Tricks
Alvin Theatre
Previews Began: January 3, 1973
Opening Night: January 8, 1973
Closing Night: January 13, 1973
Music: Jerry Blatt
Lyrics: Lonnie Burstein
Book: Jon Jory
A musical comedy based on Moliere’s “Scapin,” which deals with two young men whose fathers disapprove of their marriages. In the end all works out well through the efforts of Scapin.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Prologue: Love or Money…………………………Commedia
Who Was I?……………………………….Octave, Commedia
Trouble’s a Ruler………………Scapin, Sylvestre, Octave
Enter Hyacinthe…………………………Octave, Commedia
Believe Me………………..Octave, Hyacinthe, Commedia
Tricks…………………………………………..Scapin, Sylvestre
A Man of Spirit……………………………………….Commedia
Where Is Respect…………………………Argante, Geronte
Somebody’s Doin’ Somebody All the Time……Scapin,
Commedia
A Sporting Man…………………………..Scapin, Commedia
ACT TWO
Scapin………………………………..Arlecchino; Lead Singer
Anything Is Possible………………………Scapin, Sylvestre
How Sweetly Simple………………Hyacinthe, Zerbinetta
Gypsy Girl…………………………….Zerbinetta, Commedia
Epilogue: Life Can Be Funny……………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
René Auberjonois Scapin
Walter Bobbie Octave
Charlotte Crossley Charlotta
John Handy Gondolier
June Helmers Zerbinetta
Randy Herron Leandre
Ernestine Jackson Ernestina
Mitchell Jason Argante
Carolyn Mignini Hyacinthe
Joe Morton Arlecchino; Lead Singer
Christopher Murney Sylvestre
Adale O’Brien Property Mistress
Jo Ann Ogawa Isabella
Shezwae Powell Shezwae
Lani Sundsten Carmella
Tom Toner Geronte
Suzanne Walker Pantanella
Standby: Eric Tavares (Scapin, Sylvestre)
Understudies: Susan Dyas (Hyacinthe, Property Mistress), Vicki Frederick (Pantanella, Carmella, Isabella), Joe Hill (Argante, Geronte)