I Love My Wife
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Previews Began: April 13, 1977
Opening Night: April 17, 1977
Closing Night: May 20, 1979
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: Michael Stewart
Book: Michael Stewart
Alvin and Wally have been friends ever since high school and are now married men. They decide that on Christmas Eve they will have a foursome. Alvin will have sex with Wally’s wife and Wally will have sex with Alvin’s wife. In the end they fail to follow through with their hoped-for orgy. However, both couples manage to keep their friendships intact.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
We’re Still Friends……………………………………Company
Monica……………………………..Alvin, Monica, Four Guys
By Threes………………………………..Wally, Alvin, Harvey
A Mover’s Life……………………………….Alvin, Four Guys
Love Revolution……………………………………………….Cleo
Someone Wonderful I Missed………………Monica, Cleo
Sexually Free……………………………….Alvin, Cleo, Wally
ACT TWO
Hey There, Good Times…………………Harvey, Stanley,
Quentin, Norman
Lovers on Christmas Eve…….Monica, Wally, Norman
Scream……………….Harvey, Stanley, Quentin, Norman
Everybody Today Is Turning On…………….Alvin, Wally
Married Couple Seeks Married Couple…..Alvin, Cleo,
Wally, Monica
I Love My Wife…………………………………….Alvin, Wally
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Lenny Baker Alvin
Joanna Gleason Monica
Ilene Graff Cleo
James Naughton Wally
Ken Bichel Norman
Michael Mark Stanley
John Miller Harvey
Joe Saulter Quentin
Understudies: Warren Benbow (Quentin), James Brennan (Wally, Alvin), Joel Mofsenson (Norman), Jana Robbins (Cleo, Monica), Michael Sergio (Stanley)
REPLACEMENTS
Marjorie Barnes Monica
5/1/79 – 5/20/79
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Alvin
5/1/79 – 5/20/79
Maureen Moore Cleo
3/6/79 – 4/29/79
Larry Riley Wally
5/1/79 – 5/20/79
Virginia Sandifur Monica
4/1/78 – 9/2/78
Janie Sell Monica
9/4/78 – 4/29/79
Barbara Sharma Cleo
9/4/78 – 3/4/79
Dick Smothers Alvin
9/4/78 – 4/29/79
Tom Smothers Wally
9/4/78 – 4/29/79
Hattie Winston Cleo
5/1/79 – 5/20/79
Tom Wopat Wally
7/1/78 – 9/2/78
Brad Blaisdell Alvin
Wally
James Brennan Alvin
Mark Franklin Norman
Lawrence John Moss Alvin
James Seymour Wally
Standby: Walter Bobbie (Alvin, Wally), Christine Ebersole (Cleo), Lisby Larson (Cleo, Monica) and Mary Murray (Monica, Cleo)