Good News
St. James Theatre
Previews Began: November 11, 1974
Opening Night: December 23, 1974
Closing Night: January 4, 1975
Music: Lew Brown
B.G. DeSylva
Ray Henderson
Lyrics: Lew Brown
B.G. DeSylva
Ray Henderson
Book: B.G. DeSylva
Frank Mandel
Laurence Schwab
Romance, passing exams, winning the football game and doing the “Varsity Drag” are the main focuses of a group of students at Tait College in the 1930s.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture…………………………………Orchestra, Company
He’s a Ladies’ Man……………..Pat, Millie, Flo, Students
The Best Things in Life are Free….Professor Kenyon,
Students
Just Imagine…………………Connie Lane, Pat, Millie, Flo
Happy Days……………………..Tom Marlowe, Pat, Millie,
Flo, Sylvester
Button Up Your Overcoat………………….Bobby Randall,
Babe O’Day
Lucky in Love……………….Connie Lane, Tom Marlowe,
Students
You’re the Cream in My Coffee……Professor Kenyon,
Johnson
Varsity Drag…………………………..Babe O’Day, Students
Together……………………………………..Professor Kenyon
Tait Song………Bill Johnson, Pooch Kearney, Students
Lucky in Love (Reprise)…………………………….Company
ACT TWO
Today’s the Day………………………………………………Girls
Girl of the Pi Beta Phi……………………………….Pat, Girls
Good News……………..Professor Kenyon, Connie Lane,
Students
Keep Your Sunny Side Up…………………Pooch Kearney
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(Reprise)……………………….Connie Lane, Tom Marlowe
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries………Professor Kenyon,
Babe, Connie
I Want to Be Bad………………………….Professor Kenyon
The Professor and the Students…..Professor Kenyon,
Pooch Kearney,
Company
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Alice Faye Professor Kenyon
Gene Nelson Bill Johnson
Stubby Kaye Pooch Kearney
Michael Austin Boy
Jimmy Brennan Slats
Tap Dancer
Boy
Tommy Breslin Sylvester
Wayne Bryan Bobby Randall
Joseph Burke Beef Saunders
Tim Cassidy Boy
Happy Days Quartet
Baton Twirler
Paula Cinko Millie
Coed
Terry Eno Windy
Tap Dancer
Robin Gerson Coed
Lynda Goodfriend Baton Twirler
Coed
Lisa Guignard Acrobat
Baton Twirler
Coed
Anne Kaye Coed
Barbara Lail Babe O’Day
Mary Ann Lipson Coed
Acrobat
Sally O’Donnell Coed
Ernie Pysher Colton Player
Acrobat
Boy
Jana Robbins Pat
Professor Kenyon
Randall Robbins Happy Days Quartet
Boy
Marti Rolph Connie Lane
Jeff Spielman Acrobat
Boy
Scott Stevensen Tom Marlowe
Happy Days Quartet
David Thomé Happy Days Quartet
Boy
Rebecca Urich Flo
Coed
Marcia Lynn Watkins Coed
Swings: Kathey Carlson, David Fredericks
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