Shenandoah
Alvin Theatre
January 7, 1975 - March 27, 1977
Mark Hellinger Theatre
March 30, 1977 - August 7, 1977
Previews Began: December 23, 1974
Opening Night: January 7, 1975
Closing Night: August 7, 1977
Music: Gary Geld
Lyrics: Peter Udell
Book: James Lee Barrett
Philip Rose
Peter Udell
A pacifist who refuses to participate in the Civil War is drawn into it when one of his sons is abducted and another is killed, in this musical adaptation of the 1965 film.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Raise the Flag of Dixie…………….Confederate Soldiers,
Union Soldiers
I’ve Heard It All Before………………….Charlie Anderson
Pass the Cross to Me……………………The Congregation
Why Am I Me?……………………………………..Boy, Gabriel
Next to Lovin (I Like Fightin’)….Jacob, James, Nathan,
John, Henry
Over the HIll………………………………………………….Jenny
The Pickers Are Coming……………….Charlie Anderson
Next to Lovin (I Like Fightin’) (Reprise)…………..Jacob,
James,
Nathan,
John,
Jenny
Meditation……………………………………Charlie Anderson
We Make a Beautiful Pair……………………..Anne, Jenny
Violets and Silverbells…………..Jenny, Sam, the Family
It’s a Boy………………………………………Charlie Anderson
ACT TWO
Freedom……………………………………………Anne, Gabriel
Violets and Silverbells (Reprise)…………….James, Anne
Papa’s Gonna Make It Alright………..Charlie Anderson
The Only Home I Know………………..Corporal, Soldiers
Papa’s Gonna Make It Alright (Reprise)……………Jenny
Meditation (Reprise)……………………..Charlie Anderson
Pass the Cross to Me (Reprise)…….The Congregation
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
John Cullum Charlie Anderson
Ted Agress Jacob
Chip Ford Gabriel
Gordon Halliday Sam
Joel Higgins James
Penelope Milford Jenny
Joseph Shapiro Robert
The Boy
Donna Theodore Anne
Tedd Carrere Ensemble
Stephen Dubov Ensemble
Gary Harger Corporal
Ensemble
Brian James Ensemble
Robert Johanson Ensemble
Sherry Lambert Ensemble
Craig Lucas Confederate Sniper
Ensemble
Gene Masoner Marauder
Ensemble
Paul Myrvold Ensemble
Dan Ormond Ensemble
Edward Penn Sergeant Johnson
Ed Preble Engineer
Casper Roos Carol
Ensemble
Robert Rosen Henry
David Russell John
J. Kevin Scannell Ensemble
Jack Starkey Ensemble
E. Allen Stevens Ensemble
Jordan Suffin Nathan
Marshall Thomas Lieutenant
Ensemble
Charles Welch Reverend Byrd
Tinkham
Swing: Matt Gavin
Understudies: Betsy Beard (Jenny), Brent Carter (Gabriel), Kay Coleman (Anne), Matt Gavin (Nathan, John), Jeffrey Rea (Robert)
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