Angel
Minskoff Theatre
Previews Began: May 4, 1978
Opening Night: May 10, 1978
Closing Night: May 13, 1978
Music: Gary Geld
Lyrics: Peter Udell
Book: Ketti Frings
Peter Udell
Ketti Frings co-authors this musical adaptation of her play Look Homeward, Angel, based on Thomas Wolfe’s novel about a domineering mother who insists her sons help her run a boardinghouse, keeping their own dreams in check.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
All the Comforts of Home………………………….Boarders
Like the Eagles Fly……………………………………Ben Gant
Make a Little Sunshine……..Eliza Gant, Eugene Gant,
Ben Gant
Fingers and Toes……………W. O. Gant, Tim Laughran,
Reed McKinney, Joe Tarkington
Fatty……………………………………………………….Ben Gant
Astoria Gloria…………………..Mrs. Fatty Pert, Boarders
Railbird………………………………………………Eugene Gant
If I Ever Loved Him……………………………..Laura James
A Dime Ain’t Worth a Nickel…………………….Ben Gant,
Mrs. Fatty Pert
I Got a Dream to Sleep On…………………..Eugene Gant
Drifting………………………………………………….Eliza Gant
ACT TWO
I Can’t Believe It’s You………………………….W. O. Gant,
Madame Victoria
Feelin’ Loved…………………..Eugene Gant, Laura James
A Medley………………………..Ben Gant, Mrs. Fatty Pert,
Eliza Gant, Laura James
Tomorrow I’m Gonna Be Old………………….W. O. Gant
Feelin’ Loved (Reprise)……Eugene Gant, Laura James
How Do You Say Goodbye…………………….Laura James
Gant’s Waltz………………………..W. O. Gant, Eliza Gant
Like the Eagles Fly (Reprise)………………..Eugene Gant
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Fred Gwynne W. O. Gant
Frances Sternhagen Eliza Gant
Patti Allison Mrs. Fatty Pert
Jayne Barnett Miss Brown
Billy Beckham Mr. Farrell
Grace Carney Mrs. Snowden
Donna Davis Helen Gant
Patricia Englund Madame Victoria
Elek Hartman Will Pentland
Rex David Hays Joe Tarkington
Joel Higgins Ben Gant
Justine Johnston Mrs. Clatt
Daniel Keyes Dr. Maguire
Gene Masoner Jake Clatt
Carl Nicholas Reed McKinney
Leslie Ann Ray Laura James
Don Scardino Eugene Gant
Rebecca Seay Florry Mangle
Norman Stotz Tim Laughran
Standby: Ann Gardner (Eliza Gant), Peter Walker (W. O. Gant)
Understudies: Dennis Cooley (Eugene Gant, Mr. Farrell), Paul Myrvold (Ben Gant, Jake Clatt), Leoni Norton (Laura James, Helen Gant, Florry Mangle), Laura Waterbury (Mrs. Fatty Pert, Miss Brown)