Finian's Rainbow
46th Street Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: May 23, 1960
Closing Night: June 1, 1960
Music: Burton Lane
Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg
Book: E.Y. Harburg
Thomas Meehan
Finian McLonergan and his daughter Sharon travel to Missitucky to bury a pot of gold, hoping it will grow and multiply there. However, they have been followed from Ireland by a leprechaun, who is determined to recover his treasure.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
This Time of the Year………………………………Ensemble
How Are Things in Glocca
Morra?…………………………………….Sharon McLonergan
Look to the Rainbow………………..Sharon McLonergan,
Ensemble
Old Devil Moon……………………….Sharon McLonergan,
Woody Mahoney
How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
(Reprise)………………………………….Sharon McLonergan
Something Sort of Grandish…….Sharon McLonergan,
Og
If This Isn’t Love……………………..Sharon McLonergan,
Woody Mahoney,
Ensemble
Something Sort of Grandish (Reprise)…………………Og
Necessity…………….Delores Martin, Maude Simmons,
the Lyn Murray Singers
That Great ‘Come-and-Get-It’
Day……………..Sharon McLonergan, Woody Mahoney,
Ensemble
ACT TWO
When the Idle Poor Become the Idle
Rich………………………..Sharon McLonergan, Ensemble
Old Devil Moon (Reprise)………..Sharon McLonergan,
Woody Mahoney
Fiddle Faddle…………………………………………………….Og
The Begat…….Senator Billboard Rawkins, Gospeleers
Look to the Rainbow (Reprise)….Sharon McLonergan,
Woody Mahoney,
Ensemble
When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love…………………….Og,
Susan Mahoney
If This Isn’t Love (Reprise)………………………..Ensemble
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Sorrell Booke Senator Billboard Rawkins
Carol Brice Maude
Jeannie Carson Sharon McLonergan
Bobby Howes Finian McLonergan
Biff McGuire Woody Mahoney
Howard Morris Og
Cris Alexander Mr. Shears
Eddie Bruce Buzz Collins
Carmen Gutierrez Susan Mahoney
Judson Morgan Sheriff
Issa Arnal Singer
Patty Austin Diane
Nan Courtney Singer
Edgar Daniels Mr. Robust
Michael Darden Henry
Julius C. Fields Dancer
Jerry Fries Dancer
Arthur Garrison Sam
Bill Glover 2nd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer
Singer
Don Grilley 1st Deputy
Singer
Robert Guillaume 2nd Geologist
Singer
Colonel Tiger Haynes 3rd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer
Singer
Loren Hightower Dancer
Nat Horne Dancer
Barney Johnston 1st Geologist
Singer
Jerry Laws 1st Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer
Singer
Ronald Lee Dancer
Sally Lee Dancer
Mary Louise Singer
John McCurry 1st Sharecropper
Singer
Diane McDaniel Dancer
Jim McMillan Howard
Larry Mitchell 2nd Deputy
Singer
Carmen Morales Dancer
Lispet Nelson Singer
Paul Olson Dancer
Wakefield Poole Dancer
Stephanie Reynolds Singer
Sandra Roveta Dancer
Ron Schwinn Dancer
Alice Shanahan Dancer
Knute Sullivan 2nd Sharecropper
Singer
Jacqueline Walcott Dancer
Alyce Elizabeth Webb Singer
Beverly Jane Welch Singer
Myrna White Dancer
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