Brigadoon
New York City Center
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Opening Night: May 2, 1950
Closing Night: May 21, 1950
Music: Frederick Loewe
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Two Americans game-hunting in Scotland happen upon a mysterious village in which the people dress and speak as if from another era. One of the Americans is drawn to one of the Scottish lasses and must choose between the magical Brigadoon and his conventional fiancée back in New York.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture………………………………………………..Orchestra
Prelude (Once in the Highlands)………………Ensemble
Brigadoon………………………………………………..Ensemble
Vendors’ Calls………………………………………….Ensemble
Down on MacConnachy Square………………..Ensemble
Waitin’ for My Dearie……………………………Fiona, Girls
I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean…….Charlie, Ensemble
The Heather on the Hill…………………….Tommy, Fiona
The Love of My Life…………………………….Meg Brockie
Jeannie’s Packin’ Up………………………………………..Girls
Come to Me, Bend to Me……………………………..Charlie
Ballet……………………………………………………..Jean, Girls
Almost Like Being in Love………………….Tommy, Fiona
Wedding Ceremony/Entrance of the
Clans………………………………………………………Ensemble
The Sword Dance………………………….Harry, Ensemble
ACT TWO
The Chase……………………………………………….Ensemble
There But for You Go I………………………………..Tommy
My Mother’s Wedding Day………………Meg, Ensemble
Funeral Dance…………………………………………….Maggie
From This Day On……………………………..Tommy, Fiona
Farewell Music……………………………………….Orchestra
Reprises: Come to Me, Bend to Me/The Heather on
the Hill/I’ll Go Home With Bonnie Jean/From This
Day On/Down on MacConnachy Square……..Tommy,
Fiona,
Jane Ashton
Finale (Brigadoon)……………………………………Ensemble
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Winifred Ainslee Jane Ashton
Meredith Baylis Dancer
Janice Boyd Dancer
Betty Buday Dancer
Robert Busch Singer
Angus Cairns Angus McGuffie
Frank
Arthur Carroll Singer
Sylvia Chaney Singer
Thaddeus Clancy Archie Beaton
Barbara Davenport Dancer
Ann Deasy Jean MacLaren
Elizabeth Early Singer
Phil Hanna Tommy Albright
William Harris Dancer
Julie Hiller Dancer
Margaret Hunter Singer
James Jamieson Harry Beaton
Susan Johnson Meg Brockie
Walter Kelvin Singer
Elizabeth Logue Fishmonger
Dancer
Lloyd Malefonte Dancer
Barbara McClarin Dancer
James McFadden Bagpiper
Donald McKee Andrew MacLaren
William Narcy Dancer
Yolanda Novak Dancer
Glenn Olson Dancer
Virginia Oswald Fiona MacLaren
Louis Polacek Singer
Earl Redding Singer
Virginia Richardson Fiona MacLaren
Douglas Rideout Sandy Dean
Singer
James Schlader Stuart Dalrymple
Singer
Robert Scoble Dancer
Wayne Sheridan Sword Dancer
Dancer
Stanley Simmonds Singer
Grayce Spence Singer
Fred Stewart Mr. Lundie
Bobra Suiter Singer
Peter Turgeon Jeff Douglas
Eileen Turner Singer
Lorraine Waldman Singer
Jeffrey Warren Charlie Dalrymple
James White Sword Dancer
Dancer
Joseph Wiley Dancer
Dorothy Zurn Singer