Finian's Rainbow
Irish Repertory Theatre
Previews Began: April 6, 2004
Opening Night: April 15, 2004
Closing Night: July 11, 2004
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
Mark Aldrich Buzz Collins
Melissa Errico Sharon McLonergan
Max Von Essen Woody Mahoney
Jonathan Freeman Finian McLonergan
Malcolm Gets Og
Jonathan Hadley Sheriff
Eric Jackson Howard
Jayne Lynch Ensemble
Kimberly Dawn Neumann Susan Mahoney
John Sloman Senator Billboard Rawkins
David Staller Narrator
Joacquin Stevens Henry
Terri White Maid
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