Oh! Calcutta!
Edison Theatre
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Opening Night: September 24, 1976
Closing Night: August 6, 1989
Music: Robert Dennis
Peter Schickele
Stanley Walden
Lyrics: Robert Dennis
Peter Schickele
Stanley Walden
Concept: Kenneth Tynan
A controversial avant-garde revue featuring sex-related sketches, the musical includes sketches by Samuel Beckett, John Lennon, Sam Shepard, Leonard Melfi, Edna O’Brien, Jules Feiffer, and other notables.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Prologue
Taking Off the Robe (Oh! Calcutta!)
Dick and Jane
Suite for Five Letters
(Will Answer All) Sincere Replies
Painting of Clovis Trouille
Jack and Jill
Delicious Indignities (or The Deflowering of
Helen Axminster)
Was It Good For You Too? (Green Pants, I Like the Look)
Act Two
Much Too Soon
One on One (Clarence and Mildred)
Rock Garden
Four in Hand
Coming Together, Going Together