth of his son. They are scheduled to do a "Hello Fellas" feature film, but, realising they must try to break the "Hello Fellas" image, the guys renegotiate their deal with MGM and do a movie with their own material. The movie is rejected by the public who prefer to see them in drag and by critics who urge them to stick to television. Kenny, who has been retreating further and further into his own inner reality, says goodbye to a life and a world he no longer feels a part of. With Kenny's death, the team is shattered. Ted decides to go back to New York, and take stock of his life, knowing that he must deal with the world, alone and without any illusions. Phil stays in L.A. and continues as a prime-time TV star in his own series, "Hello, Comrade," about a CIA agent in Russia in drag. In New York City, Ted opens up his own comedy club, called "Klausterman's" where he can do what he does best and introduce young new comics along the way. As the lights dim, Ted introduces a new comic. The show ends. Another story begins. Jerry Colker CAST (in order of appearance) Ted Klausterman Kenny Brewster Phil Kunin MUSICAL NUMBERS Overture - Promise of Greatness - Ted Angry Guy/Lovely Day - Phil Don't Wanna Be No Superstar - Ted, Phil Operator - Kenny Screaming Clocks (The Dummies Song) - Ted, Phil, Kenny, "Mr. Dirtball," "Spike," "Steve" The History of Stand-Up Comedy - Ted, Phil, Kenny Dreams of Heaven - Kenny Don't Wanna Be No Superstar (Reprise) - Ted, Phil, Kenny Kamikaze Kabaret - Ted, Phil, Kenny The American Dream - Ted, Phil, Kenny What a Ride! - Ted, Phil, Kenny The "Hello Fellas" TV Special World Tour - Ted, Phil, Kenny A Father Now - Phil "Three Guys Naked From the Waist Down" Theme. - Ted, Phil, Kenny Dreams of Heaven (Reprise)- Kenny I Don't Believe in Heroes Anymore - Ted Promise of Greatness (Finale) - Ted DISCOGRAPHY Original off-Broadway Cast - CD TER 1100
13 THE MUSICAL Musical in 2 Acts ±. book by Dan Elish; lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and Robert Horn; music by Jason Robert Brown The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA - 7 January, 2007 to 18 February, 2007 Norma Terris Theater, Chester, Connecticut - 9 May, 2008 to 8 June, 2008 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway - Opened 5 October, 2008. Closed January 4, 2009. SYNOPSIS Evan Goldman is cool and popular, and lives in the greatest city there is, New York. Then his parents divorce and his mother moves to Indiana. In two weeks Evan will turn 13 and he wants all the cool kids to be there at his Bar Mitzvah. He initially meets Patrice who shows him around town, which turns out to be basically nothing. On the first day of school, the hot football player, Brett, asks the beautiful head cheerleader, Kendra, out on a date. But Kendra's best friend, Lucy, also likes Brett and does not want them to date. Succumbing to peer pressure, Evan uninvites Patrice to his Bar Mitzvah, and Patrice drops their friendship. Also, Evan meets Archie who is physically handicapped. Archie manipulates Evan by threatening to go to his Bar Mitzvah and ruin it unless he gets him a date with Kendra. Evan agrees, but asks Archie talk to Patrice to ask her to forgive him. Patrice responds that if Evan was a real friend he wouldn't do all those bad things to her. The word gets around school that Brett and Kendra are finally going to do The Tongue at the movies. Meanwhile Evan plans to have Archie will talk to Evan's mother because no one can say no to a boy with a terminal illness. Everyone is getting ready to go to the movies on Friday night. Lucy tells Kendra that she should not kiss Brett because she is a good girl and not a slut. At the movies, Brett prepares to kiss Kendra, but everything goes wrong. Brett's friends don't like Lucy and think that she is bad news. Brett realises he made a mistake with Kendra and enlists Evan's and Patrice's help to get her back. Lucy starts a rumour that Evan and Kendra were seen kissing at the mall. Brett and Evan get in a fight, and Patrice comes to Evan's aid and forgives him as they kiss. At Evan's Bar Mitzvah, everyone talks about their journeys and adventures as they turned 13. Evan states that he may have just turned 13, but he's only getting started. CAST • Archie • Brett • Cassie • Charlotte • Eddie • Evan • Kendra • Lucy • Malcom • Molly • Patrice • Richie • Simon MUSICAL NUMBERS - Broadway 13/Becoming a Man (Evan and Company) The Lamest Place In the World (Patrice) Hey Kendra (Brett, Malcolm, Eddie, Lucy and Kendra)
Get Me What I Need (Archie and Company) What It Means To Be A Friend (Patrice) All Hail the Brain (Evan) Getting Ready (Company) Any Minute (Brett, Kendra, Patrice and Archie) Good Enough (Patrice) Bad Bad News (Eddie, Malcolm, Simon and Richie) Tell Her (Evan and Patrice) It Can't Be True (Lucy, Molly, Cassie, Charlotte and Company) If That's What It Is (Archie, Patrice and Evan) A Little More Homework (Evan and Company) Brand New You (Cassie, Charlotte, Molly and Company) Here I Come (Evan and Company) * Opportunity (Lucy, Kendra, Brett and Company) * * dropped GOODSPEED MUSICAL NUMBERS Thirteen! (Evan and Company) Becoming A Man (Evan) I've Got A Feeling (Patrice, Brett and Company) Get Me What I Need (Archie & Company) What It Means To Be A Friend (Patrice) All Hail The Brain(Evan, Archie and Company) Getting Ready (Evan, Archie, Lucy, Kendra, Brett, Patrice and Company) Any Minute (Brett and Kendra) Here I Come (Evan and Company) Anything You Want (Brett, Lucy, Kendra and Company) Bad Bad News (Malcom, Eddie, Simon and Boys) Tell Her (Evan and Patrice) Big Day (Company) (cut from production) Perfect Pieces (Evan) (cut from production) It Can't Be True (Lucy and Company) If That's What It Is (Archie, Patrice and Evan) A Little More Homework (Evan and Company) ± Revised after previews to one continuous act DISCOGRAPHY National Youth Music Theatre Cast Recording
The 25th Annual Putnam County SPELLING BEE A Musical in 1 Act (1hr 45 min - intermission): Lyrics by: William Finn; Music by: William Finn; Book by: Rachel Sheinkin. Circle in the Square Theatre, New York; Opened 2 May, 2005. Rebecca Feldman (Concept) James Lapine (Direction) Dan Knechtges (Choreography) Michael Starobin (Orchestrations) Vadim Feichtner (Musical Direction) Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design) Jennifer Caprio (Costume Design) Natasha Katz (Lighting Design) Dan Moses Schreier (Sound Design) Marty Kopulsky (Hair and Wig Design) Synopsis A junior high school gym is set up to host the county spelling finals. Winners from local elementary and middle schools begin to arrive and check in with the bee's long-time hostess—and Former champion—Rona Lisa Pereti. Audience volunteers are also welcomed to the stage. A glitch: Speller Olive Ostrovsky does not have her entrance Fee; she hopes her father will set there soon to straighten it out. Vice Principal Douglas Panch of Lake Hemingway-Dos Passos Junior High is announced as the day's word pronouncer - he's a last minute substitute for an ailing superintendent. Panch has a dubious track record at the bee but will try to do better this time. The rules are explained. When a speller misses a word a bell will ring - ding - and the speller must immediately leave the stage, escorted, by the bee's coumfort-counsellor, Mitch Mahoney. The Spelling Begins Ten-year old Logainne Schwarzandsrubeniere, whose two dads have helped her train for the event, gets through "strabismus' despite a potentially incapacitating lisp. Leaf Coneybear, second runner up in his own bee, surprises himself and his family in the audience by spelling his word correctly. Olive interrupts her own spelling to protect the chair she saved for her dad. Soon spellers begin to fall. Chip Tolentino, lost year's Putnam champion, leads spellers in grumbling about the inconsistent word level, a point brought home when Marcy Park, Catholic school representative, nails 'phylactery' and the very next speller gets 'telephone'. Leof gets another word he's never heard of and amazes himself by finding the correct spelling within. But no one has a technique as remarkable as that of the boy with the rare mucus membrane disorder, William Barffe, who spells his words out with his foot. As spellers continue to fall, Chip is distracted by Leaf 's sister in the audience. Why did she have to wear such a fuzzy sweater? Losing concentration Chip backtracks to spell a word correctly — in violation of the rules, which state that you, cannot adjust letters once spoken. Comfort counselor Mitch Mahoney marvels at the odd anthropology of the event- and tries to teach future eliminated spellers to exit with some dignity. AF the snack break, Chip is made to help wth the PTA bake sale. Humiliated, he begins throwing snacks into the audience. He also throws peanuts at the highly allergic William Barfee. Olive comes William's aid but unused to sympathy, he initially responds with hostility. Really the only thing to do is to continue spelling but 'Schwarzy' first takes a moment to thank her dads. Round after round of spelling continues in fast-motion. These last five are fierce and furious spellers; no one's getting anything wrong. Park doesn't even hesitate, Barfee's foot is unfailing and Coneybear is realising the
impossible: that he might, after all, be smart, until "ding" Leaf misses on yeoman, all-too-reasonably leaving out the "e". The bell's echo sends him off — in his own mind, undefeated. The final four. Miss Park looks unbeatable. After all, Rona tells us, this girl speaks five languages. But Marcy's had enough. Sick of being presented as the perfect student; she launches into a protest, which at once shows off her skills and bemoans their tyranny in her life. Only Jesus' unexpected entrance gives this parochial school girl permission to liberate herself from perfection. Down to three and Schwarzy wants it bad. But Panch is tired of all the questions, and loses his temper at her thorough questioning. One of Schwarzy's dads runs onstage, ostensibly to comfort his distraught daughter, but really to plant sabotage — the target is Barfee's magic foot. Meanwhile Olive's father leaves a message with Rona: he's stuck at work, and will have to discuss the entrance fee later. Olive struggles to keep spelling. On Barfee's turn, the foot sabotage half works — he encounters a sticky substance that derails his technique — but he rallies and finds he can spell without the foot. It's anyone's bee. Only, "ding" not Schwarzy's. She's defeated by her own thorough thinking, overcomplicating a simple word. Down to two: Olive and Barfee. As they go head to head, they find joy in their sense of competence and connection. And Barfee has a new, unsettling experience: worrying about someone else. Still, only one can take home the two hundred dollar savings bond — and in the end it is William who outspells them all and tearfully accepts cheque and trophy. Panch then announces a surprise runner-up cash prize. It happens to match the amount of the entrance fee that Olive still owes — and it happens to came out of Panch's own wallet — but Olive, none the wiser, is thrilled. Rona gets the gesture — and her acknowledgment makes even vice Principal Panch feel like a winner. Rachel Sheinkin MUSICAL NUMBERS The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Company The Spelling Rules/my Favourite Moment of the Bee - Panch, Rona and Spellers My Friend the Dictionary - Panch, Rona, Olive & Company The First Goodbye - Company Pandemonium - Chip & Company I'm Not That Smart - Leaf Coneybear The Second Goodbye - Company Magic Foot - Mr. Barfee & Company Pandemonium (Reprise) - Chip, Mitch, Rona & Company My Favourite Moment of the Bee 2 Prayer of the Comfort Counsellor - Mitch & Company Why We Like Spelling - Spellers My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament) - Chip Woe Is me - Schwarzy, Schwarzy' Dads & Company I'm Not That Smart (Reprise) - Coneybear I Speak Six Languages - Marcy & Girls The I Love You Song - Olive, Rona & Mitch Woe Is me (Reprise) - Schwarzy & Company My Favourite moment of the Bee 3 Second - Rona, Olive, Barfee & Company Finale - Company The Last Goodbye - The Company
CAST Principal characters • Rona Lisa Peretti: The number-one realtor in Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion herself, and returning moderator. She is a sweet woman who loves children, but she can be very stern when it comes to dealing with Vice Principal Panch, who has feelings for her that she most likely does not return. It is implied that she sees much of herself in Olive Ostrovsky. Her favorite moment of the Bee is in the minutes before it starts, when all the children are filled with the joy of competition, before they begin to resent each other. She later declares that she likes how everyone has an equal chance of winning, citing as an example that last year’s winner can be this year’s loser and vice versa. Another favorite moment is when the last winners go head to head for the top spot because it is so suspenseful and filled with hope. Ms. Peretti herself won the Third Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by spelling “syzygy”, which she recounts at the very beginning of the opening number. • Vice Principal Douglas Panch: After five years’ absence from the Bee, Panch returns as judge. There was an “incident” at the Twentieth Annual Bee, but he claims to be in “a better place” now (or so we think), thanks to a high-fiber diet and Jungian analysis. He is infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti, but she does not return his affections. • Mitch Mahoney: The Official Comfort Counselor. An ex-convict, Mitch is performing his community service with the Bee, and hands out juice boxes to losing students. • Olive Ostrovsky: A young newcomer to competitive spelling. Her mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late, as usual, but he is trying to come sometime during the bee. She made friends with her dictionary at a very young age, helping her to make it to the competition. • William Morris Barfée: A Putnam County Spelling Bee finalist last year, he was eliminated because of an allergic reaction to peanuts. His famous “Magic Foot” method of spelling has boosted him to spelling glory, even though he only has one working nostril and a touchy personality. He has an oftenmispronounced last name: it is Bar-FAY, not BARF-ee (“there’s an accent aigu”, he explains with some hostility). He develops a crush on Olive. At the end of the play he wins the spelling bee. • Logainne “Schwarzy” SchwartzandGrubenierre: Logainne is the youngest and most politically aware speller, often making comments about current political figures, with two overbearing gay fathers pushing her to win at any cost. She is somewhat of a neat freak, speaks with a lisp, and knows she will return to the bee next year. • Marcy Park: A recent transfer from Virginia, Marcy placed ninth in last year’s nationals. She speaks six languages, is a member of all-American hockey, a championship rugby player, plays Chopin and Mozart on multiple instruments, sleeps only three hours a night, hides in the bathroom cabinet, and is getting very tired of always winning. She is a total over-achiever, and attends a Catholic school called “Our Lady of Intermittent Sorrows”. She is also not allowed to cry. • Leaf Coneybear: A homeschooler and the second runner-up in his district, Leaf gets into the competition on a lark: the winner and first runner-up had to go to the winner’s Bat Mitzvah. Leaf comes from a large family of former hippies and makes his own clothes. He spells words correctly while in a trance. In his song, “I’m Not That Smart”, he sings that his family thinks he is “not that smart”, but he insinuates that he is merely easily distracted. Most of the words that he is assigned are South American rodents with amusing names. • Charlito “Chip” Tolentino : A Boy Scout and champion of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, he returns to defend his title. Relatively social and athletic, as he plays little league, Chip expects things to come easily but he finds puberty hitting at an inopportune moment. • Three or four spellers from the audience: Audience members are encouraged to sign up to participate before the show, and several are chosen to spell words on stage. In touring productions, local celebrities are sometimes selected.
Minor characters (All can be doubled by the actors playing the major characters.) • Carl Grubenierre: One of SchwartzandGrubenierre’s fathers; he has set his heart on his little girl winning the Bee, no matter what he has to do, including sabotaging William’s foot. Usually played by the actor who plays Leaf. • Dan Schwartz: SchwartzandGrubenierre’s other father; he is more laid back and doting than Carl but is still intent on his daughter winning the Bee. Usually played by the actor who plays Mitch. • Leaf ’s Dad: Doubtful and finds his son annoying and unintelligent. Usually played by the actor who plays Barfée. • Leaf ’s Mom: Overprotective and doubtful of her son’s abilities to stand up to the competition. Usually played by the actor who plays Logainne. • Leaf ’s Siblings: Not very confident of Leaf ’s abilities. Usually played by the remaining spellers (both cast and the volunteer audience spellers). • Olive’s Mom and Dad: She is in India, he is working late, but they appear in Olive’s imagination to encourage her and tell her they love her. Usually played by the actors who play Miss Peretti and Mitch. • Jesus Christ: Appears to Marcy in a moment of crisis. Usually played by the actor who plays Chip. DISCOGRAPHY Spelling Bee - Original Broadway Cast Recording
35MM - A MUSICAL EXHIBITION Music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver35mm Pleasance Theatre, London - 29 January — 10 February, 2012 SYNOPSIS The original production of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition has been over for a while. Ryan Scott Oliver was featured on Playbill as one of “The Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know.” The Playbill item also features pictures from 35mm, and samples of “Leave, Luanne” and “The Ballad of Sara Berry” (both available on the 35mm Cast Recording). In other news, the 35mm Vocal Selections will be released at the end of October, 2012 Almost the entire score will be in the book, including the previously unreleased “Leave, Luanne”, “Mama Let Me In”, and “Why Must We Tell Them Why”. You can pre-order the book at Ryan Scott Oliver’s website. And don’t forget: 35mm is available for licensing. To learn more, please contact Jessica Amato at The Gersh Agency by calling (212) 997-1818 or emailingjamato@gershny.com. MUSICAL NUMBERS Stop Time Crazytown Transition 1 On Monday Caralee The Party Goes With You Good Lady Transition 2 Make Me Happy The Seraph Immaculate Deception Transition 3 Leave Luanne Mama, Let Me In Why Must We Tell Them Why? Twisted Teeth Hemming & Hawing Transition 4 Cut You A Piece Transition 5 The Ballad of Sara Berry Finale
1066 - AND ALL THAT A Comic History with Music in Three Acts Book and Lyrics by REGINALD ARKELL; Music by ALFRED REYNOLDS Based on the Memorable History of the Same Name by W. C. SELLAR and R. J. YEATMAN. The play produced by HERBERT M. PRENTICE in association with ARCHIBALD DE BEAR. The Orchestra under the direction of ALFRED REYNOLDS Produced at the Strand Theatre, London, 1935 The complete programme and original cast members' names. "What good did history ever do me?" moans the Common Man, settling down for a nap while his wife and son traipse round the waxworks. His dreams recall those items from long-ago school lessons most likely to stick, however imperfectly, in the non-historian's mind: Alfred burning the cakes; Canute inventing sea bathing; King John losing his washing, and Henry VI marrying VIII wives - or vice versa. From the Roman Conquest to the Space Age, history is hilariously proved to consist only of the bits you can vaguely remember. Each scene is complete in itself with linking comments from a Compère. For the Chorus Boundless opportunities for full employment, for Sir Francis Drake may have to be a Roman soldier in the first sketch, and a stage-door Johnnie by the Naughty Nineties; while Nell Gwynn might first have appeared as a Crusader's erring wife, and returns as a Gaiety Girl. The suggested doubling schedule calls for a minimum of eight girls and fifteen men but, obviously, the more the merrier. This history (!) is subject to infinite variety in the hands of an inventive producer. The Roles Apart from the Common Man and the Compère, few of the characters appear in more than one scene - but with almost a hundred characters to cover in the complete work there is plenty of scope The Scenes There are twenty-six scenes, nearly all played in curtains with a few properties to each sketch. One or two drop-cloths are suggested to give added interest to some episodes, but the Wardrobe Mistress is likely to be busier than the Stage Manager MUSICAL NUMBERS: We're Going Home When This Old War's Fini Beards The Four Georges The Same Old Hat The Puritan and the Cavalier King Canute
THE COMPLETE PROGRAMME The original cast members names are given against the character names. PROLOGUE - THE HALL OF FAME Guide - NAUNTON WAYNE The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Wife - CLARICE HARDWICKE Girl - JASMINE SHUSHTARY ACT I. Scene I A Bank on the side of a Roman Road newly carved in the Berkshire Downs Roman Soldiers - MESSRS. GORDON, LEWIS, ROBERTSON, WEBB, LEVERS, WORSLEY, BUTT and BIGGS The Common Man .- HUGH E. WRIGHT Julius Casar - LAIDMAN BROWNE Scene 2 St. Patrick - PHILLIP HOLLES St. Pancras - WALTER FITZGERALD St. Ives - BERTRAM HEYHOE Scene 3 - ALFRED THE GRATE Fairy - JOAN BUTTERFIELD Alfred - RICHARD LITTLEDALE Lovely Sister in Green - MOLLY RANKIN Lovely Sister in Pink - YVETTE PIENNE Baron de Broke - WARREN JENKINS Baroness de Broke - CLARICE HARDWICKE The Compere - NAUNTON WAYNE Scene 4 - THE SEASIDE Sunbathers - THE MISSES VERA ROBSON, GRACE NEVERN and HELEN CRERAR; MESSRS. GORDON, LEWIS and ROBERTSON Bathing Girls - THE DANCERS Balloon Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Policeman - JACK TRAIN Hardlicanute - PHILLIP HOLLES Quitecanute - WALTER FITZGERALD King Canute - HENRY HEWITT Mayor - BERTRAM HEYHOE Scribe - WILLIAM BIGGS
Scene 5 - 1066 William the Conqueror - LAIDMAN BROWNE Queen Matilda - MOLLY RANKIN A Baron - RICHARD LITTLEDALE Prisoner - HUGH E. WRIGHT Three Barons - MESSRS. BUTT, LEVERS and WEBB Scene 6 - THE CRUSADERS Crusader's Wife - CLARICE HARDWICKE Constance - YVETTE PIENNE Blanche - JOAN BUTTERFIELD Keeper of the Drawbridge - HUGH E. WRIGHT Troubadour - WILLIAMWORSLEY Housekeeper - MOLLY RANKIN Crusader - HENRY HEWITT Scene 7 - KING JOHN King John - WARREN JENKINS Baron - SCOTT SUNDERLAND Scroll Bearer - HUGH E. WRIGHT Four Barons - MESSRS. GORDON, LEWIS, ROBERTSON WEBB Four Pages - The MISSES WHEBLE, BRUCE, SHUSHTARY and DARRELL Scene 8 - HUNDRED YEARS WAR Sentry - HUGH E. WRIGHT Sergeant - ALLAN BOURNE WEBB Henry V - LAIDMAN BROWNE Veterans - THE SINGERS French Girls - THE MISSES CLARICE HARDWICKE, YVETTE PIENNE, JOAN BUTTERFIELD and the DANCERS ACT II. Scene 1 - BRUCE AND THE SPIDER Robert the Bruce - WARREN JENKINS Scene 2 - THE BALLET OF THE ROSES Dancers - The Misses JASMINE SHUSHTARY, WINNIE WHEBLE, AMIE GILLESPIE, DOROTHY DOBSON, ROMA DARRELL, FRITZI GOOD, BRENDA BRUCE, MARGARET DANIELS, EVE MOORE, MARJORIE CHAPMAN, GLADYS LINCOLN, VERONICA TESTER The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Scene 3 - HENRY THE VIII Henry VIII - HENRY HEWITT Catharine of Aragon - HELEN CRERAR Anne Boleyn - VERA ROBSON
Jane Seymour - JOAN BUTTERFIELD Anne of Cleves - MOLLY RANKIN Catharine Howard - BRENDA BRUCE Catharine Parr - CLARICE HARDWICKE Four Monks - MESSRS. GORDON, LEWIS, ROBERTSON and WORSLEY Halberdier - HUGH E. WRIGHT Queen Mary - MOLLY RANKIN Queen Elizabeth - YVETTE PIENNE Scene 4 - BEARDS Drake - WALTER FITZGERALD Raleigh - PHILLIP HOLLES Essex - BERTRAM HEYHOE Manicurists - THE MISSES DARRELL, CHAPMAN and SHUSTARY Barbers - MESSRS. BIGGS, ROBERTSON, LEVERS Halberdier - ALLAN BOURNE WEBB Scene 5 - QUEEN ELIZABETH Queen Elizabeth - YVETTE PIENNE 1st Girl - AMIE GILLESPIE 2nd Girl - JOAN BUTTERFIELD Virginal Player - HELEN CRERAR Ladies in Waiting - THE MISSES BRENDA BRUCE and GLADYS LINCOLN Scene 6 - POLICE COURT Magistrate - HENRY HEWITT 1st Policeman - LAIDMAN BROWNE 2nd Policeman - ALLAN BOURNE WEBB Christopher Columbus - WARREN JENKINS Guy Fawkes - RICHARD LITTLEDALE Scene 7 - THE PURITAN AND THE CAVALIER The Girl - VERA ROBSON The Man - WILLIAMWORSLEY Scene 8 - MERRIE ENGLAND Revellers, Court Ladies and Gentlemen and Dancers - THE COMPANY The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Nell Gwyn - CLARICE HARDWICKE Oliver Cromwell - HENRY HEWITT Charles II - SCOTT SUNDERLAND Puritan - WILLIAMWORSLEY A Lady of Fashion - YVETTE PIENNE ACT III. The Compere - NAUNTON WAYNE. The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT
Scene I - WILLIAMANMARY Mary - YVETTE PIENNE William - ALLAN BOURNE WEBB Marlborough - SCOTT SUNDERLAND Wilhelmine - JOAN BUTTERFIELD Peterkin - ROMA DARRELL George Arliss - LAIDMAN BROWNE Scene 2 - THE FOUR GEORGES George I - CHARLES GORDON George II - WILLIAMWORSLEY George III - JAMES ROBERTSON George IV - JOHN LEWIS Scene 3 - THE NAPOLEONIC WARS Nelson - WALTER FITZGERALD Napoleon - PHILLIP HOLLES Wellington - BERTRAM HEYHOE The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Scene 4 - SAILOR KING William IV - WARREN JENKINS Sailors - THE DANCERS Scene 5 - VICTORIAN AGE Colonel Bygadsby - HENRY HEWITT Mrs. Bygadsby - CLARICE HARDWICKE Mr. Rafflin - KENNETH FRASER Soldiers Three - MESSRS. LITTLEDALE, LEVERS, BIGGS Scene 6 - THE NAUGHTY NINETIES Gaiety Dancers - THE DANCERS Scene 7 - THE AGE OF INVENTION The Safety Zone—The Last Pedestrian The Last Pedestrian - HUGH E. WRIGHT Policeman - ALLAN BOURNE WEBB Taximan - JACK TRAIN Scene 8 - THE STRATOSPHERE Passenger - HUGH E. WRIGHT Navigator - NAUNTON WAYNE
Scene 9 - HALL OF FAME Guide - NAUNTON WAYNE The Common Man - HUGH E. WRIGHT Scene 10 - FINALE - THE FULL COMPANY ORCHESTRATION 1st and 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, 2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Drums. A few alternative musical items mentioned in the script do not appear in the piano/vocal score, but copies may be borrowed without charge on request to the copyright holders.
2035 Music, Lyrics and Book by Ronnie Bond and John Dominic THE STORY 2035 is pacy, hilarious and with a very gentle social message. The characters, even the villains, are likeable and the songs strong, relevant and highly memorable. By the year 1999, Rock Music and its heroes had become more credible than the Politicians. The Politicians eliminated the problem by outlawing anything but state songs and by imposing limitations on personal freedom, sexual activity and the individual. This rather austere society is overseen by a slightly Cowardesque computer called Civicom. The show opens at the dawn of the New Year, in the midst of state celebrations, mainly by the young and the State Police. Meanwhile, underground, the older generation are plotting a somewhat different party. The commemoration in January 2035 of the centennial of the birth of Elvis Presley. This generation role-reversal manifests itself in the exposing of these illegal activities by the kids and subsequent imprisonment of the errant oldies. Characters develop on both sides and after a long and complicated trial the oldies are liberated, the youngsters see the light, and life is restored to the world of fun, frolics and rock and roll we know and love. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS (plus Chorus) Civicom Achilles Medusa Aphrodite Eriathanius Eagle Sparra Rigger PRINCIPAL MUSICAL NUMBERS Problem Parents (Achilles, Medusa) Sign of The Times (Luthier) Shine On (Sparra) Falling In Love (Aphrodite) Status Quo (Civicom) Never Had Time To Know Him (Aphrodite) INSTRUMENTATION Details available on request to the Right's Holder.
TABOO A Musical in 2 Acts. Music by BOY GEORGE; Book by MARK DAVIES. Music co-written by KEVAN FROST, RICHIE STEVENS and JOHN THEMIS Director: Christopher Renshaw, Decor: Tim Goodchild, Costumes: Mike Nicholls, Lighting: Chris Ellis, Sound: Jem Kitchen, Choreography: Les Child, Musical Arrangements: Kevan Frost, Musical Director: James McKeon, Fights: Gordon Alexander, Assistant director: Benjamin Till THE VENUE, London - 29 January, 2002. Closed 12 April, 2002 SYNOPSIS The action is set in the flamboyant London club scene. It was a world of narcissism and camp bitchery, strongly influenced by what pop stars such as David Bowie had been doing 10 years earlier. Against the gay and decadent background of clubbers we have a traditional boy-meets-girl story. The freshfaced hero Billy abandons dreary Bromley, determined to become a "face" on the London scene. He falls for Kim who, beneath her "goth" warpaint turns out to be a devastatingly pretty, touchingly vulnerable virgin. True love, however, doesn't run smoothly! Original Cast Paul Baker - Philip Salton Luke Evans - Billy Mark White Derek/Petal Gemma Craven - Josie Dianne Pilkington - Kim Euan Morton - George Drew Jaymson - Steve Strange Gail Mackinnon - Big Sue Matt Lucas - Leigh Bowery Mark McGee - Marilyn Michele Hooper - Janey Hannah Jane Fox - Virus Lucy Harris - Selfridges shop assistant Andy Morton - Policeman Joe Docherty - Jake Decían Bennett - Guru Dazzle Zee Asher - Bar Person MUSICAL NUMBERS Ode to Attention Seekers - Philip Sallon and Freaks Safe In the City - Billy Freak - Philip Sallon and Freaks Stranger In This World - Boy George Genocide Peroxide - Marilyn I'll Have You All - Leigh Bowery, Billy and Philip Love Is a Question Mark - Billy and Kim Shelter - Petal and Tarts Pretty Lies - Kim Guttersnipe - George and Marilyn Talk Amongst Yourselves - Josie Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Boy George Touched By the Hand of Cool - Leigh, Billy and Slaves Everything Taboo - Leigh and Full Company Petrified - Philip Sallon I See Through You – Billy Independent Woman - Josie, Kim and Philip Ich bin kunst - Leigh Bowery Out of Fashion - Steve Strange Il Adore - Big Sue Pie In the Sky - Boy George
By Arrangement with Messrs Gatti Andre Charlot presents TABS A Revue in Two Acts by Harry Grattan. Music: Ivor Novello. Lyrics: Ronald Jeans. Additional songs by Guy Lefeuvre, Muriel Lillie, Ivor Novello, Pat Thayer and Walter Donaldson. Vaudeville Theatre, London - 15 May 1918 (268 perfs) The CAST: Beatrice Lillie, Alfred Austin, Guy Le Feuvre, Walter Williams, Albert Wallace, Dan O’Neill, Ralph Lynn, Ethel Baird (By permission of Sir Alfred Butt), Margaret Campbell, Doris Barrington, Tiny Grattan, Odette Myrtil The PROGRAMME: ACT I Scene I The “Hiawathians” - Entire Company “Mr Pau-Puk-Kewis” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans Music by Ivor Novello) Walter Williams Scene II “Feed the Brute” - By Ronald Jeans and Ivor Novello Doris Barrington Scene III “A matter of Time” Jack - Walter Williams Jimmy - Guy Le Feuvre Ethel - Ethel Baird Scene IV “Naughty Old Gentleman” (Lyric by Don Parsons, Music by Pat Thayer) The Naughty Old Man - Alfred Austin Scene V “God Gave Me You”: (Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Guy Le Feuvre) The Naval Officer - Guy Le Feuvre The Child - Vera Lennox The Wife - Violet Leicester Scene VI - A Tea Party The Hostess - Doris Barrington The Guest - Margaret Campbell The Maid - Beatrice Lillie Henry Leek (Greengrocer) - Alfred Austin William Hackett (Butcher) - Ralph Lynn Lady Marsh-Mallow - Tiny Grattan
Scene VII - A Man, a Girl and a Dance The Man - Walter Williams The Girl - Ethel Baird The Dance “Think Again” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans Music by Ivor Novello) Scene VIII Odette Myrtil and Chorus “I Love You for Loving Me” (Lyric By Ronald Jeans, Music By Bob Adams) Scene IX Beatrice Lillie “I Said Good-bye” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans Music by Ivor Novello) Scene X - Would they—if it wasn’t for the others? (An interrogation in five conversations ) The Husband - Guy Le Feuvre The Wife - Doris Barrington The Clerk - Dan O’Neill The Stenographer - Ethel Baird The Young Man - Walter Williams The Maid - Marjorie Burgess Scene XI On the River He - Beatrice Lillie She - Alfred Austin “My River Girl” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans Music by Ivor Novello) Scene XII - Ragtime Entire company “We’ve Got to Do It In Ragtime Now” Lyric by Hugh E Wright Music by Pat Trayer ACT II Scene I - “Sammy” (Lyric by Douglas Furber, Music by Muriel Lillie Beatrice Lilli and Chorus Scene II • “THE FICTION AND THE FACT” - Three Examples Example 1 The Husband - Alfred Austin The Wife - Doris Barrington Example 2 Isabel - Ethel Baird Her Swain - Dan O’Neill Her Mistress - Tiny Grattan Example 3 The Doctor - Albert Wallace The Patient - Ralph Lynn The Wife - Margaret Campbell The Maid - Joan Emney The Man - Dan O’Neill
Scene III Ethel Baird “Something Doing Over the Way” (Lyric by Roland Jeans, Music By Ivor Novello) Scene IV “I Hate To Give Trouble” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Ivor Novello) The Boy - Beatrice Lillie The Flapper - Margaret Campbell Scene V “I’m Looking for a Girl” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Ivor Novello) Walter Williams And Chorus Scene VI “Maryland” (Words and Music by Walter Donaldson) Beatrice Lillie Scene VII - Selling a Piano Salesman - Guy Le Feuvre Assistant - Dan O’Neill The Lady - Tiny Grattan Her Friend - Violet Leicester Musical Duologue Guy Le Feuvre and Odette Myrtil Scene VIII - Golliwog Trees Margaret Campbell “Gobbling Golliwog Trees” Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Ivor Novello Scene IX - Waiting for a Tram (Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Ivor Novello) She - Beatrice Lillie He - Ralph Lynn Duet—”Have You Ever Noticed?” • Scene X “Come Out Little Boy” Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music By Ivor Novello Odette Myrtil and Chorus Scene XI - Ten Little Principals Entire Company “Ten Little Principals” (Lyric by Ronald Jeans, Music by Ivor Novello) All the Musical Numbers by Ivor Novello Musical Director - A W Ketelbey
THE TAILOR-MADE MAN Book, Original Play by Claudio Macor; Book by Claudio Macor and Amy Rosenthal; Music and Lyrics by Adam Meggido The Arts Theatre, London - 14 February - 6th April, 2013 (season) SYNOPSIS The show is based on a true story of love, success and betrayal. Set in the 1930's, the drama unfolds around William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry a woman and give up his life-long partner, Jimmy Shields. STORY In 1930, William ‘Billy’ Haines was one of MGM’s most idolised male stars, second only to John Gilbert. On screen he was tailor-made to get the girl in the last reel. On the back lot he cruised every bit player and stagehand in sight. Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. This was tolerated by the studio until rumours started to seep out into the wider world. Louis B Mayer ordered him to marry the sultry silent screen vamp Pola Negri. Billy refused and so Louis B Mayer fired him. Billy’s defiance of the studio led to his second and even more successful career as an interior designer to the stars. THE TAILORMADE MAN is a story about Hollywood and its system and hypocrisy, but above all it is the story of Billy and Jimmy’s turbulent, passionate love affair that survived and lasted over 50 years. CAST Marion Davies William Haines Louis B.Mayer Betsy Dawson Jimmy Shields Victor Darro Eleanor Boardman Robert E McIntyre Miss Carey Pola Negri Tommy Older Jimmy Howard Strickling More information on the Musical's website www.thetailormademanlondon.com/
TAILS UP A Revue: Music: Philip Braham. Lyrics: Davy Burnaby and Hugh E. Wright. Book: John Hastings Turner. Additional songs by Doris Joel, Noël Coward, Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, et al. Comedy T heatre, London - 1 June 1918 (467 perfs) The Cast included: Jack Buchanan, Gilbert Childs, Clifford Cobb, Teddie Gerard, Phyllis Monkman, Arthur Playfair, Phyllis Titmuss The PROGRAMME Included The Five Thirty Five to Brighton Apache Rag Gnee-ah! The Twinkle In My Eye Wild Thyme The Curfew The Servants' Ball The Old Bran Pie Let's All Go Raving Mad Any Little Thing The Special Cop 'N Everything (Jolson-DeSylva-Kahn) MD: Philip Braham
TAILS Musical in 2 acts: Book and lyrics by Mark Masi, music by Jess Platt 45th Street Theatre; Previews from June 7, 2006; Opened June 18, 2006; Closed July 2, 2006; (11 previews, 15 performances) SYNOPSIS "Tails" is the story of five dogs in a pound, played by actors not in dog-suits but in costumes that give an impression of their canine nature -- a poodle wears ruffles, and ripped jeans and bandaged hand suggest a tough street dog. The dogs wait and hope to be chosen for adoption. The dogs include Speagle, the love-smitten mongrel; Sophie, the show dog; and a new puppy surrounded by mystery. The drama focuses on the arrival of a battered young dog named Ozzie who is afraid of people, until he learns from the others that he has to trust them and get adopted if he is to survive and escape the fate that awaits unclaimed dogs. MUSICAL NUMBERS Out; Who's Your Daddy? Ozzie's Lie Numbers A Real Go-Getter I Could Jump Goodbye, Speagle Goodbye In Another Place Show Dog For the Little Ones Sorry For You Breathe It In Good Mornings In a Ring We Are There Think I'll Take Him Home Who's Your Daddy? (reprise) Breathe It In (reprise)
TAKE IT FROM US a Revue by Charles Reading. Music by Freddie Bretherton. Sketches by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Adelphi Theatre, London - 30 October, 1950 The Cast included: Jimmy Edwards, Joy Nichols, Dick Bently, Wallas Eaton, Harry Dawson, Patricia Hartley, Maurice St. Clair and Gloria Day, The Costello Twins, Count le Roy, Annettes 16 Dancettes, The Strand Steppers, Donald Craig, John Vicars, John Fothergill and Frank Brown Programme 1. HERE WE GO Orchestra under the direction of Cyril Ornadel 2. THE STAIRWAY TO THE STARS The Lovelies - Annette’s 16 Dancettes The Girl - Triss Henderson The Boys - The Strand Steppers The Voice of - Harry Dawson - — Introducing St. Clair & Day and The Costello Twins 3. HERE THEY ARE Jimmy Edwards - Joy Nichols - Dick Bentley 4. SOMETHING AFOOT - The Three Bassi 5. OUT OF A DREAM The Dreamer - Harry Dawson The Guests - The Boys and Girls With Maurice St. Clair and Gloria Day 6. DICK BENTLEY 7. JIMMY EDWARDS with interruptions by Wallas Eaton 8. JOY NICHOLS - At the Piano Matt Heft 9. A FANTASY OF THE NEWWORLD (Original music composed by Freddie Bretherton) The Braves - Robert Chesnay, John Vicars, John Fothergill, Frank Brown The Squaws - Annette’s 16 Dancettes The Captives - The Costello Twins INTERMISSION 10. THE BOOMBA (A NEWDANCE) Triss Henderson with Annette’s 16 Dancettes and The Strand Steppers 11. DICK tells JOY You’re The Prettiest Thing I’ve Seen Tonight” 12. PROFESSOR JIMMY EDWARDS Wake Up at the Back There!
13. AN EASTERN INTERLUDE The Temple Dancers - Annette’s 16 Dancettes The Temple Singer - Harry Dawson The Idols - The Costello Twins 14. “FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN“ (or What a Sphinx!) by Talbot Rothwell from the radio scripts of Frank Muir and Denis Norden Mark Antony - Wallas Eaton Caesar - Jimmy Edwards Britannicus Primus - Dick Bentley Cleopatra - Joy Nichols 15. GOODNIGHT AND GOODWILL TO ALL OF YOU FROM Jimmy Edwards - Joy Nichols - Dick Bentley and The Entire Company
TAKE ME ALONG A Musical in Two Acts, 13 Scenes. Book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell. Based on the play "Ah, Wilderness!" by Eugene O'Neill. Music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. Produced by David Merrick. Opened 22 October 1959 at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre and closed 17 December 1960 after 448 performances. SYNOPSIS Take Me Along takes place in Centerville, Connecticut, in 1906 and its story begins with a triumph in journalism. Nat Miller, publisher of the Centerville Globe, has won a new fire engine for the town and its citizens celebrate its purchase by cheering him. Somewhat overcome by the honour, Nat wonders if he is truly as great as the people claim. His wife Essie, his sister Lily and the rest of his family insist, over his objections that he is. But while Nat is basking in praise, his middle son Richard is getting into serious trouble. Plighting a passionate-but-pure troth to Muriel Macomber Richard reads her passages from classics which her starchy father overhears and finds extremely erotic. He drives Richard from his home, confines Muriel for a month, and announces his intention to withdraw a sorely needed advertisement from Nat's newspaper. At that moment all is gay at the town trolley station, for the word has spread that Sid Davis is arriving from Waterbury. While Sid is being welcomed by his old cronies his sister Essie is coaching Lily on how to trap Sid into marriage and reform him at the same time. But the patient Lily doubts that she can ever change him. Sid comes home, but before he gets a chance to say sweet things to Lily, Muriel Macomber's father storms into the house and demands that Richard be properly punished. Nat, the proud father, refuses to believe his son is bad, and throws Macomber out of the house, ad and all. Macomber, he decides, is growing old and Nat is the only one of the old crowd to keep his youth. Sid proposes to Lily - his first such offer while sober. Though she accepts she makes it clear that he must stay sober, particularly at the Fourth of July picnic. She describes how happy their married life will be if he promises to behave. Nat and Sid set off for the picnic where revelry and high jinks are the order of the day. Although the whole town is enjoying the celebration, Richard is despondent, for he receives a note in which Muriel rejects him and breaks their engagement. Richard is invited by an older friend, Wint, to visit a dive that night. Richard goes in to dinner, where the family is awaiting the return of Nat and Sid. Nat comes in merely tipsy, but Sid is uproarious — too drunk to keep his date with the disillusioned Lily. Sid goes upstairs to sleep it off, and Richard, convinced that all love is faithless, is now ready to embark on a life of sin. The second act opens at the Pleasant Beach House where Richard is carousing. He drinks too much, barely avoids the clutches of a harlot, and falls into a nightmarish sleep compounded of all the things that perplex him. At home, while the family is anxiously awaiting his return, a sober Sid tries to make up to Lily. Again he promises to behave, but Lily can no longer believe in him. Richard comes home frightfully drunk and when he has had time to sober up it is a serious but still whimsical Sid who undertakes to tell him a few things about drinking. Richard learns that Muriel was forced to write the letter breaking their engagement, still loves him, and wants to meet him secretly. They are reunited on a beach and Richard is happy enough even to accept four years at Yale. Sid realises that he is unworthy of Lily. Nonetheless, she agrees to give him one more chance provided he makes good on his promise to return to his newspaper job in Waterbury. Sid starts for the trolley, determined to make good this time and win Lily. When he is about to depart he sees Lily, her bags packed, ready to go with him after all. The whole town cheers as they embrace and set out on their new life. PAUL BENZAQUIN
CAST (in order of appearance) • Nat Miller • Mildred Miller • Art Miller • Tommy Miller • Essie Miller • Lily • Richard Miller • Muriel Macomber • Dave Macomber • Sid • Wint • Lady Entertainers, Bartender, Belle, The Drunk, Bar Patrons, Salesman, Townswomen, Townsmen MUSICAL NUMBERS: The Parade (Marvellous Fire Machine) - Nat Miller, Townspeople Oh, Please - Nat Miller, Essie Miller, Lily, Family I Would Die - Muriel Macomber, Richard Miller Sid, Ol' Kid - Sid, Townspeople Staying Young - Nat Miller I Get Embarassed - Sid, Lily We're Home - Lily Take Me Along - Sid, Nat Miller For Sweet Charity (Volunteer Firemen Picnic) - Sid, Nat Miller, Lady Entertainers, Townsmen Pleasant Beach House (Wint's Song) - Wint That's How It Starts - Richard Miller The Beardsley Ballet - Richard Miller, Muriel Macomber, Beardsley Dwarf, Salome, Ensemble Oh, Please (reprise) - Nat Miller, Essie Miller Promise Me a Rose (A Slight Detail) - Lily, Sid Staying Young (reprise) - Nat Miller Little Green. Snake - Sid Nine O'Clock - Richard Miller But Yours - Sid, Lily Take Me Along (reprise) - Lily, Sid, Townspeople SCENES AND SETTINGS Act 1 Scene I: The Miller Home in Centerville, Connecticut, 1910. Early the morning of July 4th. Scene 2: The Macomber Home. The same morning. Scene 3: The Car Barn. Later that morning. Scene 4: The Miller Home. A little later. Scene 5: A Street. Scene 6: The Picnic Grounds. That afternoon. Scene 7: The Miller Home. That evening. Act 2 Scene 1: Bar Room of the Pleasant Beach House. The same night. Scene 2: The Miller Home. Later that night. Scene 3: Richard's Bedroom. Afternoon of the following day. Scene 4: The Beach. That evening. Scene 5: The Miller Home. A little later. Scene 6: The Car Barn. Later that evening. DISCOGRAPHY: Original Broadway Cast starring Walter Pidgeon, Jackie Gleason, Eileen Hurlie - RCA LOC-1050
TAKEAWAY Musical in 2 acts; Book and Lyrics by Robert Lee; Music by Leon Ko Theatre Royal Stratford East, London - 10 June 2011 - 09 July 2011 (Season) SYNOPSIS Takeaway is a new musical about being young, British and hopelessly confused and is set in London’s East End. It tells the story of Eddie Woo who is at a bit of a crossroads to say the least. . He is a youthful dreamer who has failed his A-Levels (again), is wannabe ladies’ man juggling two girlfriends, who works day and night in his father’s Chinese takeaway which he manages (badly) . In fact, he’s never happier than when he wanders into daydreams of escaping the everyday and being like his idol, Tom Jones. Story Wanting to sing like Welsh warbler Tom Jones; that's the fantasy of Eddie Woo shaking off the strictures of his widowed father in the Chinese takeaway and slipping into the pub talent competition with Dillon the delivery girl. Dillon is one of the many girlfriends Eddie strings along, the others represented by a singing trio. It's quite a surprise, therefore, when Eddie switches off his Tom Jones womanising button and discovers his inner Barry Manilow, waxing soft and syrupy with his guitar-strumming pal Reese. They sing a duet in boxer shorts, which prepares us for the underwear bombardment at the final curtain; though it was the women in the audience who threw those items at Tom Jones, not he at them. There is a political subtext of exploitation, highlighted in the case of the Morecambe cockle pickers, used as an excuse for the girls to disguise themselves as the Eastern Asian Liberation Army and "rescue" Eddie from slavery. Yellow banners and a dancing dragon create a welcome change from Eddie's relationship with his dad who wants him to continue the family business. Eddie's tale lends proof to the fact that there's no escape from your background. Even Tom Jones knows that.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES - The Musical Book by Gary Peterson. Music and lyrics by Larry Nestor. SYNOPSIS Set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution, the story revolves around Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, and the woman they both love. Charles turns his back on the excesses of the aristocracy to marry the Englishwoman while Sydney must watch from afar. Among the excellent songs are: ‘Today We Drink the Wine,” “When Will We Meet Again?” and “Hold Me In Your Mind.” Here’s a chance to stage an important work of literature in the form of a theatrically exciting musical! MUSICAL NUMBERS include Today We Drink the Wine - Ensemble Work - Charles, Evremonde You Are My Lullaby - Lucie When Will We Meet Again? Hold Me In Your Mind. CAST: 12m., 7w. in major roles, with smaller roles that can be doubled. • Ostlers - delivering wine • Ernest Defarge - a wine-shop proprietor • Therese Defarge - Ernest’s wife • Gaspard - a peasant • Le Marquis Sam Evremonde - an aristocrat • Lucie Manette - young French lady • Jarvis Lorry - a banker • Alexandre Mamie - a country doctor • Theophile Gabelle - a servant • Miss Pross - a governess • Sydney Carton - an associate advocate • C.J. Stryver - an advocate • Jerry Cruncher - an honest tradesman • John Barsad - a gentleman • Judge - at Old Bailey’s Court • Bailiff - for Old Bailey’s • Prosecutor - the Advocate-General • Roger cly - a witness • Marie Gabelle - Gheophile Cabelle’s daughter • Vengeance - a neighbor of the Defarges’ • Lucille Darnay - a child • Captain - a captain of the French army • President - presides over high Court • Seamstress - a French girl • Foreman - of jury of French Court • Bailiff - of the French Court • Executioner - for Republic of France • Guards, jurors, peasants, soldiers, citizens, prisoners Multiple simple sets. PLACE: Various locales in London and Paris TIME: Late eighteenth century MUSICAL NUMBERS • Today We Drink the Wine • Work • You Are My Lullaby • It Was ‘Im • Must I Favor Him • My Heart Won’t Let Me • Hold Me In Your Mind • One Night Without Your Love • Carmagnole (Orchestral) • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity • Hold Me in Your Mind (Reprise) • When Will We Meet Again • Requiem Pour la Guillotine
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