Chu Chem
Ritz Theatre
Previews Began: March 17, 1989
Opening Night: April 7, 1989
Closing Night: May 14, 1989
Music: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Jim Haines
Jack Wohl
Book: Ted Allan
A scholar and his daughter journey to Kaifeng Fu, China, for traces of the Jewish immigrants who settled there 800 years earlier. While they are there, a prince falls for the daughter, but she refuses to become part of his traditional harem.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Orient Yourself…………………………..Oriental Company
What Happened, What?………………Chu Chem, Yakob
Welcome……………………………………………The Villagers
You’ll Have to Change…………………………………….Lotte
Love Is…………………………………………………..The Prince
I’ll Talk to Her……………………..Chu Chem, The Prince,
the Prince’s Brother
Shame on You……………………..Chu Chem, the Prince,
the Concubines
It Must Be Good for Me………………………………….Lotte
I’ll Talk to Her (Reprise)………..Chu Chem, the Prince
You’ll Have to Change (Reprise)……………..The Prince
The River………………..Lotte, the Prince, the Propmen
We Dwell in Our Hearts…………………………Chu Chem
Goodbye Love, Goodbye………………..Lotte, the Prince
ACT TWO
Re-Orient Yourself……………………..Oriental Company
What Happened, What? (Reprise)………………….Yakob
I Once Believed……………………………………………..Lotte
It’s Possible……………………………………………Chu Chem
Our Kind of War………………………………………Company
Boom!……………………………………………………….Hong Ho
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Emily Zacharias Lotte
Mark Zeller Chu Chem
Thom Sesma The Prince
Irving Burton Yakob
Timm Fujii The Prompter
Simone Gee Na-Mi
Concubine
Villager
Zoie Lam Daf-ah-Dil
Concubine
Villager
Alvin Lum The Elder
Jason Ma Ho-Ke
Propman
Villager
Kenji Nakao Shu-Wo
Propman
Villager
Paul Nakauchi Nu-Wo
Propman
Villager
Chev Rodgers Hong Ho
Keelee Seetoo Lei-An
Concubine
Villager
Hechter Ubarry The Prince’s Brother
Nephi Jay Wimmer Chueh-Wu
Propman
Guard
Standby: Michael Ingram (Chu Chem, Yakob, Hong Ho (The Governor)), Mary Munger (Lotte)
Understudies: David Stoll (Propman), Christine Toy (Concubine, Na-Mi, Lei-An, Villager)
REPLACEMENTS
Mary Munger Lotte