ANKLES AWEIGH A Musical Comedy in 2 Act, 9 Scenes. Book by Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis. Music by Sammy Fain. Lyrics by Dan Shapiro. Staged by Fred F. Finklehoffe. Choreography by Tony Charmoli. Scenery and lighting by George Jenkins. Costumes by Miles White. Vocal and orchestral arrangements by Don Walker. Musical and choral director, Salvatore Dell'Isola. Dance music devised by Roger Adams. Additional dance music by Donald Pippin. Produced by Howard Hoyt, Reginald Hammerstein and Fred F. Finklehoffe Opened 18 April 1955 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York and closed 17 September 1955 after 176 performances. SYNOPSIS An unusually hectic and hilarious honeymoon centres on a Hollywood starlet, Wynne, who, while on location in Sicily and in defiance of her contract, is secretly married to Navy flyer Bill Kelley who is on manoeuvers in the Mediterranean. The actress, with the aid of her sister and stand-in, Elsey, and two of the lieutenant's pals, Dinky and Spud disguises herself as a sailor and stows away on his ship, the U.S.S. Alamo. When the ship sails for Morocco, Wynne and Kelley find themselves in the midst of a spy ring. Lucia, Kelley's old Moroccan flame and now the mistress of the leader of the spy ring, still harbours a grudge against the flyer for marrying someone other than herself. As revenge, she has him implicated in the espionage case. In the end he is absolved and winds up a hero, with the comic help of the two sisters and Dinky and Spud. CAST (in order of appearance) 1. Russ 2. Cameraman 3. Tommy 4. Pizza Cart Man 5. Elsey 6. Wynne 7. Dinky 8. Spud 9. Lieut. Bill Kelley 10. Native Girl 11. Captain Zimmerman 12. Admiral Potties 13. Chipolata 14. Joe Mancinni 15. Tony 16. Lucia 17. The Duchess 18. Shore Patrol 19. Dancers; Singers MUSICAL NUMBERS 1. Italy - Boys, Girls 2. Old Fashioned Mothers - Elsey, Wynne 3. Skip the Build-Up - Elsey, Dinky 4. Nothing At All - Wynne, Bill 5. Walk Like a Sailor - Wynne, Dinky, Spud, Girls, Elsey, Dancers 6. Headin' For the Bottom - Chipolata, Girls, Patrons of Nightspot 7. Nothing Can Replace a Man - Wynne, Boys 8. Here's to Dear Old Us - Elsey, Dinky, Spud 9. His and Hers - Wynne, Bill 10. La Festa - Natives, Boys, Girls, Soloist 11. Ready Cash - Croupiers, Gamblers 12. Kiss Me and Kill Me With Love - Wynne, Bill 13. Honeymoon - Elsey, Girls 14. The Villain Always Gets It - Boys, Girls 15. The Code - Joe's Henchmen 16. Walk Like a Sailor (reprise) - Dancing Boys, Girls 17. Eleven O'Clock Song - Elsey, Wynne 18. Finale - Entire Company
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