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Chu Chem
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Mar 17, 1989 | ||
| Closing Date: | May 14, 1989 | Total Performances: | 68 |
Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: China. Six hundred years ago.
| Production Staff [Collapse] | |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President) | |
| Produced by The Mitch Leigh Company and William D. Rollnick | |
| First New York Production by The Jewish Repertory Theatre | |
| Book by Ted Allen; Music by Mitch Leigh; Lyrics by Jim Haines and Jack Wohl; Musical and Vocal Director: Don Jones; Music orchestrated by Michael Gibson; Assistant Musical Dir.: Brett Alan Sommer | |
| Entire production staged by Albert Marre | |
| Scenic Design by Robert Mitchell; Costume Design by Kenneth M. Yount; Lighting Design by Jason Sturm; Sound Design by Gary M. Stocker | |
| General Manager: Niko Associates, Inc. (Manny Kladitis, Founder and President) and Abbie M. Strassler; Assistant Co. Mgr: Erich Hamner; Assistant to the General Manager: Richard Shulman | |
| Production Supervisor: Dwight Frye; Production Stage Manager: Geraldine Teagarden; Stage Manager: Larry Smith; Assistant Stage Mgr: David Stoll | |
| Music Contractor: William Meade; Keyboard 1: Don Jones; Keyboard 2: Brett Alan Sommer; Wind Synthesizer: William Meade; Electric Bass: Ray Kilday; Guitar Synthesizer: Kevin Kuhn | |
| Assistant to the Producer: Shelley Nadell | |
| General Press Representative: Shirley Herz Associates, Glenna Freedman and Sam Rudy; Advertising: LeDonne & Wilner; Dance Material for the Jewish Repertory Theatre Production by Rosalind Newman; Photographer: Martha Swope and Associates and Carol Rosegg; Casting Director: Stephanie Klapper; Press Representative: Pete Sanders | |
| Cast |
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| Emily Zacharias | Lotte Westerner |
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| Mark Zeller | Chu Chem Westerner |
| Thom Sesma | The Prince The Oriental Company |
| Irving Burton | Yakob Westerner |
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| Timm Fujii | The Prompter The Oriental Company |
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| Simone Gee | Na-Mi The Oriental Company |
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| Concubine The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Zoie Lam | Daf-ah-Dil The Oriental Company |
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| Concubine The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Alvin Lum | The Elder The Oriental Company |
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| Jason Ma | Ho-Ke The Oriental Company |
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| Propman The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Kenji Nakao | Shu-Wo The Oriental Company |
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| Propman The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Paul Nakauchi | Nu-Wo The Oriental Company |
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| Propman The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Chev Rodgers | Hong Ho (The Governor) The Oriental Company |
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| Keelee Seetoo | Lei-An The Oriental Company |
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| Concubine The Oriental Company |
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| Villager The Oriental Company |
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| Hechter Ubarry | The Prince's Brother The Oriental Company |
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| Nephi Jay Wimmer | Chueh-Wu The Oriental Company |
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| Propman The Oriental Company |
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| Guard The Oriental Company |
| Standbys: Michael Ingram (Chu Chem, Hong Ho (The Governor), Yakob) and Mary Munger (Lotte) |
| Understudies: Simone Gee (Daf-ah-Dil), Jason Ma (Guard, The Prompter), Paul Nakauchi (The Prince, The Prince's Brother), David Stoll (Propman), Christine Toy (Concubine, Lei-An, Na-Mi, Villager) and Nephi Jay Wimmer (The Elder) |
music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Jim Haines and Jack Wohl
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Orient Yourself | The Oriental Company |
| What Happened, What? | Chu Chem (Westerner) and Yakob (Westerner) |
| Welcome | The Villagers |
| You'll Have to Change | Lotte (Westerner) |
| Love Is | The Prince (The Oriental Company) |
| I'll Talk to Her | Chu Chem (Westerner), The Prince (The Oriental Company) and The Prince's Brother (The Oriental Company) |
| Shame on You | Chu Chem (Westerner), The Prince (The Oriental Company) and The Concubines |
| It Must Be Good for Me | Lotte (Westerner) |
| I'll Talk to Her (Reprise) | Chu Chem (Westerner) and The Prince (The Oriental Company) |
| You'll Have to Change (Reprise) | The Prince (The Oriental Company) |
| The River | Lotte (Westerner), The Prince (The Oriental Company) and The Propmen |
| We Dwell in Our Hearts | Chu Chem (Westerner) |
| Goodbye Love, Goodbye | Lotte (Westerner) and The Prince (The Oriental Company) |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Re-Orient Yourself | The Oriental Company |
| What Happened, What? (Reprise) | Yakob (Westerner) |
| I Once Believed | Lotte (Westerner) |
| It's Possible | Chu Chem (Westerner) |
| Our Kind of War | The Company |
| Boom! | Hong Ho (The Governor) (The Oriental Company) |
| Finale | The Company |