Juno
Winter Garden Theatre
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Opening Night: March 9, 1959
Closing Night: March 21, 1959
Music: Marc Blitzstein
Lyrics: Marc Blitzstein
Book: Joseph Stein
A resolutely unemployed Irishman would rather drink away his days than help his family survive the country’s violent rebellion against England, in this musical adaptation of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
We’re Alive……………………………………….Ensemble
I Wish It So……………………………………..Mary Boyle
Song of the Ma………………………………..Juno Boyle
We Can Be Proud……….Foley, Sullivan, Michael Brady,
Paddy Coyne
Daarlin’ Man……….”Captain” Jack Boyle, “Joxer” Daly,
Ensemble
One Kind Word………………………………Jerry Devine
Old Sayin’s……………Juno Boyle, “Captain” Jack Boyle
What Is the Stars…..”Captain” Jack Boyle, “Joxer” Daly
Old Sayin’s (Reprise)………………………….Juno Boyle,
“Captain” Jack Boyle
You Poor Thing………………Mrs. Madigan, Mrs. Brady,
Mrs. Coyne, Miss Quinn
Dublin Night…………..Johnny Boyle, Molly, Ensemble
My True Heart……………Mary Boyle, Charlie Bentham
On a Day Like This….Juno Boyle, “Captain” Jack Boyle,
Ensemble
ACT TWO
Bird Upon the Tree……………..Juno Boyle, Mary Boyle
Music in the House……”Captain” Jack Boyle, Ensemble
It’s Not Irish……………..Foley, Sullivan, Michael Brady,
“Captain” Jack Boyle
The Liffy Waltz…………………………………..Ensemble
Hymn………………………………………….I.R.A. Singer
Johnny……………………………….Johnny Boyle, Molly
You Poor Thing (Reprise)…..Mrs. Madigan, Mrs. Brady,
Mrs. Coyne, Miss Quinn
For Love………………………………………..Mary Boyle
One Kind Word (Reprise)…………………..Jerry Devine
Where?………………………………………….Juno Boyle
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Shirley Booth Juno Boyle
Melvyn Douglas “Captain” Jack Boyle
Monte Amundsen Mary Boyle
Nancy Andrews Mrs. Brady
Chuck Bennett Dancer
Clarice Blackburn Mrs. Tancred
Frank Carroll Furniture Removal Man
Singer
Tom Clancy I.R.A. Man
Gemze de Lappe Molly
Loren Driscoll Jerry Devine
Sharon Enoch Dancer
Anne Fielding Singer
Ted Forlow Singer
Dancer
Rico Froehlich Sullivan
Policeman
Singer
Cleo Fry Singer
Beulah Garrick Miss Quinn
Mickey Gunnerson Dancer
Earl Hammond Charlie Bentham
Pat Heyes Dancer
Curtis Hood Dancer
Robert Hoyem I.R.A. Singer
Singer
Pat Huddleston Singer
Scott Hunter Dancer
Gail Johnston Singer
Rosemary Jourdan Dancer
Gene Kelton Dancer
Liam Lenihan “Needle” Nugent
Barbara Lockard Singer
Betty Low Mrs. Dwyer
Annabelle Lyon Dancer
Jack MacGowran “Joxer” Daly
James Maher Dancer
Enrique Martinez Dancer
Jack Murray I.R.A. Man
Singer
Howard Parker Dancer
Julian Patrick Paddy Coyne
Singer
Tommy Rall Johnny Boyle
George Ritner Furniture Removal Man
Singer
Arthur Rubin Foley
Robert Rue Michael Brady
Singer
Pat Ruhl Singer
Jim Ryan Dancer
Diana Sennett Singer
Joanne Spiller Singer
Jean Stapleton Mrs. Madigan
Glen Tetley Dancer
Sada Thompson Mrs. Coyne
James Tushar Singer
Marjorie Wittmer Dancer
Jenny Workman Dancer
Understudies: Sandra Kent (Juno Boyle), Walter Kinsella (“Captain” Jack Boyle)
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