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Mack & Mabel

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart
Openings:: Broadway: Sunday October 6, 1974 at the Majestic Theatre, New York and ran for 66 performances.; Concert version: Sunday 21st February 1988 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London; London: 7th November 1995 at the Piccadilly Theatre, London and closed on 29th June 1996.

Synopsis

"Mack & Mabel" is a speculative romantic comedy based on the relationship between two of the pivotal figures of the silent film era: slapstick comedy pioneer Mack Sennett and his frequent leading lady Mabel Normand.

It begins in 1911, when Mabel shows up on Sennett's New York set as a deli delivery girl and immediately catches the director's eye. Soon she is starring in Sennett's two-reelers, and she joins him when he moves his operation to the new movie capital of Hollywood. She also joins him in a romance, one which is complicated by his dictatorial directing style. When Mabel expresses an interest in expanding into feature dramas, Sennett discourages her, leading her to leave him professionally--and personally--for slick director William Desmond Taylor.

Song List

ACT I

Overture
Movies Were Movies
Look What Happened to Mabel
Big Time
I Won't Send Roses
I Won't Send Roses (Reprise)
I Wanna Make The World Laugh
Mack & Mabel
I Wanna Make The World Laugh (Reprise)
Wherever He Ain't
Hundreds of Girls

ACT II

Entr'acte
When Mabel Comes In The Room
Hit 'Em on the Head
Time Heals Everything
Tap Your Troubles Away
I promise you a Happy ending

ADDED SONGS FOR REVIVAL

Mack & Mabel
Hit 'Em On The Head

CUT SONG FOR REVIVAL

My Heart Leaps Up

Info

Tony Award Nominations 1975

Actor (Musical) - Robert Preston
Actress (Musical) - Bernadette Peters
Director (Musical) - Gower Champion
Musical David Merrick
Book (Musical) -Michael Stewart
Costume Designer -Patricia Zipprodt
Scenic Designer -Robert Wagner
Choreographer - Gower Champion

Original Broadway cast starred: Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters, Lisa Kirk and Stanley Simmons.

Original London cast starred: Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor, Kathryn Evans and Alan Mosley.

Concert line-up: Denis Quilley, George Hearn, Stubby Kaye, Debbie Shapiro (Gravitte), Paige O'Hara, Robert Meadmore, Frances Ruffelle, Georgia Brown, Tommy tune, Jerry Herman (himself) and David Jacobs.

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