MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 05, 1944
Closing Date
Apr 27, 1946
Performances
654
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Oct 05, 1944 - Apr 27, 1946)

Description
A musical in two acts

Setting
Cicero Falls, a small Eastern Manufacturing Town. Spring. 1861.

Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by John C. Wilson; Produced in association with Nat Goldstone
Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy; Based on the play by Dan James and Lilith James; Musical Director: Leon Leonardi; Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett
Staged by E.Y. Harburg; Book Directed by William Schorr; Choreographed by Agnes de Mille
Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers; Lighting Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Miles White; Assistant Costume Design: John Birchenall
General Manager: C. Edwin Knill; Company Manager: James Troup
Stage Manager: Robert Calley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Ralph Sassano and Richard Haas; Production Supervisor: Martin Manulis
Press Representative: Willard Keefe and David Tebet; Casting: William Liebling
Evalina
Paula
Vocal Ensemble
Herman Brasher
Vocal Ensemble
Horatio
Jeff Calhoun
1st Deputy
 
State Official
Gus
Hamilton Calhoun
Augustus
Dancer
Dancer
2nd Deputy
 
Vocal Ensemble
Hiram Crump
Dancer
Vocal Ensemble
Julia
Dancer
Governor Newton
Dancer
Dancer
Sheriff Quimby
Alexander
Prudence
Dancer
Dancer
Vocal Ensemble
Joshua Dingle
Ebenezer Mimms
Vocal Ensemble
Dancer
Vocal Ensemble
Octavia
Dancer
Vocal Ensemble
Dancer
3rd Deputy
 
Vocal Ensemble
Vocal Ensemble
Dancer
Vocal Ensemble
Wilfred Thrush
Vocal Ensemble
Dancer
Pompey

Shubert Theatre (Oct 05, 1944 - Apr 27, 1946)

Musical Director: Frank Cork

Cast

Evalina
Vocal Ensemble
Vocal Ensemble
Paula
Octavia
Dec 31, 1945 - ?
Octavia
? - Dec 29, 1945
Octavia
Vocal Ensemble
Dancer
Joshua Dingle
Jeff Calhoun
Prudence
 
Hetty
 
Vocal Ensemble
Herman Brasher
music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Act 1
Sung By
When the Boys Come Home
Serena, Octavia, Lydia, Julia, Phoebe and Delia
Evelina
Jeff Calhoun and Evalina
Welcome Hinges
Serena, Horatio, Lydia, Julia, Phoebe, Delia, Joshua Dingle, Herman Brasher, Ebenezer Mimms, Wilfred Thrush, Hiram Crump, Evalina and Jeff Calhoun
Farmer's Daughter
Joshua Dingle, Herman Brasher, Ebenezer Mimms, Wilfred Thrush and Hiram Crump
It Was Good Enough for Grandma
Evalina and the Bloomer Girls
The Eagle and Me
Pompey
Right As the Rain
Jeff Calhoun and Evalina
T'Morra', T'Morra'
Daisy
Rakish Young Man With the Whiskers
Evalina and Jeff Calhoun
Pretty As a Picture
Male Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Sunday in Cicero Falls
Principals and Company
I Got a Song
Alexander, Augustus and Pompey
Lullaby
Evalina
Simon Legree
Second Deputy
Liza Crossing the Ice
Ensemble
I Never Was Born
Daisy
Man For Sale
Soloist
The Eagle and Me (Reprise)
Ensemble
When the Boys Come Home (Reprise)
Entire Company
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