ACT I
Scene 1: Outside the Bar des Inquiets (Pigalle)
Valse Milieu - Bob, Irma
Scene 2: Inside the Bar des Inquiets
Noble Sons of France -
Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane, Polyte, Inspector
Bridge of Caulaincourt - Irma, Nestor
Scene 3: Irma’s Room
Our Language of Love - Irma, Nestor
Scene 4: The Pont Caulaincourt
She’s Got the Lot - Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane, Polyte, Inspector
Scene 5: Outside Hotel Rapide
Our Language of Love (reprise) - Irma
Scene 6: Inside Hotel Rapide
Our Language of Love (reprise) - Irma
Scene 7: Inside the Bar des Inquiets
Dis-Donc - Irma, Jojo, Bob, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Le Grisbi - Nestor, Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Scene 8: Irma’s Room
Wreck of a Mec - Nestor/Oscar
Scene 10: Narrow Street
That’s a Crime - Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Scene 11: Inside the Bar des Inquiets
ACT II
Scene 1: A Law Court
Bridge of Caulaincourt (reprise) - Irma, Nestor
Scene 2: A Prison Ship en route to Devil’s Island
From a Prison Cell - Nestor, Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Scene 3: Narrow Street Outside Irma’s House
Irma la Douce - Irma, Polyte, Inspector, Ensemble
Scene 4: Devil’s Island
There is Only One Paris For That -
Nestor, Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Scene 5: A Raft on the High Seas
The Freedom of the Seas - Nestor, Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Arctic Ballet - Ensemble, Irma
Scene 6: A Paris Street
There is Only One Paris For That (reprise) -
Nestor, Bob, Jojo, Roberto, Percil, Frangipane
Our Language of Love (reprise) - Irma
Scene 7: The Police Station
But - Nestor, Inspector, Ensemble
Scene 8: Irma’s Room
Christmas Child/Finale - Company
SETTING THE STAGE FOR
IRMA LA DOUCE
IRMA LA DOUCE open on September 29, 1960 at the Plymouth Theatre and ran for 524 performances; it starred Elizabeth Seal (Irma) who won a Tony Award, Keith Michell, Clive Revill, George S Irving and Fred Gwynn. Elliot Gould was in the ensemble and John Kander created the dance music.
NEWS EVENTS: Kennedy/Nixon Presidential election; Fidel Castro addresses the UN; Nikita Khruschev bangs shoe at the UN; Ebbets Field demolition begins; Freedomland opens; Third Avenue becomes one way as does Lexington Avenue; WBAI begins broadcasting; Outdoor telephone booths are installed - the candy store is no more; U2 pilot, Gary Powers, is captured; Adolf Eichman and Charles Van Doren are arrested but for different reasons.
PUBLISHING: My Wicked, Wicked Ways; Rabbit, Run; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner; The Caretaker; The Best Man
MOVIES: The Apartment; Elmer Gantry; Butterfield 8; Spartacus; La Dolce Vita; Sunrise at Campobello; The Entertainer; On the Beach; Psycho; Inherit the Wind; The Alamo; Exodus; Smellovision; ELIZABETH TAYLOR claims she has been hired to do the Irma la Douce film.
VARIETY HIT SONGS: "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," "Let’s Do the Twist," "Never on Sunday"
THEATRE: AEA minimum is $115/week; Revivals = none; A Taste of Honey (Lansbury; Plowright); Becket (A. Quinn; Olivier); Rhinocerous (Zero Mostel); Camelot (John Cullum understudies R Burton); Bye, Bye Birdie; Tenderloin; Unsinkable Molly Brown; Period of Adjustment; All the Way Home; Wildcat w/Lucille Ball; Do Re Mi; Come Blow Your Horn; Mary, Mary (Bel Geddes); Under the Milkwood; Carnival; The Blacks; Evening w/ Nicholas and May; BackStage begins publishing.
