By Jeeves
Helen Hayes Theatre
Previews Began: October 16, 2001
Opening Night: October 28, 2001
Closing Night: December 30, 2001
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Alan Ayckbourn
Book: Alan Ayckbourn
P.G. Wodehouse’s resourceful butler Jeeves and his employer, Bertie Wooster, are brought to musical life by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn. When Bertie’s banjo goes missing before a concert, Jeeves encourages him to tell stories about his high-society friends instead.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
A False Start…………………………………………………Bertie
Wooster Will Entertain You…………………………..Bertie
Travel Hopefully………………………Bertie, Jeeves, Bingo
That Was Nearly Us………………………..Honoria, Bertie
Love’s Maze…………………………Stiffy, Bertie, Company
The Hallo Song………………………Bertie, Budge, Gussie
ACT TWO
By Jeeves………………………………..Bertie, Bingo, Gussie
When Love Arrives………………………..Bertie, Madeline
What Have You Got To Say, Jeeves?…..Bertie, Jeeves
Half A Moment…………………………………..Harold, Stiffy
It’s A Pig!………………………..Honoria, Madeline, Bertie,
Bassett, Gussie
Banjo Boy……………………………………..Bertie, Company
Wizard Rainbow Banjo Mix……………………….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
John Scherer Bertie Wooster
Martin Jarvis Jeeves
Donna Lynne Champlin Honoria Glossop
Tom Ford Other Personage
James Kall Gussie Fink-Nottle
Ian Knauer Harold “Stinker” Pinker
Emily Loesser Stiffy Byng
Molly Renfroe Other Personage
Don Stephenson Bingo Little
Sam Tsoutsouvas Sir Watkyn Bassett
Becky Watson Madeline Bassett
Court Whisman Other Personage
Steve Wilson Cyrus Budge III (Junior)
Swings: Cristin Mortenson, Jamison Stern
Understudies: David Edwards (Jeeves, Cyrus Budge III (Junior), Sir Watkyn Bassett, Harold “Stinker” Pinker)
REPLACEMENTS
Ana Maria Andricain Stiffy Byng