Book by Hugh Wheeler and Joseph Stein
From an Adaptation by Harry Rigby
Based on the original play by James Montgomery
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
Additional Lyrics and Music by Charles Gaynor & Otis Clements
Directed and Choreographed by Thomas Sabella-Mills
Music Director, Vocal Arranger James Stenborg
With Richard Barth*, Selby Brown*, Marnie Buckner, Jacque Carnahan*, Janet Carroll*, Jody Cook*, Kellie Drinkhahn*, Jillian Louis*, Michael Jennings Mahoney*, Katherine McClain*, Laura Pavell*, Patrick Porter*, and Justin Sayre*, Micah Sheppard*, Jendi Tarde*
*Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
Producer Mel Miller
Casting Director Stephen DeAngelis
Lighting/Stage Manager Yingzhi Zhang
Graphics & Direct Mail Design James Babbin
The producers want to thank Tams-Witmark, the tdf Costume Collection, and Materials for the Arts
Major Contributors
Herman Goldman Foundation
New York State Council for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
Special Contributors
The Chase Manhattan Foundation
Federated Department Stores
Fidelity Investments
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
The Louis Feinberg Foundation
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Mutual of America
New York Times Foundation
Park Avenue Charitable Fund
Pfizer Foundation
Theodore & Renee Weiler Foundation
Thanks also to Michael Lavine, Elaine Siegel, and Don Stubblebine Music
Scenes and Musical Numbers
ACT I
Scene 1: Ninth Avenue, New York City – Spring, 1919
What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For - Ensemble
Scene 2: AAAAAA Piano Store, Ninth Avenue
Irene - Helen, Jane, Ensemble
The World Must Be Bigger Than an Avenue - Irene
Scene 3: The Marshal Estate, Marshall Drive, Marshall Town, Long Island
The Family Tree - Mrs. Marshall, Girls
Alice Blue Gown - Irene
Worthy of You* - Donald
They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me - Madame Lucy
An Irish Girl - Irene
Scene 4: Ninth Avenue, Back of the Tenement
An Irish Girl (reprise) - Ensemble
Mrs. O’Dare’s Jig - Mrs. O’Dare
Scene 5: Madame Lucy’s Salon
Stepping on Butterflies - Madame Lucy, Girls
Scene 6: Ninth Avenue, Back of the Tenement
Mother Angel Darling - Irene, Mrs. O’Dare
Scene 7: Palais Royale
The Riviera Rage - Irene, Company
ACT II
Scene 1: Palais Royale
The Last Part of Every Party - Ensemble
We’re Getting Away With It - Madame Lucy, Helen, Jane, Ozzie
Scene 2: AAAAAA Piano Store, Ninth Avenue
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows - Irene
Irene (reprise) - Donald, Ensemble
Scene 3: Ninth Avenue, Back of the Tenement
Scene 4: The Marshal Estate, Marshall Drive, Marshall Town, Long Island
Great Lover Tango - Donald, Helen, Jane
You Made Me Love You - Donald, Irene
Finale - Company
* from the 1919 production
