Dance A Little Closer
Minskoff Theatre
Previews Began: April 16, 1983
Opening Night: May 11, 1983
Closing Night: May 11, 1983
Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
An American entertainer performing at a luxury hotel in the Austrian Alps encounters an old American flame, now posing as a British lady and in a relationship with a foreign diplomat, as the NATO-Soviet conflict moves toward World War III, in the musical adaptation of Robert E. Sherwood’s play Idiot’s Delight.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
It Never Would’ve Worked……….Harry, The Delights
Happy, Happy New Year………….Harry, The Delights,
Guests
No Man is Worth It………….Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
What are You Going to Do About It……………….Harry,
Heinrich Halloway
A Woman Who Thinks I’m
Wonderful……………………………………Dr. Josef Winkler
Pas de deux………….Harry’s Double, Cynthia’s Double
There’s Never Been Anything Like Us…………….Harry
Another Life…………………….Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
Why Can’t the World Go and Leave Us
Alone………………….Charles Castleton, Edward Dunlop
He Always Comes Home to Me……………………..Harry,
Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
I Got a New Girl……………………….Harry, The Delights
Dance a Little Closer………Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey,
Harry, Guests
There’s Always One You Can’t Forget……………..Harry
ACT TWO
Homesick………………………………..Shirley, Bebe, Elaine
Mad…………………………………………Harry, The Delights
I Don’t Know………Harry, Hester Boyle, The Delights,
Contessa Carla Pirianno,
Edward Dunlop, Charles Castleton,
Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
Auf Wiedersehen………………………….Dr. Josef Winkler
I Never Want to See You Again………………………Harry
On Top of the World……….Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey,
The Men
I Got a New Girl (Reprise)…………………………….Harry,
Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
Dance a Little Closer (Reprise)………………………Harry,
Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Len Cariou Harry Aikens
Liz Robertson Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey
George Rose Dr. Josef Winkler
Colleen Ashton Ice Skater
Hotel Guest
Brent Barrett Charles Castleton
Don Chastain Roger Butterfield
Candy Cook Omaha Person
Hotel Guest
Noel Craig Captain Mueller
Mary Dale Hotel Guest
James Fatta Rink Attendant
Violinist
A Rich Man
Hotel Guest
I. M. Hobson Reverend Oliver Boyle
Cheryl Howard Bebe
Elizabeth Hubbard Contessa Carla Pirianno
Jeff Keller Edward Dunlop
Joseph Kolinski Heinrich Halloway
Philip Mollet Bellboy
Harry
Hotel Guest
Diane Pennington Shirley
Linda Poser Hotel Guest
Alyson Reed Elaine
Reuben Singer Johannes Hartog
Robin Stephens Omaha Person
Cynthia’s Double
Hotel Guest
Brian Sutherland Waiter
Harry’s Double
Harry
Hotel Guest
Peter Wandel Omaha Person
Harry
Hotel Guest
Joyce Worsley Hester Boyle
Swings: Joanne Genelle, Mark LaManna
Standby: David Sabin (Dr. Josef Winkler)