Promenade
Promenade Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: June 4, 1969
Closing Night: January 18, 1970
Music: Al Carmines
Lyrics: María Irene Fornés
Book: María Irene Fornés
This absurdist delight follows the Candide-like travails of two escaped prisoners, known only by their numbers as they make their way into and through The City, where the poor and homeless mingle with the Idle Rich. The messages range from: “Live with your own truth (whether you like it or not)” to “Riches make you dumb”.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Promenade Theme………………………………….Orchestra
Dig Dig Dig………………………………………………..105, 106
Unrequited Love……….Miss I, Miss O, Miss U, Mr. R,
Mr. S, Mr. T, Servant, Waiter,
105, 106
Isn’t That Clear……………………………..Mr. S, Ensemble
Don’t Eat It……………………………………………..Ensemble
Four (Naked Lady)……………….Miss I, Miss O, Miss U,
Mr. R, Mr. S, Mr. T,
Servant, Waiter, 105, 106,
Dishwasher
Chicken Is He……………………………………………….Rosita
The Moment Has Passed……………………………..Miss O
A Flower……………………………………………………….Miss I
Rosita Rodriguez…………………………………………..Mayor
Apres Vous………………………………………105, 106, Jailor
Bliss…………………………….Servant, 105, 106, Ensemble
The Cigarette Song………………………Servant, 105, 106
Thank You……………………………………………Dishwasher
The Clothes Make the Man……………Servant, 105, 106
Two Little Angels………………………….Mother, 105, 106
The Passing of Time…………………………………..105, 106
Capricious and Fickle (You Cad)…………………..Miss U
Crown Me…………………………………….Servant, 105, 106
ACT TWO
Mr. Sidney N. Phelps……………………………………Waiter
Madeline……………………………………………………..Waiter
Spring Beauties……………………………………….Ensemble
Apres Vous (Reprise)………………………………..Ensemble
A Poor Man (When I Was Born)………………….105, 106
Why Not? (Promenade Theme)…….Servant, 105, 106,
Mother, Dishwasher,
Waiter
The Finger Song…………………………….Mr. R, Ensemble
Little Fool……………………………………..Mr. T, Ensemble
Chardiz………………………………………………………Servant
The Laughing Song………………………………….Ensemble
A Mother’s Love………………………………………….Mother
Listen, I Feel………………………………………………Servant
I Saw A Man……………………………………………….Mother
All is Well in the City…………………105, 106, Ensemble
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Margot Albert Miss I
Marc Allen III Mr. R
Shannon Bolin Mother
Michael Davis Mr. T
Pierre Epstein Jailer
Edmund Gaynes Waiter
George S. Irving Mayor
Madeline Kahn Servant
Glenn Kezer Mr. S
Ty McConnell 105
Art Ostrin Dishwasher
Alice Playten Miss U
Gilbert Price 106
Florence Tarlow Rosita
Carrie Wilson Miss O
REPLACEMENTS
Kenneth Carr 105
Mary Jo Catlett Mother
Tony Falco 106
Pamela Hall Servant
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