MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 19, 1971
Closing Date
Mar 11, 1972
1st Preview
Nov 29, 1971
1st Preview
Nov 29, 1971
Previews
24
Performances
97
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Dec 19, 1971 - Mar 11, 1972)
Produced by Joseph Kipness, Lawrence Kasha and Tom O'Horgan; Produced in association with RCA Records; Associate Producer: Harvey Milk and John M. Nagel
Conceived by Tom O'Horgan; Music by Helen Miller; Lyrics by Eve Merriam; Based on the book "The Inner City Mother Goose" by Eve Merriam; Music orchestrated by Gordon Harrell; Music arranged by Gordon Harrell; Musical Director: Clay Fullum; Vocal arrangements by Helen Miller
Directed by Tom O'Horgan
Scenic Design by Robin Wagner; Costume Design by Joseph G. Aulisi; Lighting Design by John Dodd; Associate Lighting Design: Jane Reisman; Sound Design by Gary Harris
Production Stage Manager: Nicholas Russiyan; Stage Manager: Daniel Landau
Press Representative: Bill Doll & Company, Inc., Virginia Holden, Cindy Reagan and Susan L. Schulman
Joy Garrett
Performer
Carl Hall
Performer
Delores Hall
Performer
Fluffer Hirsch
Performer
Linda Hopkins
Performer
Paulette Ellen Jones
Performer
Larry Marshall
Performer
Allan Nicholls
Performer
Florence Tarlow
Performer

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Dec 19, 1971 - Mar 11, 1972)

Cast

Gretel Cummings
Performer
music by Helen Miller; lyrics by Eve Merriam
Act 1
Fee Fi Fo Fum
Now I Lay Me
Locks
I Had a Little Teevee
Hushabye Baby
My Mother Said
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Rub a Dub Dub
You'll Find Mice
Ding Dong Bell
The Brave Old City of New York
Urban Renewal
The Nub of the Nation
Mary, Mary
City Life
One Misty Moisty Morning
Jack Be Nimble
If Wishes Were Horses
One Man
Deep in the Night
Statistics
Twelve Rooftops Leaping
Take-a-Tour Congressman
Simple Simon
Poverty Program
One, Two
Tom, Tom
Hickety, Pickety
Half Alice
This Is the Way We Go To School
The Spirit of Education
Little Jack Horner
Subway Dream
Christmas is Coming
I'm Sorry Says the Machine
Jeremiah Obadiah
Riddle Song
Shadow of the Sun
Act 2
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
Summer Nights
Lucy Locket
Winter Nights
Wisdom
The Hooker
Wino Will
Man in the Doorway
Starlight Starbright
The Cow Jumped Over the Moon
The Dealer
Taffy
Numbers
The Pickpocket
Law and Order
Kindness
As I Went Over
There Was a Little Man
Who Killed Nobody
It's My Belief
Street Sermon
The Great If
On This Rock
The Great If (Reprise)

Tony Award®

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1972 Winner
Linda Hopkins

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Performance

1972 Winner
Linda Hopkins
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