Something for the Boys

1997 San Francisco Production

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields

Produced by 42nd St. Moon [Greg MacKellan and Stephanie Rhoads, Producing Artistic Directors]
Directed by Greg MacKellan
Musical Director: Michael Horsley

Cast

Meg Mackay (Blossom Hart), Lesley Hamilton (Chiquita Hart), Steven Patterson (Harry Hart), Joseph Lustig (Rocky Fulton), Mike Dederian (Sgt. Laddie Green), Stephanie Rhoads (Melanie Walker, Roxanne Banner), Bill Fahmer (Roger Calhoun), Dyan McBride (Mary-Frances Smith, Kitty Banner), Sean Sharp (Col. Grubbs), Elisa Camahort (Mrs. Grubbs, Verna Banner), Kim Larsen (Tobias Twitch), Brandon Adams (Lt. Gordon Smith), Steve Rhyne (Sgt. Lucky Williams), Scrumbly Koldewyn (Lt. Patterson)

Musical Numbers

    Act One

  • "Opening" - Banner Sisters
  • "Announcement of Inheritance" - Calhoun, Chiquita, Harry, Blossom
  • "See That You're Born in Texas" - Banner Sisters, Company
  • "When My Baby Goes to Town" - Rocky, Company
  • "Something for the Boys" - Blossom, Guys
  • "When We're Home on the Range" - Blossom, Chiquita, Harry
  • "Could It Be You?" - Rocky, Guys
  • "Hey, Good-Lookin'" - Blossom, Rocky
  • "He's a Right Guy" - Blossom
  • "Washington, D.C."- Melanie, Guys
  • "The Leader of a Big-Time Band" - Blossom, Banner Sisters
  • Finale: Act One (Radio Sequence) - Blossom, Banner Sisters

    • Act Two

  • "Coffee" - (Chiquita, Harry) [written for Ever Yours (unproduced)]
  • "There Must Be Someone For You" - Chiquita [from Mexican Hayride]
  • "There's a Happy Land in the Sky" - Blossom, Twitch, Chiquita, Harry, Rocky
  • "He's a Right Guy" (reprise) - Blossom
  • "I'm in Love With a Soldier Boy" - Mary-Frances
  • "By the Mississinewah"- Blossom, Chiquita
  • Finale: "Hey, Good Lookin'" (reprise) - Rocky, Blossom, Company / "Something for the Boys" (reprise) - Company

Cast Recording

Produced for Records by Greg MacKellan
Executive Producer: Stephanie Rhoads
Recorded October-November, 1997
at Music Annex Recording Studios, Menlo Park CA
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Tom Carr
Includes interviews with Betty Garrett and Paula Lawrence of the original cast, and a synopsis from the original Broadway program.

  • Compact Disc, 1998 [Music Box MBR 42001]



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