Let It Ride!

Eugene O'Neill Theatre, (10/12/1961 - 12/09/1961)

First Preview:	Oct 11, 1961	Total Previews:	1
Opening Date:	Oct 12, 1961
Closing Date:	Dec 09, 1961	Total Performances:	68

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: The offices of the Modern Greeting Card Co., the Hotel Lavillere, a bar and Erwin's island.

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
Produced by Joel Spector
Book by Abram S. Ginnes; Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; Based on "Three Men on a Horse" by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott; Musical Director: Jay Blackton; Dance arrangements by Billy Goldenberg; Additional material by Ronny Graham; Vocal Director: Jerry Packer; Music orchestrated by Raymond Jaimes; Additional Arrangements: Jack Andrews, Jacques Belasco, Dave Grusin, Luther Henderson and Walter Eiger
Directed by Stanley Prager; Choreographed by Onna White; Assistant Choreographer: Eugene Louis
Scenic Design by William and Jean Eckart; Costume Design by Guy Kent; Lighting Design by William and Jean Eckart; Hairstyles by Kenneth (at Lilly Daché)
General Manager: Paul Vroom; Company Manager: Herb Cherin
Production Stage Manager: Terence Little; Stage Manager: Ralph Linn; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Ford
Assistant Conductor: Don Plumby; Music Copyist Supervisor: Wedo Marasco
Press Representative: David Lipsky and Chester Fox; Production Associate: Buff Cobb

Cast

George Gobel	Erwin
Sam Levene	Patsy
Barbara Nichols	Mabel
Ted Adkins	Dancer
Marty Allen	Dancer
Larry Alpert	Frankie
Helen Baisley	Singer
Robert Bakanic	Dancer
Francine Bond	Singer
Dort Clark	Nice Nose Brophy
Austin Colyer	Singer
Rhett Dennis	Dancer
Sandra Devlin	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Bob Evans	Dancer
Clifford Fearl	Singer
John Ford	First Cop
	Singer
Harold Gary	Harry
Dick Gingrich	Dancer
Carol Glade	Birthday Girl
	Singer
Stanley Grover	Carver
Ann Johnson	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Sally Kirk	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Sally Lee	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Jack Leigh	Dancer
	Singer
Robert Lenn	Singer
Albert Linville	Charlie
Vernon Lusby	Dancer
Barbara Marcon	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Rae McLean	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Virginia Perlowin	Singer
Michael Roberts	Singer
Stanley Simmonds	Repulski
Paula Stewart	Audrey
Ted Thurston	Chief Schermerhorn
	Announcer's Voice
Pat Turner	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Sandy Walsh	Birthday Girl
	Dancer
Marc West	Dancer
Maggie Worth	Mother
	Singer

Standby: Edwin Bruce (Erwin) and Harold Gary (Patsy)

Understudies: Helen Baisley (Mother), Francine Bond (Audrey), Austin Colyer (Carver), John Ford (Charlie, Repulski), Virginia Perlowin (Mabel), Michael Roberts (Father, Harry) and Stanley Simmonds (Frankie)

music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

ACT 1	Sung By
Run, Run, Run	Singers and Dancers
The Nicest Thing	Audrey
Hey, Jimmy, Joe, John, Jim, Jack	Erwin
Broads Ain't People	Erwin, Harry, Frankie and Charlie
Let It Ride	Patsy, Singers and Dancers
I'll Learn Ya	Erwin and Patsy
Love Let Me Know	Audrey and Carver
Happy Birthday	Birthday Girls
Everything Beautiful	Erwin and Birthday Girls
Who's Doing What to Erwin	Audrey, Chief Schermerhorn, Carver and Mother
I Wouldn't Have Had To	Mabel
ACT 2	Sung By
There's Something About a Horse	Singers and Dancers
He Needs You	Erwin, Frankie and Charlie
Just an Honest Mistake	Chief Schermerhorn, Repulski and Cops
His Own Little Island	Erwin
If Flutterby Wins	Erwin, Patsy, Frankie, Charlie, Harry and Hoods