 A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING
A Musical Revue in 2 acts: Conceived by Waiter Bobbie. Music by Richard
Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Arrangements by Fred
Wells.
Originally produced Off-Broadway as a nightclub revue 2 March-10
April 1993 at Rainbow and Stars for 60 performances.
Originally produced by Roundabout Theatre Company at the Criterion
Center Stage Right, New York; 17 November, 1993 (52 perfs)
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Over three decades after the duo's final collaboration, The Sound
Of Music, took the world by storm, it was this new R&H musical
that opened the 1994 Broadway season, gaining wildly enthusiastic reviews.
Rodgers & Hammerstein probably never imagined Shall We Dance? as
a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer,
nor did they suspect that one day a lovelorn young lad might pose the
musical question, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? but
with innovative musical arrangements including a sultry Andrew Sisters-esque I'm
Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair, a swingin' Honeybun and
a jazzy Kansas City this exhilarating revue leaves no question
about how terrifically up-to-date the remarkable songs of R&H remain.
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Cast: 2 + men, 3 + women
Original Cast : In order of appearance
MARTIN VIDNOVIC, JASON GRAAE, VICTORIA
CLARK, ALYSON REED, LYNNE WINTERSTELLER
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Musical Numbers:
(The singer's name given is that of the original Broadway performance)
ACT 1
- Carousel Waltz (from Carousel)/ So Far (from
Allegro)/ It's a Grand Night For Singing (from
State Fair film) - Company
- The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top (from Oklahoma!) -
Jason
- Stepsisters' Lament (from Cinderella) -
Lynne, Victoria
- We Kiss in a Shadow (from The King and I) -
Martin
- Hello, Young Lovers (from The King and I) - Company
- A Wonderful Guy (from South Pacific) - Alyson
- I Cain't Say No (from Oklahoma!) -
Victoria
- Maria (from The Sound of Music) -
Jason
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (from Cinderella) -
Lynne
- Honey Bun (from South Pacific) -
Martin, Company
- The Gentleman Is a Dope (from Allegro) -
Alyson
- Don't Marry Me (from Flower Drum Song) -
Martin, Jason, Lynne, Victoria
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (from South
Pacific) -
Alyson, Lynne, Victoria
- If I Loved You (from Carousel) -
Victoria
- Shall We Dance? (from The King and I) -
Lynne, Jason
- That's the Way It Happens (from Me and Juliet) -
Alyson, Jason
- All at Once You Love Her (from Pipe Dream) -
Martin, Jason
- Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific) - Company
ACT 2
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (from Oklahoma!) - Martin
- Wish Them Well (from Allegro)-
Company
- The Man I Used To Be (from Pipe Dream) (Dance arrangements
by Wally Harper.) - Victoria, Alyson, Jason
- It Might As Well Be Spring (from State Fair) -
Lynne
- Kansas City (from Oklahoma!) -
Company
- When the Children Are Asleep (from Carousel) -
Company
- I Know It Can Happen Again (from Allegro) -
Company
- My Little Girl (excerpt from Soliloquy, from
Carousel) -
Company
- It's Me (from Me and Juliet) (Dance arrangements by Wally
Harper.) - Alyson, Jason, Martin
- Love, Look Away (from Flower Drum Song) -
Jason
- When You're Driving Through the Moonlight (from Cinderella) -
Victoria, Martin, Alyson, Jason
- A Lovely Night (from Cinderella) -
Victoria, Martin, Alyson, Jason
- Something Wonderful (from The King and I) -
Lynne
- This Nearly Was Mine (from South Pacific) -
Martin
- Impossible (from Cinderella - Company
- I Have Dreamed (from
The King and I) - Company
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Instrumentation:
Reed (flute, piccolo, alto flute, clarinet, alto sax), percussion,
harp, keyboard, cello, bass
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