Flahooley!
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Flahooley was a fantastical tale about a laughing doll "Flahooley", the big "toycoon" B.G. Bigelow of B.G. Bigelow, Inc., and a genie named Abou. Abou, sprung from a broken magic lantern, rubs his lamp and arranges for the over-production of Flahooley (the doll). When the warehouses collapse, the streets are flooded with free dolls, causing panic in the markets.
Music By Sammy Fain
Lyrics By E. Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy
Book/Libretto by: E. Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy
Produced by: Cheryl Crawford; in association with E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
Choreography by: Helen Tamiris
Directed by: E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
Type of Musical: Broadway
Opened: May 14, 1951
Theatre: Broadhurst Theatre
# of Performances: 40
Song List
Act I
- Prologue
- You, Too, Can Be A Puppet
- Here's To Your Illusions
- Telephone Switchboard Scene
- B.G. Bigelow, Inc.
- Najla's Lament
- Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus
- Flahooley!
- The World Is Your Balloon
- He's Only Wonderful
- Najla's Song of Joy/Arabian For "Get Happy"
- Inner-Office Scene
- Jump Little Chillun'
- Consternation
- No More Flahooleys
Act II
- Spirit of Capsulanti
- Birds/Enchantment
- Come Back, Little Genie
- The Springtime Cometh
- Finale
Cast List
Edith Atwater, Bil Baird's Marionettes, Barbara Cook, Irwin Corey, Jerome Courtland, Yma Sumac, Ernest Truex, Sara Aman, John Anderson, Andy Aprea, Bil Baird, Cora Baird, Lee Ballard, Vicki Barrett, Lulu Bates,Lewis Bolyard, Stanley Carlson, Ray Cook, Fay DeWitt, Carol Donn, Franz Fazakas, Clifford Fearl
Misc. Show Information
For almost 25 years, the original Broadway cast recording of Flahooley, released by Capitol Records shortly after the show opened in 1951, was among the most difficult to find of all show LP's. The album disappeared quickly, and collectors shops that held on to copies charged exorbitant prices for the privilege of actually owning one of the rarest of all Broadway records.
A Fantasy with underlying contemporary social and politcal satire; the targets are big business and conformity, and the show's "genie hunts" and "doll burnings" were aimed directly at the witch hunts of McCarthyism.
With divided reviews and the release of the classic musicals The King and I, South Pacific and Kiss Me Kate which were all playing on the same block, it was annouced that the show was closing for the summer but would re-open in the fall. Flahooley never reopend having lost $160,000.
In August and September of 1952 a revised version under a new name called Jollyanna and was presented in San Francisco and Los Angeles Civic Light Operas. New material was created by William Friml and Burton Lane and most of the political spoofing and social significance were jettisoned.
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Added: Wed Nov 15 2006