The President's Daughter
Billy Rose Theatre
Previews Began: October 27, 1970
Opening Night: November 3, 1970
Closing Night: January 3, 1971
Music: Murray Rumshinsky
Lyrics: Jacob Jacobs
Book: Harry Kalmanowich
A Yiddish-American family deals with life and love in a comedic manner in this episodic musical.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Prologue: Women’s Liberation…………..Minke, Bertha,
Esther, Miriam
The President’s Daughter…………………………….Freidel
I Have What You Want!……………………Minke, Nathan
A Lesson in Yiddish……………………………………….Yanek
Everything Is Possible in Life……Freidel, Sam Golden
Welcome, Mr. Golden!………..Freidel, Nathan, Minke,
Esther, Reb Yoshel, Frances
ACT TWO
Stiochket………………………………………………………Yanek
Without a Mother………………………………………..Freidel
Love at Golden Years………………..Miriam, Reb Yoshel
If Only I Could Be a Kid Again………………………Freidel
An Old Man Shouldn’t Be Born…………………….Nathan
We Two…………………………………………….Minke, Yanek
What More Do I Need?…………………………Sam Golden
What Would You Do?………………………Freidel, Nathan
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Michele Burke Frances
Sarah Gingold Esther
Diana Goldberg Minke
George Guidall Sam Golden
Jacob Jacobs Nathan
Jaime Lewin Reb Yoshel
Thelma Mintz Bertha
Jack Rechtzeit Yanek
Rachela Relis Miriam
Chayele Rosenthal Freidel