Where's Charley?
Circle in the Square Theatre
Previews Began: November 29, 1974
Opening Night: December 20, 1974
Closing Night: February 23, 1975
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
Where’s Charley?……………………….Brassett, Students,
Young Ladies
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
Finale………………………………………………………Ensemble
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Raul Julia Charley Wykeham
Tom Aldredge Mr. Spettigue
Louis Beachner Brassett
Pamela Burrell Young Lady
Jacqueline Clark Young Lady
Dennis Cooley Reggie
Student
Taina Elg Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez
Karen Jablons Young Lady
Jerry Lanning Jack Chesney
Carol Jo Lugenbeal Kitty Verdun
Marcia McClain Amy Spettigue
Jack Neubeck Student
Craig Sandquist Student
Leland Schwantes Student
Peter Walker Sir Francis Chesney
Miriam Welch Young Lady
Understudies: David-James Carroll (Student), Martha Deering (Young Lady)
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