Spin of the Wheel
Musical with music and lyrics by Geoff Morrow and book by Timothy Prager.
Palace Theatre Watford - Opened 11 March 1987;
Closed [date not known]
Comedy Theatre, London - Previewed 2 April
1987; Opened 7 April 1987 ; Closed 2 May 1987 (36 Perfs)
Director - Timothy Prager: Designer - Gerald Howland: Orchestrations - David Firman: Musical Staging - Peter Walker: Lighting - Mark Henderson: Sound - Rick Clarke: Video - Mark Huffington
Cast
- Danny Lemon - Neil McCaul
- Janie Jones - Maria Friedman
- Chester - Teddy Kempner
- Regina - Erin Donovan
- Ralph Dylan - Matt Zimmerman
- Sammy Class - Jeremy Sinden
- Louie Marder/ Horatio Daly's Voice - Raymond Brody
- Jack O'Neil - Stephen Hoye
- Dolores - Susie Fenwick
- Hiram Ross - Douglas Anderson
- Randy - Mark Heenehan
Synopsis
Spin of the Wheel is the extraordinary musical saga of Janie Jones and her search for the answer; the nerdish Chester and his search for love, and the disgustingly sleazy Game Show host Danny Lemon, and his search for cash.
In a bigger than average American City, Horatio Daly presents the almost adequate game show, Spin of the Wheel. Not surprisingly, the show is in danger of being pulled off the air due to its ever shrinking viewing audience. The prospect of unemployment has tweaked the anxiety of the Show's staff. The writers, Sammy and Louie and the key production personnel, Ralph and Jacko desperately try to remain sane. This is difficult.
The Game Show's hostess, Regina, prepares for a career on posters or at least as a newsreader. And the show's host, Danny Lemon, the kind of man our parents warned us about, remains oblivious to his falling popularity and looks to even more visible and meatier opportunities on Dynasty …
Musical Numbers
- Spin Of The Wheel- Danny
- That's A Long Story - Janie
- It's Only A Game Show - Danny, Ralph, Sammy, Jacko, Louie
- He Likes The Girl - Danny, Ralph, Sammy, Jacko, Louie
- Lucky - Chester, Janie
- What Would You Do Without Me? - Regina, Danny
- One More Postcard - Chester
- He Loves The Girl - Danny, Ralph, Sammy, Jacko, Louie
- Life Is a Citrus Tree - Janie
- Life Is a Carousel- Chester
- The Largest Known Butterfly - Company
- Lucky (reprise) - Janie
- Life Is (reprise) - Chester
- He Hates The Girl - Danny
- Minding The Store - Chester
- Dirty Work - Danny, Ralph, Sammy, Jacko, Louie, Chester
- If - Danny, Regina
- When I Came Out Of The Cellar - Janie
- The Largest Known Butterfly (reprise) - Company
- What Would You Do With Me? (reprise) - Janie, Regina
- Imagine This - Sammy
- If (reprise) - Danny, Janie
- That's A Long Story (reprise) - Chester
- Lucky (reprise) - Chester
- Daly Is The Name - Chester, Janie