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Big Deal
Musical
Dance
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 10, 1986
Closing Date
Jun 08, 1986
1st Preview
Apr 01, 1986
1st Preview
Apr 01, 1986
Previews
8
Performances
69
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Open Date: Apr 10, 1986
Close Date: Jun 08, 1986
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Apr 10, 1986 - Jun 08, 1986)
Setting
The 1930's. The South Side of Chicago.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Book by
Bob Fosse
; Based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by
Mario Monicelli
; Music orchestrated by
Ralph Burns
; Music arranged by
Gordon Lowry Harrell
; Featuring songs by
Ray Henderson
("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"),
Abel Baer
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Eubie Blake
("I'm Just Wild About Harry"),
Samuel W. Lewis
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Joseph Young
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Ted Fiorito
("Charley My Boy"),
Nacio Herb Brown
("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"),
Richard Whiting
("Ain't We Got Fun"),
Fred Fisher
("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me"),
Jerome Kern
("Pick Yourself Up"),
Don Raye
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Hughie Prince
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Eleanor Sheehy
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Edward Farley
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Michael Riley
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Al Lewis
("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"),
Milton Ager
("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"),
Al Jolson
("Me and My Shadow"),
Spencer Williams
("Everybody Loves My Baby"),
Dave Dreyer
("Me and My Shadow"),
Harry Warren
("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Lewis E. Gensler
("Love is Just Around the Corner"),
Leonello Casucci
("Just a Gigolo"),
Hal Goering
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Ben Bernie
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Leonard Ware
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Jerry Brandow
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Willie Spottswood
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Leonard Kent
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Edward Robinson
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight") and
Walter Donaldson
("Yes Sir, That's My Baby"); Featuring songs with lyrics by
B.G. DeSylva
("Button Up Your Overcoat"),
Gus Kahn
("Charley My Boy", "Ain't We Got Fun", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"),
Arthur Freed
("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"),
Raymond Egan
("Ain't We Got Fun"),
Lew Brown
("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat"),
Dorothy Fields
("Pick Yourself Up"),
Noble Sissle
("I'm Just Wild About Harry"),
Red Hodgson
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Al Sherman
("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"),
Jack Yellen
("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"),
Jack Palmer
("Everybody Loves My Baby"),
Billy Rose
("Me and My Shadow", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Mort Dixon
("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Leo Robin
("Love is Just Around the Corner"),
Walter Hirsch
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Fred Fisher
("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother To Me"),
Don Raye
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Hughie Prince
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Eleanor Sheehy
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Leonard Ware
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Jerry Brandow
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Willie Spottswood
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Leonard Kent
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Edward Robinson
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Joseph Young
("I'm Sitting on Top of the World") and
Samuel M. Lewis
("I'm Sitting on Top of the World"); Featuring songs with lyrics (English) by
Irving Caesar
("Just a Gigolo"); Featuring songs with lyrics (original) by
Julius Brammer
("Just a Gigolo")
Directed by
Bob Fosse
; Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
; Associate Choreographer:
Christopher Chadman
Scenic Design by
Peter Larkin
; Costume Design by
Patricia Zipprodt
; Lighting Design by
Jules Fisher
; Sound Design by
Abe Jacob
; Hair Design by
Romaine Greene
; Associate Scenic Design:
William Barclay
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Charles Beals
; Assistant Costume Design:
Arnold S. Levine
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Peggy Eisenhauer
; Assistant Hair Design:
Werner Sherer
Executive Producer:
Jules Fisher
; General Manager:
Joseph Harris Associates, Inc.
; Company Manager:
Steven H. David
Production Stage Manager:
Phil Friedman
; Technical Supervisor:
Jeremiah J. Harris Associates
; Stage Manager:
Perry Cline
and
Barry Kearsley
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Kenneth Hanson
and
Randall Whitescarver
Music Contractor:
Seymour 'Red' Press
; Conducted by
Gordon Lowry Harrell
; Associate Conductor:
Nick Cerrato
; On-Stage Band - Drums:
Brian Brake
; On-Stage Band - Piano:
Leonard Oxley
; On-Stage Band - Clarinet:
William Shadel
; On-Stage Band - Trumpet:
Joe Mosello
; On-Stage Band - Bass:
Earl May
; On-Stage Band - Trombone:
Britt Woodman
; Music Preparation:
Mathilde Pincus
,
Christine Ambrose
and
Chelsea Music Services, Inc.
; Synthesizer Programmer:
Myles Chase
,
Peter Phillips
,
Jeffrey Halpern
and
Teese Gohl
Film sequence produced by
Chrisann Verges Productions, Inc.
Casting:
Howard Feuer
; Assistant to the Choreographer:
Linda Haberman
; General Press Representative:
The Fred Nathan Company, Inc.
; Dance Captain:
Valarie Pettiford
; Advertising:
Serino, Coyne & Nappi
; Photographer:
Martha Swope Studio
Cleavant Derricks
Charley
Loretta Devine
Lilly
Alan Weeks
Willie
Ciscoe Bruton II
Dancer
Gary Chapman
Kokomo
Dancin' Dan
Wayne Cilento
First Narrator
Desiree Coleman
Phoebe
Lloyd Culbreath
Dancer
Kim Darwin
Dancer
Bruce Anthony Davis
Second Narrator
Cady Huffman
Dancer
Mel Johnson, Jr.
Sunnyboy
Alde Lewis, Jr.
Otis
Emanuel MacDonald
Little Willie (film sequence)
Bernard J. Marsh
Judge and Bandleader
Amelia Marshall
Dancer
Larry Marshall
Slick
Frank Mastrocola
Dancer
Mennie Nelson
Millie (film sequence)
Bill Newman
The Clerk (film sequence)
Valarie Pettiford
Pearl
Band Singer
First Shadow
Stephanie Pope
Dancer
Roumel Reaux
Little Willie
Dancer
George Russell
Dancer
Candace Tovar
Announcer
Dancer
Barbara Yeager
Second Shadow
Standby:
Bryant Baldwin
(Dancer),
Vince Cole
(Dancer),
Diana Laurenson
(Dancer),
James Stovall
(Sunnyboy, Judge and Bandleader) and
Byron Utley
(Charley, Slick)
Understudies:
Bryant Baldwin
(Second Narrator),
Ciscoe Bruton II
(Dancin' Dan),
Vince Cole
(Sunnyboy),
Lloyd Culbreath
(Willie),
Kim Darwin
(First Shadow, Second Shadow),
Kenneth Hanson
(Kokomo),
Cady Huffman
(Pearl),
Amelia Marshall
(Phoebe),
Frank Mastrocola
(First Narrator),
Stephanie Pope
(Lilly, First Shadow, Second Shadow) and
Roumel Reaux
(Otis, Dancin' Dan)
Songs
Act 1
Sung By
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
For No Good Reason At All
(music by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Narrators
Charley My Boy
(music by
Ted Fiorito
and
Gus Kahn
; lyrics by
Ted Fiorito
and
Gus Kahn
)
Charley
I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'
(music by
Nacio Herb Brown
and
Arthur Freed
; lyrics by
Nacio Herb Brown
and
Arthur Freed
)
Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators
Ain't We Got Fun
(music by
Richard Whiting
; lyrics by
Raymond Egan
and
Gus Kahn
)
Prisoners
For No Good Reason At All
(Reprise)
(music by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Narrators and Dancers
Chicago
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Narrators
Pick Yourself Up
(music by
Jerome Kern
; lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
)
Charley, Willie, Slick, Sunnyboy and Otis
I'm Just Wild About Harry
(music by
Eubie Blake
and
Noble Sissle
; lyrics by
Eubie Blake
and
Noble Sissle
)
Lilly
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar
(music by
Hughie Prince
,
Don Raye
and
Eleanor Sheehy
; lyrics by
Hughie Prince
,
Don Raye
and
Eleanor Sheehy
)
Bandleader, Band and Dancers
The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
(music by
Edward Farley
,
Red Hodgson
and
Michael Riley
; lyrics by
Edward Farley
,
Red Hodgson
and
Michael Riley
)
Bandleader and Band
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(Reprise)
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Act 2
Sung By
Now's the Time to Fall in Love
(music by
Al Lewis
and
Al Sherman
; lyrics by
Al Lewis
and
Al Sherman
)
Narrators and Dancers
Ain't She Sweet
(music by
Milton Ager
; lyrics by
Jack Yellen
)
Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators and Dancers
Everybody Loves My Baby
(music by
Jack Palmer
and
Spencer Williams
; lyrics by
Jack Palmer
and
Spencer Williams
)
Willie and Narrators
Me and My Shadow
(music by
Dave Dreyer
and
Al Jolson
; lyrics by
Billy Rose
)
Dancin' Dan and Shadows
Love Is Just Around the Corner
(music by
Lewis E. Gensler
; lyrics by
Leo Robin
)
Narrators
Just a Gigolo
(music by
Leonello Casucci
; lyrics by
Julius Brammer
and
Irving Caesar
)
Bandleader and Charley
Who's Your Little Who-zis?
(music by
Ben Bernie
and
Hal Goering
; lyrics by
Walter Hirsch
)
Bandleader and Band Singer
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(music by
Walter Donaldson
; lyrics by
Gus Kahn
)
Charley
Button Up Your Overcoat
(music by
Lew Brown
,
Bud G. DeSylva
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
,
Bud G. DeSylva
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Willie and Little Willie
Hold Tight, Hold Tight
(music by
Sidney Bechet
,
Edward Robinson
,
Ben Smith
,
Willie Spottswood
and
Leonard Ware
; lyrics by
Sidney Bechet
,
Edward Robinson
,
Ben Smith
,
Willie Spottswood
and
Leonard Ware
)
Otis and Ladies
Happy Days Are Here Again
(music by
Milton Ager
; lyrics by
Jack Yellen
)
Slick, Phoebe, Sunnyboy and Company
I'm Sitting On Top of the World
(music by
Ray Henderson
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Ray Henderson
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Charley and Company
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(Reprise)
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Musical
1986 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Best Book of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Book by
Bob Fosse
Best Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Cleavant Derricks
Best Choreography
1986 Winner
Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
Best Direction of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Directed by
Bob Fosse
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
1986 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Cleavant Derricks
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Desiree Coleman
Outstanding Choreography
1986 Winner
Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
Outstanding Director of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Directed by
Bob Fosse
Statistics
Season:
1986-87
1985-86
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Big Deal Statistics
1986-87 Season
1985-86 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
People
Songs
Awards
Statistics
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Book by
Bob Fosse
; Based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by
Mario Monicelli
; Music orchestrated by
Ralph Burns
; Music arranged by
Gordon Lowry Harrell
; Featuring songs by
Ray Henderson
("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"),
Abel Baer
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Eubie Blake
("I'm Just Wild About Harry"),
Samuel W. Lewis
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Joseph Young
("For No Good Reason at All"),
Ted Fiorito
("Charley My Boy"),
Nacio Herb Brown
("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"),
Richard Whiting
("Ain't We Got Fun"),
Fred Fisher
("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me"),
Jerome Kern
("Pick Yourself Up"),
Don Raye
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Hughie Prince
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Eleanor Sheehy
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Edward Farley
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Michael Riley
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Al Lewis
("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"),
Milton Ager
("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"),
Al Jolson
("Me and My Shadow"),
Spencer Williams
("Everybody Loves My Baby"),
Dave Dreyer
("Me and My Shadow"),
Harry Warren
("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Lewis E. Gensler
("Love is Just Around the Corner"),
Leonello Casucci
("Just a Gigolo"),
Hal Goering
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Ben Bernie
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Leonard Ware
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Jerry Brandow
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Willie Spottswood
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Leonard Kent
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Edward Robinson
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight") and
Walter Donaldson
("Yes Sir, That's My Baby"); Featuring songs with lyrics by
B.G. DeSylva
("Button Up Your Overcoat"),
Gus Kahn
("Charley My Boy", "Ain't We Got Fun", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"),
Arthur Freed
("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"),
Raymond Egan
("Ain't We Got Fun"),
Lew Brown
("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat"),
Dorothy Fields
("Pick Yourself Up"),
Noble Sissle
("I'm Just Wild About Harry"),
Red Hodgson
("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"),
Al Sherman
("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"),
Jack Yellen
("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"),
Jack Palmer
("Everybody Loves My Baby"),
Billy Rose
("Me and My Shadow", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Mort Dixon
("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"),
Leo Robin
("Love is Just Around the Corner"),
Walter Hirsch
("Who's Your Little Whozis"),
Fred Fisher
("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother To Me"),
Don Raye
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Hughie Prince
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Eleanor Sheehy
("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"),
Leonard Ware
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Jerry Brandow
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Willie Spottswood
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Leonard Kent
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Edward Robinson
("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"),
Joseph Young
("I'm Sitting on Top of the World") and
Samuel M. Lewis
("I'm Sitting on Top of the World"); Featuring songs with lyrics (English) by
Irving Caesar
("Just a Gigolo"); Featuring songs with lyrics (original) by
Julius Brammer
("Just a Gigolo")
Directed by
Bob Fosse
; Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
; Associate Choreographer:
Christopher Chadman
Scenic Design by
Peter Larkin
; Costume Design by
Patricia Zipprodt
; Lighting Design by
Jules Fisher
; Sound Design by
Abe Jacob
; Hair Design by
Romaine Greene
; Associate Scenic Design:
William Barclay
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Charles Beals
; Assistant Costume Design:
Arnold S. Levine
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Peggy Eisenhauer
; Assistant Hair Design:
Werner Sherer
Executive Producer:
Jules Fisher
; General Manager:
Joseph Harris Associates, Inc.
; Company Manager:
Steven H. David
Production Stage Manager:
Phil Friedman
; Technical Supervisor:
Jeremiah J. Harris Associates
; Stage Manager:
Perry Cline
and
Barry Kearsley
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Kenneth Hanson
and
Randall Whitescarver
Music Contractor:
Seymour 'Red' Press
; Conducted by
Gordon Lowry Harrell
; Associate Conductor:
Nick Cerrato
; On-Stage Band - Drums:
Brian Brake
; On-Stage Band - Piano:
Leonard Oxley
; On-Stage Band - Clarinet:
William Shadel
; On-Stage Band - Trumpet:
Joe Mosello
; On-Stage Band - Bass:
Earl May
; On-Stage Band - Trombone:
Britt Woodman
; Music Preparation:
Mathilde Pincus
,
Christine Ambrose
and
Chelsea Music Services, Inc.
; Synthesizer Programmer:
Myles Chase
,
Peter Phillips
,
Jeffrey Halpern
and
Teese Gohl
Film sequence produced by
Chrisann Verges Productions, Inc.
Casting:
Howard Feuer
; Assistant to the Choreographer:
Linda Haberman
; General Press Representative:
The Fred Nathan Company, Inc.
; Dance Captain:
Valarie Pettiford
; Advertising:
Serino, Coyne & Nappi
; Photographer:
Martha Swope Studio
Cleavant Derricks
Charley
Loretta Devine
Lilly
Alan Weeks
Willie
Ciscoe Bruton II
Dancer
Gary Chapman
Kokomo
Dancin' Dan
Wayne Cilento
First Narrator
Desiree Coleman
Phoebe
Lloyd Culbreath
Dancer
Kim Darwin
Dancer
Bruce Anthony Davis
Second Narrator
Cady Huffman
Dancer
Mel Johnson, Jr.
Sunnyboy
Alde Lewis, Jr.
Otis
Emanuel MacDonald
Little Willie (film sequence)
Bernard J. Marsh
Judge and Bandleader
Amelia Marshall
Dancer
Larry Marshall
Slick
Frank Mastrocola
Dancer
Mennie Nelson
Millie (film sequence)
Bill Newman
The Clerk (film sequence)
Valarie Pettiford
Pearl
Band Singer
First Shadow
Stephanie Pope
Dancer
Roumel Reaux
Little Willie
Dancer
George Russell
Dancer
Candace Tovar
Announcer
Dancer
Barbara Yeager
Second Shadow
Standby:
Bryant Baldwin
(Dancer),
Vince Cole
(Dancer),
Diana Laurenson
(Dancer),
James Stovall
(Sunnyboy, Judge and Bandleader) and
Byron Utley
(Charley, Slick)
Understudies:
Bryant Baldwin
(Second Narrator),
Ciscoe Bruton II
(Dancin' Dan),
Vince Cole
(Sunnyboy),
Lloyd Culbreath
(Willie),
Kim Darwin
(First Shadow, Second Shadow),
Kenneth Hanson
(Kokomo),
Cady Huffman
(Pearl),
Amelia Marshall
(Phoebe),
Frank Mastrocola
(First Narrator),
Stephanie Pope
(Lilly, First Shadow, Second Shadow) and
Roumel Reaux
(Otis, Dancin' Dan)
Act 1
Sung By
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
For No Good Reason At All
(music by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Narrators
Charley My Boy
(music by
Ted Fiorito
and
Gus Kahn
; lyrics by
Ted Fiorito
and
Gus Kahn
)
Charley
I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'
(music by
Nacio Herb Brown
and
Arthur Freed
; lyrics by
Nacio Herb Brown
and
Arthur Freed
)
Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators
Ain't We Got Fun
(music by
Richard Whiting
; lyrics by
Raymond Egan
and
Gus Kahn
)
Prisoners
For No Good Reason At All
(Reprise)
(music by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Abel Baer
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Narrators and Dancers
Chicago
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Narrators
Pick Yourself Up
(music by
Jerome Kern
; lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
)
Charley, Willie, Slick, Sunnyboy and Otis
I'm Just Wild About Harry
(music by
Eubie Blake
and
Noble Sissle
; lyrics by
Eubie Blake
and
Noble Sissle
)
Lilly
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar
(music by
Hughie Prince
,
Don Raye
and
Eleanor Sheehy
; lyrics by
Hughie Prince
,
Don Raye
and
Eleanor Sheehy
)
Bandleader, Band and Dancers
The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
(music by
Edward Farley
,
Red Hodgson
and
Michael Riley
; lyrics by
Edward Farley
,
Red Hodgson
and
Michael Riley
)
Bandleader and Band
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(Reprise)
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Act 2
Sung By
Now's the Time to Fall in Love
(music by
Al Lewis
and
Al Sherman
; lyrics by
Al Lewis
and
Al Sherman
)
Narrators and Dancers
Ain't She Sweet
(music by
Milton Ager
; lyrics by
Jack Yellen
)
Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators and Dancers
Everybody Loves My Baby
(music by
Jack Palmer
and
Spencer Williams
; lyrics by
Jack Palmer
and
Spencer Williams
)
Willie and Narrators
Me and My Shadow
(music by
Dave Dreyer
and
Al Jolson
; lyrics by
Billy Rose
)
Dancin' Dan and Shadows
Love Is Just Around the Corner
(music by
Lewis E. Gensler
; lyrics by
Leo Robin
)
Narrators
Just a Gigolo
(music by
Leonello Casucci
; lyrics by
Julius Brammer
and
Irving Caesar
)
Bandleader and Charley
Who's Your Little Who-zis?
(music by
Ben Bernie
and
Hal Goering
; lyrics by
Walter Hirsch
)
Bandleader and Band Singer
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(music by
Walter Donaldson
; lyrics by
Gus Kahn
)
Charley
Button Up Your Overcoat
(music by
Lew Brown
,
Bud G. DeSylva
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
,
Bud G. DeSylva
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Willie and Little Willie
Hold Tight, Hold Tight
(music by
Sidney Bechet
,
Edward Robinson
,
Ben Smith
,
Willie Spottswood
and
Leonard Ware
; lyrics by
Sidney Bechet
,
Edward Robinson
,
Ben Smith
,
Willie Spottswood
and
Leonard Ware
)
Otis and Ladies
Happy Days Are Here Again
(music by
Milton Ager
; lyrics by
Jack Yellen
)
Slick, Phoebe, Sunnyboy and Company
I'm Sitting On Top of the World
(music by
Ray Henderson
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
; lyrics by
Ray Henderson
,
Samuel M. Lewis
and
Joseph Young
)
Charley and Company
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(Reprise)
(music by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Ray Henderson
)
Lilly
Tony Award®
Best Musical
1986 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Best Book of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Book by
Bob Fosse
Best Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Cleavant Derricks
Best Choreography
1986 Winner
Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
Best Direction of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Directed by
Bob Fosse
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
1986 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Roger Berlind
and
Jerome Minskoff
; Produced in association with
Jonathan Farkas
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Cleavant Derricks
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Desiree Coleman
Outstanding Choreography
1986 Winner
Choreographed by
Bob Fosse
Outstanding Director of a Musical
1986 Nominee
Directed by
Bob Fosse
Season:
1986-87
1985-86
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Big Deal Statistics
1986-87 Season
1985-86 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
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Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
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