SHE
LOVES ME
A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts. Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo. Music by Jerry Bock. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
- Musical numbers Staged by Carol Haney.
- Directed by Harold Prince.
- Settings and lighting by William and Jean Eckart.
- Costumes by Patricia Zipprodt.
- Musical direction by Harold Hastings.
- Orchestrations by Don Walker. Incidental music arranged by Jack Elliott.
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway - 23 April, 1963 (302 perfs)
Lyric Theatre, London - 29 April, 1964
SYNOPSIS
Secret pen pals blossom into a love affair in this charming musical based on the Jimmy Stewart film The Shop Around the Corner. With a small cast of winsome eccentrics aiding and abetting the love-stricken couple, She Loves Me is sure to prove a hit with audiences everywhere.
Cast: 7 men; 2 women; 5 customers and assorted characters which may be doubled.
ORIGINAL CAST (in order of appearance):
Arpad: RALPH WILLIAMS.
Mr. Sipos: NA'T'HANIEL FREY.
Miss Ritter: BARBARA BAXLEY.
Mr. Kodaly: JACK CASSIDY.
Georg Nowack: DANIEL MASSEY.
Mr. Maraezek: LUDWIG DONATH.
Window Shoppers: Jety Herlick, Judy West.
First Customer: Marion Delano.
Second Customer: Peg Murray.
Third Customer: Trude Adams.
Amalia Balash: BARBARA COOK.
Fourth Customer: Judy West.
Fifth Customer: Jety Herlick.
Sixth Customer: Vicki Mansfield.
Mr. Keller: Gino Conforti.
Waiter: Wood Romoff.
Busboy: Al De Sio.
Violinist: Gino Conforti.
Viktor: Pepe De Chazza.
Stefanie: Vicki Mansfield.
Magda: Judy West.
Ferencz: Bob Bishop.
Couple: Peg Murray, Joe Ross.
Nurse: Jety Herlick.
Carolers: Jo Wilder, Joe Ross, Gino Conforti.
Paul: Les Martin.
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Reed I (piccolo/flute/alto flute [opt]/clarinet [opt] Eb clarinet [opt]); Reed II (flute [opt]/oboe [opt]/cor anglais [opt]/clarinet/Eb clarinet [opt]/bass clarinet); Horn [opt]; Trumpet [db flugelhorn if no horn]; Percussion; 2 Keyboards; 3 Violins [2nd/3rd opt]; Viola [opt]; Cello; Double Bass |
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Reed I (piccolo/flute/alto flute [opt]/clarinet [opt] Eb clarinet [opt]); Reed II (flute [opt]/oboe [opt]/cor anglais [opt]/clarinet/Eb clarinet [opt]/bass clarinet); Reed III (flute [opt]/clarinet/bass clarinet/bassoon [opt]; Horn [opt]; Trumpet [db flugelhorn if no horn]; Percussion; 2 Keyboards; 3 Violins [2nd/3rd opt]; Viola [opt]; Cello; Double Bass |
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Scenes from the 1993 Broadway production of She Loves Me
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Overture Orchestra
"Good Morning, Good Day" Arpad Sipos, Ritter Kodaly, Georg
"Sounds While Selling" Georg, Sipos, Kodaly, Three Customers
"Days Gone By" Maraczek
"No More Candy" Amalia
"Three Letters" Georg, Amalia
"Tonight at Eight" Georg
"I Don't Know His Name" Amalia, Ritter
"Perspective" Sipos
"Goodbye" Georg, Clerks, Customers
"Will He Like Me?" Amalia
"Ilona" Kodaly, Sipos, Arpad
"I Resolve" Ritter
"A Romantic Atmosphere" Headwaiter, Busboy, Patrons
"Dear Friend" Amalia
ACT TWO
Entr'acte Orchestra
"Try Me" Arpad
"Where's My Shoe?" Amalia, Georg
"Vanilla Ice Cream" Amalia
"She Loves Me" Georg
"A Trip to the Library" Ritter
"Grand Knowing You" Kodaly
"Twelve Days to Christmas" Carollers, Shoppers, Clerks
"Finale" Amalia, Georg
ORCHESTRA
Percussion; Trumpet ; Woodwinds; Violin ; Bass; Synthesizers; Cello
Scenes and Settings
The action takes place in a city in Europe in the 1930s (inside and outside Maraczek's Parfumerie, the Cafe Imperiale, a hospital room and Miss Balash's apartment).
