70, Girls, 70
Broadhurst Theatre
Previews Began: April 7, 1971
Opening Night: April 15, 1971
Closing Night: May 15, 1971
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Fred Ebb
Norman L. Martin
A group of elderly residents in a New York nursing home organize themselves into a gang of fur thieves, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, in the musical adaptation of the film Make Mine Mink.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Old Folks…………………………………………………Company
Home……………………………………………….Ida, Ensemble
Broadway My Street……………Melba, Fritzi, Ensemble
The Caper…………………………………………………….Harry
Coffee in a Cardboard Cup…………………..Melba, Fritzi
You and I, Love…………………………….Mr. McIllehenny,
Mrs. McIllehenny,
Ensemble
Do We?…………………………………………..Walter, Eunice
Hit It, Lorraine………………………………………..Ensemble
See the Light………………………….Gert, Male Ensemble
ACT TWO
Boom Ditty Boom……………………………………..Company
Believe…………………………………………Melba, Ensemble
Go Visit Your Grandmother……..Eddie, Grandmother
70, Girls, 70……………………………………………..Company
The Elephant Song……………………….Ida, Melba, Fritzi
Yes……………………………………………………Ida, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Hans Conried Harry
Mildred Natwick Ida Dodd
Lillian Roth Gert
Joey Faye Detective Callahan
Dorothea Freitag Lorraine
Lillian Hayman Melba
Henrietta Jacobson Grandmother
Gil Lamb Walter
Lucie Lancaster Eunice
Goldye Shaw Fritzi
Coley Worth Officer Kowalski
Thomas Anderson Ensemble
Tommy Breslin Eddie
Robert G. Dare Ensemble
Sally De May Ensemble
Ruth Gillette Ensemble
Lloyd Harris Ensemble
Marjorie Leach Ensemble
Abby Lewis Ensemble
Steve Mills Ensemble
Naomi Price Ensemble
Beau Tilden Ensemble
Bobbi Tremain Ensemble
Jay Velie Ensemble
Standby: Nancy Andrews (Ida Dodd, Gert), Karen Gustafson (Lorraine)
Understudies: John Johann (Eddie), Coley Worth (Harry)