Kurt Vonnegut's
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Entermedia Theater
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: October 14, 1979
Closing Night: November 24, 1979
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Dennis Green
Book: Howard Ashman
Based on Kurt Vonnegut’s 1965 novel, the musical tells the story of Eliot Rosewater, a millionaire who develops a social conscience and creates a foundation to improve the lives of the citizens of an impoverished Indiana town.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture………………………………………………..Orchestra
The Rosewater Foundation……………………….Company
The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise)………………..Eliot
Dear Ophelia…………………………………………………..Eliot
Thank God for the Volunteer Fire Brigade……….Eliot,
Volunteer Firemen
Mushari’s Waltz (Magical Moment)…………….Mushari
Thirty Miles From the Banks of the Ohio/Look
Who’s Here……………………………………..Eliot, Company
Cheese Nips………………………………………………….Sylvia
The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise II)…………….Eliot,
Charley,
Mary
Since You Came to This Town…..Diana, Mary, Dawn,
Delbert, Jerome,
Company
ACT TWO
A Poem by William Blake………………………………..Choir
The Rhode Island Tango………Fred, Caroline, Mushari
Eliot/Sylvia………………………………………….Eliot, Sylvia
Plain Clean Average Americans…………Mushari, Fred,
Caroline, Company
A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis………………..Eliot
Dear Ophelia (Reprise)…………………………………….Eliot
I, Eliot Rosewater…………………………….Eliot, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
David Christmas Charley Warmergan
Arthur Garvey Ulm
Fireman
Others
Frederick Coffin Eliot Rosewater
Alan David-Little Jerome Kid
Fireman
Sergeant Boyle
Others
Anne DeSalvo Mary Moody
Blanche
Jane Jasper
Nun
Others
Pierre Epstein Kilgore Trout
Jonathan Hadary Norman Mushari
Will Hussung Sen. Lister Ames Rosewater
Elizabeth Moore Diana Moon Glampers
Foundation Employee
American
Peter J. Saputo Delbert Peach
Fred Rosewater
Fireman
Others
Janie Sell Sylvia Rosewater
John Madden Towey Psychiatrist
Fireman
Writer
Alien
Others
Ed VanNuys Thurmond McAllister
Holly Villaire Dawn Leonard
Caroline Rosewater
Hostess
Others
Judy Sabo Off Stage Voices
Marianne Sanazaro Off Stage Voices
Understudies: Ralston Hill (Kilgore Trout, Others). Bill Ogilvie (Eliot Rosewater), John Scoullar (Norman Mushari, Others)
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