My Favorite Year
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Book by Joseph Dougherty. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Based on the motion picture My Favorite Year courtesy of Turner Entertainment Company. Screenplay by Norman Steinberg & Dennis Palumbo. Story by Dennis Palumbo
Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway - 10 December, 1992 (37 perfs)
Synopsis
A classic farce with a heart - and fencing - this adaptation of the film introduces Benjy Stone, a naive young television writer during the Golden Age of live 50s US television, to Alan Swann, a hard drinking, swash-buckling movie star from Hollywood. Assignment: keep the star sober for his guest spot on a live show, learn some lessons about life and love and, of course, get the girl. Simple.
Musical Numbers:
- Funny
- The Duck Joke
- The Gospel According to King
- If the World Were Like the Movies
- Larger Than Life
- The Lights Come Up
- Manhattan
- Maxford House
- My Favourite Year
- Naked in the Bethesda Fountain
- Professional Showbusiness Comedy
- Rookie In the Ring
- Shut Up and Dance
- Twenty Million People
- Waldorf Suite
- Welcome to Brooklyn
Cast:
8 men, 5 women, chorus
Instrumentation:
Reed 1 (piccolo/flute/clarinet/alto sax), Reed II (flute/clarinet/bass clarinet/alto sax), Reed III (oboe/cor anglais/clarinet/tenor sax), Reed IV (flute/clarinet/bass clarinet/baritone sax/ bassoon), horn, Trumpet I (trumpet/flugelhorn), Trumpet II (trumpet/piccolo trumpet), Trumpet III (trumpet/flugelhorn), 2 trombones, 2 percussion, Keyboard I (piano/synthesizer), Keyboard II (synthesizer), 3 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Discography:
Original Cast recording - RCA Victor 09026-61617-2