Oliver!
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Previews Began: April 19, 1984
Opening Night: April 29, 1984
Closing Night: May 13, 1984
Music: Lionel Bart
Lyrics: Lionel Bart
Book: Lionel Bart
Orphaned Oliver Twist goes from mistreatment in the London workhouses to falling in with a gang of pickpockets led by the roguish Fagin, the kindhearted Nancy, and the menacing Bill Sykes, before finally finding a home, in Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Food, Glorious Food………………Oliver Twist, the Boys
Oliver!……………….Mr. Bumble, Mrs. Corney, the Boys
Boy For Sale……………………………………Mr. Bumble
That’s Your Funeral……….Mr. Bumble, Mr. Sowerberry,
Mrs. Sowerberry
Where Is Love?………………………………..Oliver Twist
Consider Yourself……..The Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist,
Company
You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two……Fagin, the Boys
It’s A Fine Life………………………Nancy, Bet, the Boys
I’d Do Anything………………The Artful Dodger, Nancy,
Oliver Twist, Bet, Fagin
Be Back Soon……………………………..Fagin, the Boys
ACT TWO
Oom- Pah-Pah……………………………Nancy, Company
My Name…………………………………………..Bill Sikes
As Long As He Needs Me……………………………Nancy
Where Is Love? (Reprise)……………………Mrs. Bedwin
Who Will Buy?…………………….Oliver Twist, Company
It’s A Fine Life (Reprise)………..Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin,
The Artful Dodger
Reviewing the Situation……………………………..Fagin
As Long As He Needs Me (Reprise)………………..Nancy
Reviewing the Situation (Reprise)………………….Fagin
Finale……………………………………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Patti LuPone Nancy
Ron Moody Fagin
Braden Danner Oliver Twist
David Garlick The Artful Dodger
Michael Allinson Mr. Brownlow
Diane Armistead Londoner
Louis Beachner Dr. Grimwig
Londoner
Alan Braunstein Noah Claypool
Londoner
Graeme Campbell Bill Sikes
Robert David Cavanaugh Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Samir Chowdhury Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Ruben Cuevas Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Frances Cuka Mrs. Sowerberry
Londoner
W.P. Dremak Londoner
Gregg Edelman Londoner
Tony Gilbert Londoner
Eleanor Glockner Londoner
Beth Guiffre Londoner
Roshi Handwerger Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Andi Henig Charlotte Sowerberry
Londoner
Roderick Horn Mr. Sowerberry
Londoner
Jan Horvath Londoner
Cameron Johann Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Oliver Twist
(Alternate)
Elizabeth Larner Mrs. Bumble
Mrs. Bedwin
Sarah E. Litzsinger Bet
Mark Manasseri Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Michael Manasseri Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Kipp Marcus Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Michael McCarty Mr. Bumble
Londoner
William McClary Londoner
Marcia Mitzman Londoner
Martin Moran Londoner
Shawn Morgal Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Barbara Moroz Londoner
Brian Noodt Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Roy Nygaard Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
R. D. Robb Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Cheryl Russell Londoner
Clark Sayre Londoner
Dennis Singletary Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Zachary A. Stier Workhouse Boy
Fagin’s Gang
Jane Strauss Londoner
Susan Willis Londoner
Swings: Edward Prostak, Carrie Wilder, Joe Anthony Wright
Standby: Stephen Hanan (Fagin)
Dogs: Vito, Buffy
