Footloose
The Musical
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Previews Began: October 5, 1998
Opening Night: October 22, 1998
Closing Night: July 2, 2000
Music: Charles Strouse
Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Dean Pitchford
Multiple Artists
Book: Walter Bobbie
Dean Pitchford
When Ren McCormack moves to a small town where the local government has banned dancing and rock music, he leads his classmates around the law and Reverend Shaw Moore to have a real senior prom.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Footloose/On Any Sunday……….Ren, Shaw, Vi, Ariel,
Company
The Girl Gets Around……….Chuck, Travis, Lyle, Ariel
I Can’t Stand Still……………………………………………..Ren
Somebody’s Eyes………………Rusty, Urleen, Wendy Jo,
Ensemble
Learning to Be Silent………………………..Vi, Ethel, Ariel
Holding Out for a Hero…………….Ariel, Rusty, Urleen,
Wendy Jo, Girls
Somebody’s Eyes (Reprise)…….Rusty, Urleen, Chuck,
Travis, Wendy Jo, Lyle
Heaven Help Me…………………………………………….Shaw
I’m Free/Heaven Help Me……..Ren, Shaw, Company
ACT TWO
Entr’acte………………………………………………………..Band
Still Rockin’………………………………..Cowboy Bob, Band
Let’s Make Believe We’re In Love…………..Irene, Band
Let’s Hear It for the Boy…………………Rusty, Ensemble
Can You Find it in Your Heart……………………………..Vi
Mama Says………….Willard, Bickle, Garvin, Jeter, Ren
Almost Paradise………………………………………Ren, Ariel
Dancing Is Not A Crime……………………………………Ren
I Confess……………………………………………………….Shaw
Can You Find it in Your Heart? (Reprise)…………Shaw
Footloose (Finale)……………………………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Stephen Lee Anderson Reverend Shaw Moore
Dee Hoty Vi Moore
Jeremy Kushnier Ren McCormack
Jennifer Laura Thompson Ariel Moore
Jim Ambler Lyle
Billy Angell Ensemble
Robin Baxter Betty Blast
Irene
Rosalind Brown Wendy Jo
Angela Brydon Ensemble
Catherine Campbell Lulu Warnicker
Bryant Carroll Travis
Ensemble
Paul Castree Garvin
Ensemble
Catherine Cox Ethel McCormack
Kathy Deitch Urleen
John Deyle Principal Clark
Saloon Keeper
Hunter Foster Bickle
Ensemble
Stacy Francis Rusty
Kristen Leigh Gorski Ensemble
Artie Harris Cowboy Bob
Jeter
Ensemble
Billy Hartung Chuck Cranston
Sean Haythe Ensemble
John Hillner Coach Dunbar
Lori Holmes Ensemble
Daniel Karaty Ensemble
Adam LeFevre Wes Warnicker
Katharine Leonard Ensemble
Donna Lee Marshall Doreen
Eleanor Dunbar
Mark Myars Ensemble
Tom Plotkin Willard Hewitt
JoAnna Ross Ensemble
Serena Soffer Ensemble
Nick Sullivan Cop
Country Fiddler
Ron Todorowski Ensemble
Swings: Ben Cameron, Sean Haythe, Paige Hinton, Jeanine Meyers, Orfeh
Understudies: Susan Bigelow (Vi Moore, Ethel McCormack, Eleanor Dunbar, Lulu Warnicker), Rick Crom (Reverend Shaw Moore, Wes Warnicker, Coach Dunbar, Principal Clark, Cop, Country Fiddler, Saloon Keeper), Jamie Gustis (Travis, Lyle), Artie Harris (Willard Hewitt)