Paint Your Wagon
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
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Opening Night: November 12, 1951
Closing Night: July 19, 1952
Music: Frederick Loewe
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Ben Rumson is a grizzled prospector whose daughter Jennifer finds gold near their camp. Word of the strike gets around and the town’s population grows tremendously. Jennifer falls in love with Julio, a Mexican prospector, but goes East to school. When the gold strike is over, she returns to find her town a ghost town and her loved ones left with nothing but their hopes and dreams.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
I’m On My Way………..Steve Bullnack, Jake Whippany,
Mike Mooney, Lee Zen, Sing Yuy,
Sandy Twist, Edgar Crocker,
Reuben Sloane, Miners
Rumson…………………………………….Jake Whippany
What’s Goin’ On Here?…………………Jennifer Rumson
I Talk to the Trees……Julio Valveras, Jennifer Rumson
They Call the Wind Maria……..Steve Bullnack, Miners,
Dancer
I Still See Elisa………………………………..Ben Rumson
How Can I Wait?………………………..Jennifer Rumson
Trio……………….Elizabeth Woodling, Sarah Woodling,
Jacob Woodling
Rumson (Reprise)…………………………Jake Whippany
In Between……………………………………Ben Rumson
Whoop-Ti-Ay!……….Ben Rumson, Elizabeth Woodling,
Miners
How Can I Wait? (Reprise)…………….Jennifer Rumson,
Julio Valveras
Carino Mio…………….Julio Valveras, Jennifer Rumson
There’s a Coach Comin’ In…………………………Miners
Finaletto………………………………Fandangos, Miners
ACT TWO
Hand Me Down That Can O’Beans…….Jake Whippany,
Miners
Rope Dance……………Fandangos, Pete Billings, Singer
Can-can……Suzanne Duval, Rocky, Fandangos, Miners
Another Autumn…Julio Valveras, Pete Billings, Dancer
Movin’………………………………………………..Miners
I’m On My Way (Reprise)…………………………..Miners
All For Him………………………………Jennifer Rumson
(I Was Born Under a) Wand’rin’ Star………Ben Rumson
I Talk to the Trees (Reprise)…………..Jennifer Rumson
Strike!…………..Steve Bullnack, Jasper, Jake Whippany
(I Was Born Under a) Wand’rin’ Star
(Reprise)………………..Jake Whippany, Steve Bullnack,
Sandy Twist, Miners
Finale
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
James Barton Ben Rumson
Tony Bavaar Julio Valveras
James Mitchell Pete Billings
Olga San Juan Jennifer Rumson
Richard Aherne Edgar Crocker
Tom Ai Sing Yuy
Delbert Anderson Sam
Singer
John Anderson Singer
Gino Baldi Singer
Edward Becker Singer
Ralph Bunker Salem Trumbull
Mary Burr Suzanne Duval
Dancer
Tamara Chapman Dancer
Stephen Cheng Lee Zen
Jack Dabdoub Singer
Gemze de Lappe Yvonne Sorel
Dancer
Gordon Dilworth Reuben Sloane
Raymond Janney
Joan Djorup Dancer
John Faulkner Singer
Robert Flavelle Singer
Katia Geleznova Dancer
Lorraine Havercroft Carmelita
Dorothy Hill Dancer
Stuart Hodes Dancer
Jean Houloose Dancer
Carmelita Lanza Dancer
Marijane Maricle Elizabeth Woodling
Bert Matthews Walt
Kay Medford Cherry
Robert Morrow Dancer
Ilona Murai Dancer
Paul Olson Dancer
Robert Penn Jake Whippany
Dick Price Dancer
John Randolph Mike Mooney
Charlotte Ray Dancer
Mavis Ray Dancer
Jared Reed Sandy Twist
Frederick Schaeffen Dancer
John Schickling Singer
John Schmidt Singer
Jack Sheehan Dutchie
Jan Sherwood Sarah Woodling
Rufus Smith Steve Bullnack
John Smolko Dancer
John Spach Singer
Guy Stanbaugh Dancer
Newton Sullivan Singer
Gisella Svetlik Elsie
Dancer
James Tarbutton Rocky
Dancer
Feodore Tedick Singer
David Thomas Dr. Newcomb
Singer
Edgar Thompson Singer
Ted Thurston Jasper
Singer
Norman Weise Joe
Singer
Josh Wheeler Jacob Woodling
Understudies: Nola Fairbanks (Jennifer Rumson)
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