Golden Boy
Majestic Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: April 14, 1960
Closing Night: October 7, 1961
Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Lee Adams
Book: William Gibson
Clifford Odets
A black boxer falls for his manager’s white girlfriend in this musical adaptation of the Clifford Odets’ play.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Workout………………………………………………………Boxers
Night Song……………………………………….Joe Wellington
Everything’s Great……………Tom Moody, Lorna Moon
Gimme Some…………………………Joe Wellington, Terry
Stick Around……………………………………Joe Wellington
Don’t Forget 127th Street…….Joe Wellington, Ronnie,
Company
Lorna’s Here………………………………………..Lorna Moon
The Road Tour…………….Joe Wellington, Lorna Moon,
Tom Moody, Roxy Gottlieb,
Eddie Satin, Tokio, Company
This Is the Life……………..Eddie Satin, Joe Wellington,
Lola, Company
ACT TWO
Golden Boy…………………………………………..Lorna Moon
While the City Sleeps……………………………Eddie Satin
While the City Sleeps (Dance)……..Mabel, Lopez, Les
Colorful……………………………………………Joe Wellington
I Want to Be With You…………………….Joe Wellington,
Lorna Moon
Can’t You See It?……………………………..Joe Wellington
No More…………………………..Joe Wellington, Company
The Fight………………………………Joe Wellington, Lopez
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Sammy Davis, Jr. Joe Wellington
Billy Daniels Eddie Satin
Kenneth Tobey Tom Moody
Paula Wayne Lorna Moon
Ted Beniades Roxy Gottlieb
Johnny Brown Ronnie
Don Crabtree Drake
Bob Daley Reporter
Ensemble
Marguerite Delain Ensemble
Jeannette DuBois Anna
Lola Falana Lola
Ensemble
Maxwell Glanville Fight Announcer
Ensemble
Roy Glenn Mr. Wellington
Louis Gossett Frank
Buck Heller Hoodlum
Ensemble
Baayork Lee Ensemble
Theresa Merritt Ensemble
Terrin Miles Terry
Robin Miller Ensemble
Sally Neal Ensemble
Benny Payne Benny
Ensemble
Harold Pierson Ensemble
Albert Popwell Al
Ensemble
Louise Quick Ensemble
Mabel Robinson Mabel
Ensemble
Jaime Rogers Lopez
Amy Rousselle Ensemble
Kenneth Scott Ensemble
Stephen Taylor Ensemble
Ralph Vucci Driscoll
Ensemble
Lamont Washington Ensemble
Charles Welch Tokio
Lester Wilson Les
Ensemble
Standby: Sheila Sullivan (Lorna Moon)
REPLACEMENTS
Barbara Charles Ensemble
Louis Gossett Eddie Satin
Hilda Harris Theresa
Nat Horne Ensemble
Theresa Merritt Theresa
Albert Popwell Frank
Sheila Sullivan Lorna Moon
Stephen Taylor Stevie
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