Blood Brothers
Music Box Theatre
Previews Began: April 14, 1993
Opening Night: April 25, 1993
Closing Night: April 30, 1995
Music: Willy Russell
Lyrics: Willy Russell
Book: Willy Russell
Mrs Johnstone is working as a cleaner for Mrs Lyons when she becomes pregnant with twins. The financial burden of two children is too much for her and Mrs Lyons is longing for a child of her own, so Mrs Johnstone keeps Mickey and gives the other boy, Edward, to Mrs Lyons. Though the blood brothers are never told they are related and their mothers try their best to keep them apart, their paths do cross later in life and all hell breaks loose.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Marilyn Monroe………………………………Mrs. Johnstone
My Child……………………….Mrs. Johnstone, Mrs. Lyons
Easy Terms……………………………………..Mrs. Johnstone
Shoes Upon the Table………………………………..Narrator
Easy Terms (Reprise)……………………….Mrs. Johnstone
Kids’ Game………….Sammy, Linda, Mickey, Ensemble
Shoes Upon the Table (Reprise)…………………Narrator
Bright New Day……………………………….Mrs. Johnstone
Long Sunday Afternoon/My Friend……Mickey, Eddie
Bright New Day (Reprise)………………..Mrs. Johnstone,
Company
ACT TWO
Marilyn Monroe (Reprise)………………..Mrs. Johnstone
Shoes Upon the Table (Reprise)…………………Narrator
That Guy………………………………………….Mickey, Eddie
I’m Not Saying a Word…………………………………..Eddie
Take a Letter, Miss Jones………Mr Lyons, Miss Jones,
Company
Light Romance………………………………..Mrs. Johnstone
Madman……………………………………………………Narrator
Tell Me It’s Not True……….Mrs. Johnstone, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Stephanie Lawrence Mrs. Johnstone
Con O’Neill Mickey
Warwick Evans Narrator
Jan Graveson Linda
Mark Michael Hutchinson Eddie
Barbara Walsh Mrs. Lyons
Ivar Brogger Mr. Lyons
Ensemble
Kerry Butler Ensemble
James Clow Sammy
Ensemble
Robin Haynes Policeman
Teacher
Ensemble
Philip Lehl Ensemble
Regina O’Malley Donna Marie
Miss Jones
Ensemble
Sam Samuelson Perkins
Ensemble
John Schiappa Ensemble
Anne Torsiglieri Brenda
Ensemble
Douglas Weston Ensemble