Rockabye Hamlet
Minskoff Theatre
Previews Began: January 26, 1976
Opening Night: February 17, 1976
Closing Night: February 21, 1976
Music: Cliff Jones
Lyrics: Cliff Jones
Book: Cliff Jones
William Shakespeare’s tragic tale of the prince of Denmark is re-told as a rock musical.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Why Did He Have to Die?……………….Horatio, Chorus
The Wedding……………….Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude,
Priest, Chorus
That It Should Come to This………………………..Hamlet
Set It Right………Claudius, Hamlet, Gertrude, Chorus
Hello-Hello……………………………………Ophelia, Hamlet
Don’t Unmask Your Beauty to the Moon……..Hamlet,
Laertes
If Not to You………………………………….Ophelia, Chorus
Have I Got a Girl for You…………………….Rosencrantz,
Guildenstern,
Hamlet, Chorus
Tis Pity, Tis True………..Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude
Shall We Dance…………………………..Hamlet, Gertrude
All My Life……………………………………………….Gertrude
Something’s Rotten in Denmark……..Hamlet, Player,
Playeress, Chorus
Denmark Is Still………………..Hamlet, Ophelia, Chorus
Twist Her MInd……Horatio, Hamlet, Ophelia, Chorus
Gentle Lover………………………………………………Ophelia
Where Is the Reason……………………………………Hamlet
The Wart Song…………………………………Player, Chorus
He Got It in the Ear………………..Honeybelle Huckster
It Is Done………………………………………Hamlet, Horatio
ACT TWO
Midnight-Hot Blood…………………………………….Hamlet
Midnight Mass…………….Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius,
Priest, Choir
Hey!………………..Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Claudius
Sing Alone…………………………………………………..Hamlet
Your Daddy’s Gone Away…………………………….Horatio
Rockabye Hamlet………………………………………..Ophelia
All By Yourself…………………………………………….Laertes
The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Boogie………………………………….Claudius, Chorus Girls
Laertes Coercion…………Claudius, Laertes, Gertrude,
Chorus Girls
The Last Blues…………………………………………Gertrude
Didn’t She Do It for Love…..Priest, Claudius, Hamlet,
Laertes, Chorus
If My Morning Begins………………………………….Hamlet
Swordfight……………………..Claudius, Hamlet, Laertes,
Gertrude, Horatio, Chorus
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Larry Marshall Hamlet
Alan Weeks Claudius
Christopher Chadman Rosencrantz
Beverly D’Angelo Ophelia
Rory Dodd Horatio
Leata Galloway Gertrude
Winston DeWitt Hemsley Guildenstern
Irving Lee Player
Meat Loaf Priest
Kim Milford Laertes
Randal Wilson Polonius
Tommy Aguilar Ensemble
Steve Anthony Ensemble
James Braet Singer
Terry Calloway Ensemble
Prudence Darby Ensemble
Judy De Angelis Singer
Chet D’Elia Roadie
David Fredericks Roadie
B. G. Gibson Singer
Judy Gibson Playeress
Honeybelle Huckster
Singer
George Giraldo Ensemble
Pat Gorman Singer
Larry Hyman Ensemble
Kurt Johnson Ensemble
Clinton Keen Ensemble
David Lawson Roadie
Suzanne Lukather Singer
Paula Lynn Ensemble
Jo Ann Ogawa Ensemble
Sandi Orcutt Ensemble
Bruce Paine Pocker Rocker
Singer
William Parry Grave Digger
Singer
Merel Poloway Ensemble
Joseph Pugliese Ensemble
Yolanda Raven Ensemble
Jeff Spielman Roadie
Michelle Stubbs Ensemble
Chuck Thorpe Swing Dancer
Dennis Williams Ensemble
Standby: Philip Casnoff (Hamlet, Laertes)