|
|
|
|
| |
 |
Official Broadway League sites:
|
| |
|
| First Preview: | Apr 01, 1986 |
Total Previews: | 8 |
| Opening Date: | Apr 10, 1986 |
| |
| Closing Date: | Jun 08, 1986 |
Total Performances: | 69 |
| Production Staff |
|---|
| 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"), Lionello 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 |
| 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 |
| Conducted by Gordon Lowry Harrell; Music Contractor: Seymour "Red" Press; 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 |
| 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 |
| Standbys: Bryant Baldwin (Dancer), Vince Cole (Dancer), Diana Laurenson (Dancer), James Stovall (Judge and Bandleader, Sunnyboy) 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 (First Shadow, Lilly, Second Shadow) and Roumel Reaux (Dancin' Dan, Otis) |
| 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 Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young; lyrics by Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer 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 Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown) | Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators |
Ain't We Got Fun
(music by Richard Whiting; lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond Egan) | Prisoners |
For No Good Reason At All (Reprise)
(music by Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young; lyrics by Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer 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 Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanor Sheehy; lyrics by Don Raye, Hughie Prince 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 Sherman and Al Lewis; lyrics by Al Sherman and Al Lewis) | 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 Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer; 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 Lionello Casucci; lyrics by Julius Brammer and Irving Caesar) | Bandleader and Charley |
Who's Your Little Who-zis?
(music by Hal Goering and Ben Bernie; 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 Ray Henderson, Lew Brown and Bud G. DeSylva; lyrics by Ray Henderson, Lew Brown and Bud G. DeSylva) | 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 Leonard Ware, Willie Spottswood, Edward Robinson, Ben Smith and Sidney Bechet; lyrics by Leonard Ware, Willie Spottswood, Edward Robinson, Ben Smith and Sidney Bechet) | 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, Joseph Young and Samuel M. Lewis; lyrics by Ray Henderson, Joseph Young and Samuel M. Lewis) | 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 |
|
|
