Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Alvin Theatre
Previews Began: June 25, 1982
Opening Night: July 8, 1982
Closing Night: July 11, 1982
Music: Gene de Paul
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
Book: Lawrence Kasha
David Landay
When a pioneer farmer meets and marries a townswoman to keep house for himself and his six unruly brothers, the brothers decide to take brides of their own — by kidnapping them — in this stage adaptation of the 1954 film musical.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Bless Your Beautiful Hide………………………….Adam
Wonderful, Wonderful Day……………..Milly, Brides
One Man…………………………………………………..Milly
Goin’ Courting…………………………….Milly, Brothers
Social Dance………..Milly, Adam, Brides, Brothers,
Sutiors, Townspeople
Love Never Goes Away………..Adam, Milly, Gideon
Sobbin’ Women………………………….Adam, Brothers
Act Two
The Townsfolk’s Lament……Sutiors, Townspeople
A Woman Ought to Know Her Place………….Adam
We Gotta Make It Through the Winter….Brothers
We Gotta Make It Through the Winter
(Reprise)………………………………………..Milly, Brides
Spring Dance……………………………Brides, Brothers
A Woman Ought to Know Her Place
(Reprise)………………………………………Adam, Gideon
Glad That You Were Born………………Milly, Brides,
Brothers
Wedding Dance……Milly, Adam, Brides, Brothers,
Townspeople