Where's Charley?
St. James Theatre
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Opening Night: October 11, 1948
Closing Night: September 9, 1950
Music: Frank Loesser
Lyrics by: Frank Loesser
Book: George Abbott
An Oxford student is forced to dress in drag as his own aunt, visiting from Brazil, when she does not appear in time to chaperone him, his friends, and their beloveds. Romantic, farcical complications ensue in the musical adaptation of Brandon Thomas’s play Charley’s Aunt.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
The Years Before Us………………………………….Students
Better Get Out of Here………………Charley Wykeham,
Amy Spettigue,
Kitty Verdun,
Jack Chesney
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students’
Conservatory Band…….Jack Chesney, Amy Spettigue,
Kitty Verdun, Dancer, Student,
Young Ladies
My Darling, My Darling…Jack Chesney, Kitty Verdun
Make a Miracle…..Charley Wykeham, Amy Spettigue
Serenade with Asides…………………………Mr. Spettigue
Lovelier Than Ever…………..Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez,
Sir Francis Chesney, Students,
Young Ladies
The Woman in His Room…………………..Amy Spettigue
Pernambuco……….Charley Wykeham, Amy Spettigue,
the “Pernambucans”
ACT TWO
Where’s Charley?………………….Jack Chesney, Singers,
Students, Young Ladies
Once in Love with Amy………………..Charley Wykeham
The Gossips………………………Patricia, Dancer, Singers
At the Red Rose Cotillion……………………Jack Chesney,
Kitty Verdun,
Guests
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Ray Bolger Charley Wykeham
Horace Cooper Mr. Spettigue
Paul England Sir Francis Chesney
Jane Lawrence Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez
Allyn Ann McLerie Amy Spettigue
Doretta Morrow Kitty Verdun
Byron Palmer Jack Chesney
Rae Abruzzo Singer
John Allen Singer
Marian Baird Singer
Robert Baird Singer
Vicki Barrett Dancer
Mary Alice Bingham Dancer
James Bird Singer
Douglas Deane Reggie
Dancer
Geraldine Delaney Dancer
Alex Dunaeff Dancer
Marge Ellis Dancer
George Enke Dancer
Marie Foster Patricia
Dancer
John Friend Dancer
A Professor
Dan Gallagher Singer
Bobby Harrell Dancer
Bob Held Singer
Jane Judge Singer
Edgar Kent Wilkinson
Ray Kyle Dancer
James Lane Photographer
John Lynds Brassett
Cornell MacNeil Singer
Marcia Maier Dancer
Betty Oakes Singer
Eleanor Parker Singer
Hazel Patterson Dancer
Stowe Phelps Singer
Katharine Reeve Singer
Walter Rinner Dancer
Nina Starkey Dancer
Susan Stewart Dancer
Gloria Sullivan Singer
Ernest Taylor Singer
Bill Weber Dancer
Irene Weston Singer
Ken Whelan Dancer
Understudies: James Bird (Photographer, Reggie)
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