The Megilla of Itzik Manger

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John Golden Theatre , (10/09/1968 - 12/15/1968)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Description: A musical in two acts; Music party in Yiddish

Setting: A small town in Eastern Europe. The present.

Production Staff
Produced by Zvi Kolitz, Solomon Sagall and Alice Peerce
Music by Dov Seltzer; Book by Shmuel Bunim, Hayim Hefer, Itzik Manger and Dov Seltzer; Lyrics by Shmuel Bunim, Hayim Hefer, Itzik Manger and Dov Seltzer; English commentaries by Joe Darion
Directed by Shmuel Bunim; Assistant Director: Amnon Kabatchnik
Lighting Design by Eldon Elder
General Manager: Lawrence Rothman; Company Manager: Lawrence Rothman
Conducted by Max Meth; Music Copyist: Bob Haring, Jr.
Press Representative: David Lipsky and Lisa Lipsky; Assistant to the Producer: Joel Sagall

Cast

Michael Burstein	Interlocutor
	Fastrigosso
	Fanfosso
	Assorted Characters
	Ensemble
Pesach Burstein	Ahasueras
	Mordechai
	Ensemble
Ariel Furman	Second Interlocutor
	Vayzatha
	Characters of assorted sexes
	Ensemble
Zisha Gold	Haman
	Tailor
	Fanfosso's Daughter
	Different Jews
	Ensemble
Lillian Lux	Vashti
	Zeresh
	Innkeeper
	Various Mothers
	Ensemble
Susan Walters	Esther
	Tailor's Apprentice
	1st Girl
	2nd Girl
	Other Girls
	Ensemble

Standbys: Evelyn Kingsley (Esther, Vashti, Zeresh) and Menashe Oppenheim (Ahasueras, Haman)

ACT 1
The Tailors' Megilla
Theme of Megilla
Oom Pa Pa Pa
Vashti's Farewell
Song of the Walnut Tree
Theme of Megilla (Reprise)
Fastrigossa's Lament
Fastrigossa's Lament (Reprise)
Song of the Golden Peacock
Fly Little Bird
ACT 2
Gevald Aria
The Tailors' Drinking Song
S'a Mechaye
Song of the Walnut Tree (Reprise)
From Stopchet to Kolomay
Revolutionary Song
A Mother's Tears
'Cause Uncle Mordechai is So Smart
Chiribim
Lechaim