MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 04, 1982
Closing Date
Jun 18, 1983
Performances
573
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Princess Theatre
(Feb 04, 1982 - Jun 18, 1983)
Theatre Owned / Operated by Orator Theatre Productions, Inc. (Steven K. Goldberg: House & General Manager)
Produced by Dodger Productions, Louis Busch Hager, Marilyn Strauss, Kate Studley, Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. and Max Weitzenhoffer
Book by Pump Boys and Dinettes; Music by Pump Boys and Dinettes; Lyrics by Pump Boys and Dinettes
Conceived by Pump Boys and Dinettes
Scenic Design by Doug Johnson and Christopher Nowak; Costume Design by Patricia McGourty; Lighting Design by Fred Buchholz; Sound Design by Bill Dreisbach
General Manager: Dodger Productions
Stage Manager: Mo Donley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lucia Schliessmann
Production Coordinator: Sherman Warner; General Press Representative: Hunt / Pucci Associates; Advertising: Interart; Photographer: Susan Cook
Special thanks ("for fixing the occasional flat") to Word Baker
John Foley
Jackson
Mark Hardwick
L. M.
Debra Monk
Prudie Cupp
Cass Morgan
Rhetta Cupp
John Schimmel
Eddie
Jim Wann
Jim
Understudies: Rhonda Coullet (Prudie Cupp, Rhetta Cupp) and Malcolm Ruhl (Eddie, Jackson, Jim, L. M.)

Princess Theatre (Feb 04, 1982 - Jun 18, 1983)

Stage Manager: Frank Hartenstein (Mar 28, 1983 - ?)
Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt, Maria Cristina Pucci and James Sapp

Cast

Ronee Blakely
Rhetta Cupp
Tom Chapin
Jim
Rhonda Coullet
Prudie Cupp
John Foley
Jim
Margaret Lamée
Rhetta Cupp
John Lenehan
L. M.
Malcolm Ruhl
Jackson
Jimmy Ryan
Jackson
Bruce Samuels
Eddie
Loudon Wainwright, III
Jim
music by Jim Wann; lyrics by Jim Wann
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Highway 57
Company
Taking It Slow
(music by John Foley, Mark Hardwick and John Schimmel; lyrics by John Foley, Mark Hardwick and John Schimmel)
Pump Boys
Serve Yourself
L. M.
Menu Song
(music by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan; lyrics by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan)
Dinettes
The Best Man
Prudie Cupp
Fisherman's Prayer
Pump Boys
Caution: Men Cooking
(music by John Foley, Debra Monk and Cass Morgan; lyrics by John Foley, Debra Monk and Cass Morgan)
Pump Boys
Mamaw
Jim
Be Good or Be Gone
Rhetta Cupp
Drinkin' Shoes
(music by Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk and Cass Morgan; lyrics by Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk and Cass Morgan)
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Pump Boys
Pump Boys
Mona
Jackson
T.N.D.P.W.A.M.
L. M.
Tips
(music by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan; lyrics by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan)
Dinettes
Sister
(music by Cass Morgan; lyrics by Cass Morgan)
Dinettes
Vacation
Company
No Holds Barred
(music by Cass Morgan; lyrics by Cass Morgan)
Company
Farmer Tan
L. M. and Dinettes
Highway 57 (Reprise)
Company
Closing Time
Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1982 Nominee
Produced by Dodger Productions , Louis Busch Hager , Marilyn Strauss , Kate Studley , Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. and Max Weitzenhoffer

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Musical

1982 Nominee
Produced by Dodger Productions , Louis Busch Hager , Marilyn Strauss , Kate Studley , Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. and Max Weitzenhoffer
 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1982 Nominee
Mark Hardwick
 

Outstanding Lyrics

1982 Nominee
Lyrics by Pump Boys and Dinettes
 

Outstanding Music

1982 Nominee
Music by Pump Boys and Dinettes
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