Happy Town

54th Street Theatre, (10/07/1959 - 10/10/1959)

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Opening Date:	Oct 07, 1959
Closing Date:	Oct 10, 1959	Total Performances:	5

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: A private office in the T.B.A. exchange; Back-A-Heap, Texas, the main street; Bixby's Super Market; Back-A-Heap Town Hall; fairgrounds; the prairie; E Street.

Production Staff
Produced by B & M Productions
Book adapted by Max Hampton; Music by Gordon Duffy; Lyrics by Harry M. Haldane; Additional music by Paul Nassau; Additional lyrics by Paul Nassau; Musical Director: Samuel Krachmalnick; Vocal arrangements by Samuel Krachmalnick; Music orchestrated by Nicholas Carras
Directed by Alan A. Buckhantz; Choreographed by Lee Scott; Associate Director: Ernest Sarracino
Scenic Design by Curt Nations; Costume Design by J. Michael Travis; Lighting Design by Paul Morrison
General Manager: John Yorke
Production Stage Manager: Lawrence N. Kasha; Stage Manager: Jim Cavanaugh and Donald L. Jackson
Press Representative: Shirley Herz

Cast

Diana Baron	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
George Blackwell	Lint Richards
Lillian Bozinoff	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
John Buwen	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Alice Clift	Bobbie Jo Hartman
	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Colleen Corkrey	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Bob Daley	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Dori Davis	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Ralph Dunn	Pert Hawkins
Dick Elliott	Judge Ed Bixby
Isabelle Farrell	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Laurie Franks	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Rico Froehlich	A Reporter
	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
James Gannon	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Rita Golden	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Connie Greco	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Marian Haraldson	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Marilyn Harris	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
George Ives	Sib Richards
George Jack	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Danny Joel	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Judy Keirn	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Maxine Kent	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Michael Kermoyan	Glenn Richards
Bruce MacKay	Bub Richards
Charles May	Claney
	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
James McAnany	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Biff McGuire	Craig Richards
Nixon Miller	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Patricia Mount	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Robbi Palmer	Townswoman of Back-A-Heap
Howard Parker	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Tom Pocoroba	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Lizabeth Pritchett	Mrs. Hawkins
Cindy Robbins	Janice Dawson
Stuart Rose	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Edwin Steffe	Reverend Hornblow
Frederic Tozere	Jim Joe Jamison
Lee Venora	Molly Bixby
Chester Watson	Luke Granger
Tom Williams	Clint Yoder
Roy Wilson	Mult
	Townsman of Back-A-Heap
Will Wright	Doc Spooner

Understudies: Diana Baron (Molly Bixby), George Blackwell (Tim Joe Jamieson), John Buwen (Mult), Alice Clift (Janice Dawson), Colleen Corkrey (Bobbie Jo Hartman), Bob Daley (Clint Yoder), Laurie Franks (Janice Dawson, Molly Bixby), Rico Froehlich (Glenn Richards, Reverend Hornblow), James Gannon (Craig Richards, Sib Richards), Rita Golden (Mrs. Hawkins), Michael Kermoyan (Doc Spooner), Bruce MacKay (Pert Hawkins), Charles May (Bub Richards), Nixon Miller (Claney, Judge Ed Bixby, Lint Richards) and Stuart Rose (Craig Richards)

Tony Award^®
1960 Best Choreography [nominee]
Lee Scott

music by Gordon Duffy; lyrics by Harry M. Haldane

ACT 1	Sung By
It Isn't Easy	Janice Dawson, Glenn Richards, Bub Richards, Lint Richards and Sib Richards
Celebration!	Townspeople
Something Special	Craig Richards
The Legend of Black-Eyed Susan Grey	Susan Grey and Townspeople
Opportunity!	Craig Richards, Reverend Hornblow, Mrs. Hawkins and Townspeople
As Busy as Anyone Can Be	Clint Yoder and Girls
Heaven Protect Me!	Janice Dawson and Girls
I Feel Like a Brother to You!	Craig Richards and Molly Bixby
Hoedown!	Townspeople
I Am What I Am!	Craig Richards and Molly Bixby
The Beat of a Heart	Molly Bixby
Mean	Janice Dawson
It Isn't Easy (Reprise)	Glenn Richards, Bub Richards, Lint Richards and Sib Richards
When the Time Is Right	Reverend Hornblow
ACT 2	Sung By
Pick-Me-Up	Townspeople
I'm Stuck with Love	Molly Bixby
It Isn't Easy (Reprise)	Glenn Richards, Bub Richards, Lint Richards and Sib Richards
Nothing in Common	Janice Dawson and Molly Bixby
Talkin' 'Bout You	Janice Dawson, Clint Yoder and Townspeople
Something Special (Reprise)	Craig Richards and Molly Bixby
Y' Can't Win	Janice Dawson
Opportunity! (Reprise)	Entire Company