My Old Friends
22 Steps Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: April 12, 1979
Closing Night: May 27, 1979
Music: Mel Mandel
Norman Sachs
Lyrics: Mel Mandel
Norman Sachs
Book: Mel Mandel
Norman Sachs
A group of elderly retirement home residents resolutely enjoy life and each other.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
I’m Not Old……………………………………………..Residents
My Old Friends……………………………Peter Schermann
For Two Minutes……………………Slocum, Arias, Catlan,
Sidney Fineberg
What We Need Around Here……….Peter Schermann,
Heloise Michaud
Oh, My Rose………………………………..Peter Schermann
I Bought a Bicycle………….Sidney Fineberg, Residents
The Battle at Eagle Rock……………….Heloise Michaud,
Residents
Dear Jane………………………………………………..Residents
The Only Place for Me……………………………..Residents
I Work With Wood…………..Peter Schermann, Slocum
Mambo ’52…………………………………Arias, Mrs. Cooper
A Little Starch Left………………………………Mrs. Cooper
Our Time Together……………………….Heloise Michaud
You’ve Got to Keep Building…………Peter Schermann
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Leslie Barrett Sidney Fineberg
Grace Carney Mrs. Polianoffsky
Sylvia Davis Heloise Michaud
Brenda Gardner Mrs. Stone
Norberto Kerner Arias
Fred Morsell A Carpenter
Mr. Gettlinger
Maxine Sullivan Mrs. Cooper
Allen Swift Catlan
Peter Walker Peter Schermann
Robert Weil Slocum
Understudies: Peter Carew (Slocum, A Carpenter, Mr. Gettlinger), Sarah Felcher (Heloise Michaud, Mrs. Polianoffsky), Norman Goldenberg (Peter Schermann, Sidney Fineberg, Arias, Catlan), Birdie M. Hale (Mrs. Cooper)