The Lieutenant
Lyceum Theatre
Previews Began: February 28, 1975
Opening Night: March 9, 1975
Closing Night: March 16, 1975
Music: Gene Curty
Nitra Scharfman
Chuck Strand
Lyrics: Gene Curty
Nitra Scharfman
Chuck Strand
Book: Gene Curty
Nitra Scharfman
Chuck Strand
This rock opera is based on the My Lai incident in Vietnam, covering action in Vietnam and the United States over a three-year period.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
The Indictment……………………………Lieutenant, Judge
Join the Army………..Lieutenant, Recruiting Sergeant,
Recruits
Look for the Men With Potential………………..Generals
Kill OCS……………………………………………………Sergeant
I Don’t Want to Go Over to Vietnam………Lieutenant,
“C” Company
Eulogy………………………………………………………Chaplain
At 0700 Tomorrow………………..Captain, “C” Company
Massacre……………Captain, Lieutenant, “C” Company,
Vietnamese
Something’s Gone Wrong………….Captain, Lieutenant
Twenty-Eight……………Generals, Captain, Lieutenant
Let’s Believe in the Captain……………………….Generals
Final Report………………………………………..First General
I Will Make Things Happen……………………………….G.I.
He Wants to Put the Army in Jail………………..Senator,
First Congressmen,
Second Congressmen,
Clergyman
There’s No Other Solution…………………………Generals
I’m Going Home………………..Lieutenant, “C” Company
We’ve Chosen You, Lieutenant…………………..Generals
The Star of This War……………..Reporters, Lieutenant
On Trial for My Life……………………………….Lieutenant
The Conscience of a Nation…………………….Prosecutor
Damned No Matter How He
Turned………………………………………..Defense Attorney
On Trial for My Life (Reprise)…………………Lieutenant
The Verdict………………………………………..Judge, Jurors
Finale….New Recruit, Recruiting Sergeant, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Eddie Mekka Lieutenant
Steven Boockvor “C” Company
Gene Curty Judge
OCS Sergeant
Chet D’Elia First General
Gordon Grody Defense Attorney
Walt Hunter Captain
Clark James “C” Company
Jim Litten Clergyman
First Reporter
“C” Company
Don McGrath Chaplain
First Congressman
Jim-Patrick McMahon “C” Company
Eugene Moose Second General
Joel Powers Recruiting Sergeant
Senator
Joseph Pugliese “C” Company
Burt Rodriguez Prosecutor
Second Congressman
“C” Company
Alan K. Siegel New Recruit
Jo Speros Third Reporter
Danny Taylor Third General
Tom Tofel G.I.
Second Reporter
“C” Company
Swing: Marius Hanford
Standby: Dan Kruger (Defense Attorney)
Understudies: Beth Kennedy (Third Reporter), Dan Kruger (G.I., Second Congressman)