The Happiest Girl in the World

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Martin Beck Theatre , (4/03/1961 - 6/24/1961)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: 400 B.C. Athens.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Martin Beck Estate; Martin Beck Theatre General Manager: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by Lee Guber
Book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers; Based on "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes; Based on stories of Greek mythology by Bullfinch; Story by E.Y. Harburg; Music by Jacques Offenbach; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Musical Director: Robert DeCormier; Vocal arrangements by Robert DeCormier; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Hershy Kay; Dance arrangements by Gerald Alters
Directed by Cyril Ritchard; Choreographed by Dania Krupska
Scenic Design by William and Jean Eckart; Costume Design by Robert Fletcher; Lighting Design by William and Jean Eckart; Hair Design by Ronald De Mann; Assistant to the Costume Designer: Frank Spencer
General Manager: Marvin A. Krauss; Business Manager: Albert H. Rosen
Production Stage Manager: Henri Caubisens; Stage Manager: Herman Magidson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Renato Cibelli
Musical research by Jay Gorney; Electronic Tonalities by Louis Barron and Bebe Barron; Assistant Conductor: Ted Saidenberg; Music Contractor: Sol Gusikoff
Press Representative: Bill Doll; Assistant to Mr. Ritchard: Bill Penn; Asst. to the Choreographer: Arthur Partington; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates

Cast

Standby: Leila Martin (Diana, Lysistrata)

Understudies: David Canary (Apollo, Captain Crito), Renato Cibelli (2d Minister, Jupiter), Judith Haskell (Diana), Lainie Kazan (Juno, Myrrhina, Spartan Woman), Michael Kermoyan (General Kinesias), Rita Metzger (Amaryllis, Aphrodite), Alton Ruff (Mercury), Ted Thurston (A Gay Blade, A Heckler, A Playwright, A Wine Smuggler, An Ambassador, Chief of State, Pluto, The Pied Piper of Hamelin), Arthur Tookoyan (3d Minister, Sergeant), Maura K. Wedge (Phoebe) and John Wheeler (1st Minister, Bacchus)

1962 Tony Award^® Best Choreography
	Dania Krupska [nominee]
1961 Theatre World Award
	Bruce Yarnell [winner]

ACT 1	Sung By
Cheers For the Hero	Ensemble
The Glory That is Greece	Chief of State, General Kinesias and Ensemble
The Happiest Girl in the World	Lysistrata and General Kinesias
The Greek Marine	Chief of State, Ministers and Soldiers
Shall We Say Farewell	Lysistrata
Never Be-Devil the Devil	Pluto
Whatever They May Be	Diana and the Gods
Eureka	Jupiter and the Gods
Diana's Arrival in Athens	Diana
The Oath	Lysistrata and Women
The Happiest Girl in the World (Reprise)	Dancer
Diana's Transformation	Pluto, Diana and Two Suitors
Vive la Virtue!	Pluto and Diana
Adrift on a Star	Lysistrata and General Kinesias
The Happiest Girl in the World (Reprise)	Lysistrata and General Kinesias
Finale	Lysistrata, General Kinesias and Ensemble
ACT 2	Sung By
That'll Be the Day	Men
How Soon, Oh Moon?	Lysistrata, Sentinal and Women
Love-Sick Serenade	Pluto and Myrrhina
Five Minutes of Spring	General Kinesias, Lysistrata and Diana
The Greek Marine (Reprise)	Soldiers
Five Minutes of Spring (Reprise)	Soldiers
Never Trust a Virgin	Pluto and Women
Entrance of the Courtesans	Women
The Pied Piper's Can-Can	Pluto and Dancers
Vive la Virtue! (Reprise)	Pluto and Diana
Finale	Entire Company