In the fictional suburban town of Eastwick, Rhode Island, everyone knows everyone else’s business, particularly Felicia Gabriel, the town’s resident busybody and know-it-all combined (“Eastwick Knows”). She is about to receive an award when a sudden thunderstorm forces the day’s events to come to a close.

Alex, Jane, and Sukie are three witches who live in the town unsuspected and on this particular occasion are meeting in Alex’s house. Though they have each other, they are lonely and lack real relationships with men. It is revealed that Sukie is having an affair with Felicia’s husband Clyde. Alex’s son Michael arrives with his girlfriend Jennifer, who is also Felicia and Clyde’s daughter. They are very much in love, and the three witches are a bit jealous that they cannot have the same thing with a man (“Make Him Mine”).

Felicia and Clyde’s marriage is clearly at breaking point, but she refuses to let the cracks show to the town, preferring to pretend she has the perfect life.  She receives a call that a stranger from New York has moved into the Lennox mansion and is cutting down the trees. Always first to protest, she rallies up her Eastwick Preservation Society to confront the new owner, Darryl.  When they arrive, all but Felicia find him strangely charming, until their signs spontaneously burst into flames.

Darryl appears suddenly to each of the witches, managing to seduce them all. They finally realise what is happening when they are all invited to play tennis at his house. He makes a ball burst into flames and explains he is the man they have been looking for. He then teaches them how to place a curse on Felicia by throwing items into a cookie jar, each of which Felicia then vomits out in her kitchen. Darryl begins having an impact on the whole town when he makes it his mission to teach the men how to please their women (“Dance With the Devil”).

Alex, Sukie, and Jane arrive at Darryl’s for an orgy, but when he receives word the Eastwick Preservation Society is suing him, they vow revenge. They throw everything they can into the cookie jar, and Felicia, unable to cope any longer asks Clyde to take her out of her misery. He hits her with a frying plan and shouts he’s glad to be rid of her, just as she takes his tie and shoves it down the garbage disposal, killing them both.

The witches confront Darryl, saying he has taken things too far, and he becomes enraged, causing them to flee the house. Darryl comes across Jennifer and decides to seduce her, convincing her to marry him. The witches decide they must rid the town of him for good. Just before the wedding, they arrive with a voodoo doll of Darryl and take their revenge, as Darryl is sent back to hell. Jennifer and Michael get back together, and the Alex, Jane, and Sukie decide to give up witchcraft for good (“Look at Me”).

ACT I

• Overture
• Eastwick Knows
• While The Sun’s Still In The Sky
• Make Him Mine
• I Love A Little Town
• Eye Of The Beholder
• Waiting For The Music To Begin
• What About The Egrets
• Words, Words, Words
• Dirty Laundry
• I Wish I May

ACT II

• Entr’acte
• Another Night At Darryl’s
• Something
• Dance With The Devil
• Evil
• Dirty Laundry (reprise)
• Loose Ends
• I Love A Little Town (reprise)
• Isn’t This What Every Woman Wants?
• Who’s The Man?
• The Wedding
• Look At Me
• Finale

2001 Oliver Awards

• Best New Musical (nomination)
• Best Actress in a Musical – Joanna Riding (nomination)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Musical – Rosemary Ashe (nomination)
• Best Lighting Design (nomination)

UK: Josef Weinberger