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| First Preview: | Mar 20, 1996 |
Total Previews: | 8 |
| Opening Date: | Mar 27, 1996 |
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| Closing Date: | Jun 30, 1996 |
Total Performances: | 110 |
| Production Staff |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by The Estate of Irving Berlin and The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President; Philip J. Smith: Executive VP; Robert E. Wankel: VP-Finance) |
| Produced by David Merrick, Philip Langner, Robert Franz, Natalie Lloyd, Jonathan C. Herzog, Meredith Blair and Gordon Smith; Produced in association with Mark N. Sirangelo and The PGI Entertainment Company; Presented through special arrangement with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library |
| Originally produced by The Theatre Guild; Pre-Broadway National Tour produced by Sonny Everett, Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, Matt Garfield and Ron Kumin; Pre-Broadway National Tour associate producer: David Young and Norma Langworthy; Pre-Broadway National Tour produced by arrangement with Celia Lipton Productions, Inc.; Pre-Broadway National Tour produced in association with The North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation |
| Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli; Based on the screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel by Phil Stong; Music orchestrated by Bruce Pomahac; Musical Director: Kay Cameron; Vocal arrangements by Kay Cameron; Dance arrangements by Scot Woolley |
| Co - Director: James Hammerstein and Randy Skinner; Choreographed by Randy Skinner |
| Scenic Design by James Leonard Joy; Costume Design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Brian Ronan; Hair Design by George M. Fraggos |
| Executive Producer: Thomas Viertel; General Manager: Ralph Roseman; Company Manager: Tom Domenici |
| Production Stage Manager: Warren Crane; Stage Manager: Donald Christy and Anita Ross; Technical Supervisor: Gene O'Donovan |
| Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Kay Cameron; Associate Conductor: Robert Berman; Keyboard: Robert Berman and Pam Sumner; Drums: Rich Rosenzweig; Bass: Leon Maleson; Percussion: Louis Oddo; Trumpet: Peter Olstad, Gregory L. Gisbert and Phil Granger; Trombones: Larry Farrell and Rock Ciccarone; Tuba: Marcus Rojas; French Horns: David Wakefield and Leise Anschuetz Paer; Woodwinds: Steve Kenyon, Charles Pillow, Scott Shachter and Don McGeen; Violins: Robert Shaw and Cecilia Hobbs Gardner; Viola: Debra Shufelt; Cello: Daniel D. Miller; Harp: Park Stickney |
| Dance Captain: Kelli Barclay; Asst. to the Choreographer: Kelli Barclay; Casting: Caro Jones and Pat McCorkle; General Press Representative: Susan L. Schulman; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Marketing: Boneau / Bryan-Brown |
| Swings: Julie Lira (Swing) and John Scott (Swing) |
| Understudies: Kelli Barclay (Jeanne, Vivian), Leslie Bell (Emily Arden), Linnea Dakin (Eleanor, Violet), SuEllen Estey (Melissa Frake), Tim Fauvell (Dave Miller, Hank Munson, Judge Heppenstahl, Lem), J. Lee Flynn (Abel Frake), Susan Haefner (Margy Frake), Tina Johnson (The Hoop-La Barker), Ian Knauer (Wayne Frake), Julie Lira (Midway Cow, Midway Pig), James Patterson (Harry), John Scott (A Fairtone, Charlie, Gus, Roustabout, Uncle Sam), Mary C. Sheehan (Mrs. Edwin Metcalf of Pottsville), Steve Steiner (Clay) and Scott Willis (Pat Gilbert, The Astounding Stralenko, The Chief of Police) |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Opening | Abel Frake, Melissa Frake (Abel's wife) and Wayne Frake (son of Abel and Melissa) |
| It Might as Well Be Spring | Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) |
| Driving at Night/Our State Fair | Abel Frake, Melissa Frake (Abel's wife), Wayne Frake (son of Abel and Melissa), Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) and Company |
| That's for Me | Wayne Frake (son of Abel and Melissa) |
| More Than Just a Friend | Abel Frake, Hank Munson (a farmer) and Fair Announcer |
| Isn't It Kinda Fun? | Pat Gilbert (a newspaper reporter) and Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) |
| You Never Had It So Good | Emily Arden and Fairtones |
| It Might as Well Be Spring (Reprise) | Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) |
| When I Go Out Walking With My Baby | Abel Frake and Melissa Frake (Abel's wife) |
| So Far | Wayne Frake (son of Abel and Melissa) and Emily Arden |
| It's a Grand Night for Singing | Company |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
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| Man I Used to Be | Pat Gilbert (a newspaper reporter), Vivian (a cooch dancer) and Jeanne (a cooch dancer) |
| All I Owe Ioway | Abel Frake and Company |
| Man I Used to Be (Reprise) | Pat Gilbert (a newspaper reporter) |
| Isn't It Kinda Fun? (Reprise) | Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) |
| That's the Way It Happens | Emily Arden and Fairtones |
| Boys and Girls Like You and Me | Abel Frake and Melissa Frake (Abel's wife) |
| Next Time It Happens | Margy Frake (Wayne's sister) |
| Finale Ultimo | Company |
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