Can-Can
Shubert Theatre
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Opening Night: May 7, 1953
Closing Night: June 25, 1955
Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Lee Adams
Book: Michael Stewart
The owner of a dance club in 1890s Paris must contend with a judge who wishes to close the club down for its lascivious dancing — but who can’t help falling for the owner’s charms.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Maidens Typical of France…………….The Laundresses
Never Give Anything Away………….La Mome Pistache
C’est Magnifique…………..La Mome Pistache, Aristide
Quadrille Dance…….Claudine, Laundresses, Friends,
Dancer
Come Along With Me………………………..Hilaire Jussac,
Boris Adzinidzinadze
Live and Let Live………………………..La Mome Pistache
I Am In Love………………………………………………Aristide
If You Loved Me Truly……………Boris Adzinidzinadze,
Claudine, Theophile,
Hercule, Etienne,
Gabrielle, Celestine,
Marie
Montmartre…………………………………………….Ensemble
Garden of Eden Ballet…..Eve, Inchworms, Flamingos,
Kangaroos, Penguins, Snake,
Sea Horses, Frogs, Leopards
Allez-Vous En…………………………….La Mome Pistache
ACT TWO
Never, Never Be An Artist………Boris Adzinidzinadze,
Theophile, Etienne,
Model
It’s All Right With Me…………………………………Aristide
Every Man Is a Stupid Man…………La Mome Pistache
The Apaches………………………………Claudine, Dancers
I Love Paris………………………………..La Mome Pistache
Can-Can…………………….La Mome Pistache, Claudine,
Laundresses
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Peter Cookson Judge Aristide Forestier
Lilo La Mome Pistache
C. K. Alexander Judge Paul Barriere
Hans Conried Boris Adzinidzinadze
Phil Leeds Theophile
Robert Penn Hercule
Richard Purdy Etienne
Erik Rhodes Hilaire Jussac
Gwen Verdon Claudine
Eve
Sheila Arnold Customer
Meredith Baylis Dancer
Ralph Beaumont Policeman
Dancer
Leopard
Socrates Birsky Policeman
Dancer
Inchworm
Michael Cavallaro Registrar
Doctor
Mary Ann Cohan Gabrielle
David Collyer Bailiff
Joe Cusanelli Policeman
Cafe Customer
Michael De Marco Policeman
Dancer
Shelah Hackett Dancer
Flamingo
Ina Hahn Dancer
Inchworm
Ferdinand Hilt Second Waiter
Customer
Prosecutor
Clarence Hoffman Waiter
Jean Kraemer Celestine
Dania Krupska Mimi
Dancer
Al Lanti Dancer
Frog
Vera Lee Dancer
Frog
Bert May Dancer
Snake
Tom Panko Dancer
Sea Horse
Arthur Partington Dancer
Flamingo
Eddie Phillips Dancer
Penguin
Beverly Purvin Marie
Arthur Rubin Policeman
Second
Michael Scrittorale Dancer
Kangaroo
Jon Silo Policeman
Cafe Waiter
Beverly Tassoni Dancer
Kangaroo
David Thomas Court President
Henri Marceaux
Customer
Pat Turner Model
Dancer
Leopard
Ruth Vernon Dancer
Sea Horse
Deedee Wood Jailer
Dancer
Penguin
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