Big Deal
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Previews Began: April 1, 1986
Opening Night: April 10, 1986
Closing Night: June 8, 1986
Music: Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Multiple Artists
Book: Bob Fosse
A failed boxer joins a group of small-time criminals who plan to rob a Chicago apartment, in this Depression-era musical featuring a score of the era’s standards with book, direction and choreography by Bob Fosse.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries…………………………..Lilly
For No Good Reason At All……………………….Narrators
Charley My Boy………………………………………….Charley
I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’………..Kokomo, Judge,
Charley, Narrators
Ain’t We Got Fun……………………………………..Prisoners
For No Good Reason At All (Reprise)………..Narrators,
Dancers
Chicago…………………………………………………..Narrators
Pick Yourself Up…………….Charley, Willie, Slick, Otis,
Sunnyboy
I’m Just Wild About Harry………………………………..Lilly
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar……………Bandleader,
Band, Dancers
The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round………Bandleader,
Band
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise)…………….Lilly
ACT TWO
Now’s the Time to Fall in Love……Narrators, Dancers
Ain’t She Sweet…………Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators,
Dancers
Everybody Loves My Baby……………..Willie, Narrators
Me and My Shadow……………….Dancin’ Dan, Shadows
Love Is Just Around the Corner………………..Narrators
Just a Gigolo…………………………….Bandleader, Charley
Who’s Your Little Who-zis?…………………..Bandleader,
Band Singer
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby………………………………Charley
Button Up Your Overcoat…………………………………Lilly
Daddy, You’ve Been a Mother to Me………………Willie,
Little Willie
Hold Tight, Hold Tight………………………….Otis, Ladies
Happy Days Are Here Again………………Slick, Phoebe,
Sunnyboy,
Company
I’m Sitting On Top of the World………………….Charley,
Company
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise)…………….Lilly
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Cleavant Derricks Charley
Loretta Devine Lilly
Alan Weeks Willie
Ciscoe Bruton II Dancer
Gary Chapman Kokomo
Dancin’ Dan
Wayne Cilento First Narrator
Desiree Coleman Phoebe
Lloyd Culbreath Dancer
Kim Darwin Dancer
Bruce Anthony Davis Second Narrator
Cady Huffman Dancer
Mel Johnson, Jr. Sunnyboy
Alde Lewis, Jr. Otis
Emanuel MacDonald Little Willie
(Filmed Role)
Bernard J. Marsh Judge
Bandleader
Amelia Marshall Dancer
Larry Marshall Slick
Frank Mastrocola Dancer
Mennie Nelson Millie
(Filmed Role)
Bill Newman The Clerk
(Filmed Role)
Valarie Pettiford Pearl
Band Singer
First Shadow
Stephanie Pope Dancer
Roumel Reaux Little Willie
Dancer
George Russell Dancer
Candace Tovar Announcer
Dancer
Barbara Yeager Second Shadow
Standby: Bryant Baldwin (Dancer), Vince Cole (Dancer), Diana Laurenson (Dancer), James Stovall (Sunnyboy, Judge and Bandleader), Byron Utley (Charley, Slick)
Understudies: Kenneth Hanson (Kokomo)