NEW FACES REVUES

See a b/w TV version from 1960 of the 1956 NEW FACES on YouTube.

When I discovered that one of the numbers on the JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON'S ALMANAC CD was attributed to NEW FACES OF 1952, I went searching on Internet for details of this show.  I was able to track down a video of it, and also discovered copies of the records, playbills and programs of this and other NEW FACES revues up for auction on eBay.  I was outbid on eBay for all of these but either the sellers or buyers were kind enough to Xerox some of this material for me, so my knowledge of these revues and the way they interact with other revues has greatly expanded.

The NEW FACES revues were all produced by Leonard Sillman (except the 1962 edition).  Sillman was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 9, 1908.  He made his theatrical debut as a singer/dancer with Lew Fields in 1924; and made his New York debut at the Palace Theater in 1926 with Imogene Coca in a vaudeville act called Sillman and Coca.  Later he partnered with a Gershwin sister, Frances.  He progressed to Broadway where he became known as the youngest leading juvenile in the theatre.  He took over Fred Astaire's role  of Dick Trevor in the Gershwin musical LADY BE GOOD (1926) and toured in John Murray Anderson's GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES (1927).  He was featured in MERRY-GO-ROUND (1927) and in Arthur Hammerstein's POLLY WITH A PAST (1928).

While appearing in a cross-country tour of a vaudeville extravaganza, he decided to settle in Hollywood where he opened up a dance studio, coaching and directing such stars as Laura LaPlante and Ruby Keeler.    His first revue as producer was THE 11:15 REVUE (1930) starring his sister June and Charlie Chaplin's first wife, Mildred.  He appeared in a 1932 revue, HULLABALOO, where he was spotted and signed by agent Irving Kahn.  Sillman subsequently appeared in three 1933 films, GOLDIE GETS ALONG, WHISTLING IN THE DARK and BOMBSHELL.

He produced, directed, wrote and appeared in a musical revue at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, LOW AND BEHOLD (1933) with a cast of 27, including Eve Arden, Tyrone Power, Jr. (then working as Sillman's chauffeur), Kay Thompson and Betzi Beaton.  Arden and Power performed a number called  REVOLT OF THE STATUES which consisted of the statues of Psyche and Cupid coming to life in the park and complaining to one another about the people scratching matches on them and the dreadful things the birds had done to them over the years, and what a bore it was for Cupid to hold Psyche in that Godawful position for such a long time.

In his autobiography, Sillman writes of another number called TRAFFIC BLOCKED which does not appear on the copy of the program I was able to track down  It consisted of Sillman in silk hat and tails sitting in the middle of a staircase.  On the bottom step sat the lovely ballerina, Peggy Lou Neary, and on the top step sat Marguerite Namara in a low-cut evening gown.  Both ladies were crying their hearts out for love of Sillman because the bottom one was too young for his taste and top one too old.

Kay Thompson and several other girls in the cast participated in a running gag.  They would come out, wheeling a small portable bar; they'd take a drink and then reprise a song from the show.  They kept this up all through the evening, getting drunker and drunker.  By their last appearance, they were so sozzled they couldn't stand up.

Sillman also did a number of songs he characterized as "tragic song and dance and dramatic tap."  One was called I'M THE MAN YOU'VE GOT TO SEE ABOUT A DOG in which he impersonated Clifton Webb.  Another was AFRICANA which gave the whole history of a safari in one tap dance.  Another, written by Jeanie MacPherson, was called HARLEQUINADE, in which Sillman as Harlequin snaps the strings that bind him and makes a daring escape.  Drunk with his new-found freedom, he whirls and leaps in sheer joy but the dance ends with Sillman falling on his prat.

The show consisted of three times the amount of a regular revue.  The curtain rose at 8:30 and didn't come down until 2 a.m.  Despite this, it got good reviews and Lee Shubert offered to bring it to New York.  However, once in New York, Shubert was not able to fit it into his schedule, so Sillman and the unknown cast he hired for the East Coast edition invented the backers audition and raised money that way.  In the process, material was added and deleted, the running time trimmed, and the show was renamed NEW FACES (suggested by the financier Otto Kahn, who did not back it).

The NEW FACES revues included:

• 1934  opened March 15, 1934 at the Fulton Theatre and ran 149 performances with a cast of 24 including Imogene Coca, Henry Fonda, Nancy Hamilton and dancers Dorothy Fox and Charles Walters.  Writing in AMERICAN MUSICAL REVUE (1985 Oxford University Press), Gerald Bordman notes that John Murray Anderson called Nancy Hamilton "the wittiest and ablest revue writer in America."

  Lee Davis, writing in SCANDALS AND FOLLIES (Limelight Editions 2000), says:  "Nancy Hamilton gave herself a Katherine Hepburn send-up and the show a memorable Walt Disney rip-apart, with the three little pigs doing their versions of AH, WILDERNESS!, THE GREEN BAY TREE and TOBACCO ROAD, with the immortal Hamilton line, 'I ain't et anything, pappy, since we et mammy last week.'  Imogene Coca was at her droll best as she strolled across the stage wearing Charles Walters' polo coat buttoned up to her chin and carrying a single, scrawny ostrich feather.  'Fan Dance' she announced to the audience in her cracked delivery.  The songs were generally serviceable and James Shelton's 'Lamplight', sung by him, and Haven Johnson's 'My Last Affair', sung by Billie Haywood, lived on to become cabaret standards."

  The Imogene Coca polo coat striptease was immortalized in an episode of YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS which can be viewed at the Museum of Radio and Television in New York.  Coca starts by removing her barrettes, and then combing her hair.  She lifts the coat but not even as high as her knees.  She takes off the belt and teases the audience by turning her back and unbuttoning the coat.  Finally she goes behind the curtain and tosses out the overcoat, but when she returns to the stage, she is completely covered up in an identical coat.

  Here are lyrics to YOU'RE MY RELAXATION from this revue, music by Charles Schwab, lyrics by Robert Sour:

  You're My Relaxation You're my soothing touch. Worry you erase away So please don't turn your face away; I like you so much. You're my daily tonic, Ginger ale and rye. I would be indebted if You would be my sedative; Please keep standing by.

  When you hold my hand I Can understand why I get a thrill. When on panic I have bordered The doctor ordered A little pill like you, There's so much you can do. You're My Relaxation, You're my food and drink. I'll follow, dear, where you may lead, For you're exactly what I need. I love you--I think.

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• 1936  opened July 6, 1936 at the Vanderbilt Theatre and ran 193 performances with Imogene Coca, Jack Smart, Helen Craig, Van Johnson and Ralph Blane (lyricist of BEST FOOT FORWARD and MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS). Gypsy Rose Lee was signed for this and appeared at the backers' auditions but backed out just weeks before the show went into rehearsals.  Lee Davis, writing in SCANDALS AND FOLLIES (Limelight Editions 2000), says:  Ralph Blane and Van Johnson "appeared with Helen Craig in a send-up of the literary lions of the age.  Ms. Craig as 'Lottie of the Literati', crooned 'No matter who said it/Dorothy Parker gets the credit,' while Van Johnson chimed in as Sinclair Lewis and Ralph Blane became George Jean Nathan.  Ms. Coca still sported Charles Walters' polo coat, this time as a Cinderella [in a skit entitled CINDERELLA'S NIGHT OUT] who realizes her dreams and becomes a stripper.  But the sketch that received the most attention--and the least attention from the Hearst press--was Elizabeth Wilde's impression of Hearst columnist Louella Parsons, ceaselessly gushing over William Randolph Heart's mistress, Marion Davies [in a skit entitled MARIAN NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER].  One standard survived from the score, 'You Better Go Now,' by Bickly Reichner and Irving Graham."

  	Title	Authors	Roles	Performers
  1	Introduction to "New Faces"			Gerry Probst, Tom Rutherfurd
  2	New Faces	Music by Alexander Fogarty; lyric by Edwin Gilbert		Helen Craig, Marion Pierce, Irene Moore, Elizabeth Wilde, Jean Bellows, Eleanor Bunker, Dorothy Chilton, Grace Milliman, Melvin Parks, Robert Bard, Arthur Hughes, Jack Blair, Owen Stewart, Robert Burton, Van Johnson, Ralph Blane
  3	The Wolf of Wall Street	Edwin Gilbert	Mr. Stonewall	Jack Smart
  			Miss Young	Gerry Probst
  			Mr. Brown	Robert Bard
  			Miss Jones	Elizabeth Wilde
  4	Slap My Face	Music by Alexander Fogarty; lyric by Edwin Gilbert	Sung by	Gloria Rondell
  			Danced by	Jack Blair, Winnie Johnson, Bobbie Johnson, Dorothy Chilton, Grace Milliman, Jean Bellows, Owen Stewart, Van Johnson, Ralph Blane
  5	On Your Toes			Imogene Coca, Tom Rutherfurd, Robert Burton, Robert Bard
  6	My Love is Young	Music by Irving Graham; lyric by Bickly Reichner	Sung by	Katharyn Mayfield
  			Danced by	Irene Moore, Owen Stewart
  7	It's High Time I Got the Low Down On You	Music by Joseph Meyer; lyric by Edward Heyman		Winnie Johnson, Stretch Johnson, Bobby Johnson
  8	Entertainment Night at the Cosmopolitan Chess Club	Mindret Lord	Chairman	Tom Rutherfurd
  			Entertainer	June Blair
  			Members of the Chess Club	Robert Burton, Robert Bard, Van Johnson, Arthur Hughes, Melvin Parks, Ralph Blane
  9	Miss Mimsey	Irving Graham, Ballet music by Alexander Fogarty	Sung by	Imogene Coca
  			Miss Mimsey	Irene Moore
  			Students	Jean Bellows, Dorothy Chilton, June Blair, Grace Milliman, Dorothy Young
  10	Scouting a Rumor	Norman Zeno	Scout Leader	Helen Craig
  			Mrs. Hoover	Elizabeth Wilde
  			Mrs. Roosevelt	Gerry Probst
  			Girl Scouts	Bea Thrift, Ione Reed, Edna Russell, Gloria Rondell
  11	You'd Better Go Now	Music by Irving Graham; lyric by Bickly Reichner	Sung by	Katharyn Mayfield, Robert Bard
  			Pantomime by	Imogene Coca, Tom Rutherfurd
  12	Marian Never Looked Lovelier	Everett Marcy	Louella Parsing	Elizabeth Wilde
  			Radio Announcer	Robert Burton
  13	Off to the Deacon	Music by Robert Sour; lyric by June Sillman	Sung & danced by	Dorothy Young, Jack and June Blair
  			Dancers	Jean Bellows, Dorothy Chilton, Grace Milliman, Ralph Blane, Owen Stewart, Van Johnson
  14	Cinderella's Night Out	Everett Marcy & Leonard Sillman	Cinderella	Imogene Coca
  			Fairy Godmother	Marion Martin
  			Cinderella's Sisters	Marion Pierce, Elizabeth Wilde
  15	It Must Be Religion	Edwin Gilbert; music  lyrics by Forman Brown	Introduced by	Marion Pierce, Gerry Probst, Eleanor Bunker
  			Daddy Divoon	Cliff Allen
  			Sister Beautiful Illumination	Billie Haywood
  			Brother Heavenly Heights	Stretch Johnson
  			Brother Short Stuff	Bobby Johnson
  			Sister Angel Face	Winnie Johnson
  16	Little Dove	Mindret Lord	Introduced by	Jean Bellows
  			Comrade Itchalova	Helen Craig
  			Comrade Sonavitch	Robert Bard
  			Comrade Mazorsky	Thomas Rutherfurd
  			Comrade Dostoievsky	Arthur Hughes
  			Comrade Pushky	Robert Burton
  			Comrade Rubitch	Jack Smart
  17	Dance			Jack Blair
  18	The Show Must Go On		Three Reasons	Bea Thrift, Edna Russell, Ione Reed
  			Introduced by	Jean Bellows
  19	Co-Respondent Unknown			Imogene Coca, Tom Rutherfurd, Robert Burton, Robert Bard
  20	Lottie of the Literati		Lottie	Helen Craig
  			Hostess	Gerry Probst
  			1st Young Lady	Eleanor Bunker
  			2nd Young Lady	Elizabeth Wilde
  			3rd Young Lady	June Blair
  			1st Author	Frank Gagen
  			2nd Author	Melvin Parks
  			Authoress	Dorothy Chilton
  			Critics	Robert Burton, Ralph Blane
  			Butler	Pat Hallaran
  			Trio	Katharyn Mayfield, Irene Moore, Jean Bellows
  			Young Ladies	Bea Thrift Edna Russell, Ione Reed
  			Sinclair Lewis	Van Johnson
  			Fannie Hurst	Marion Pierce
  			Clifford Odets	Arthur Hughes
  			Cecil Beaton	Robert Bard
  			Alexander Walcott	Jack Smart
  			Ernest Hemingway	Tom Rutherfurd
  			Movie Magnate	Jack Blair
  Intermission
  1	Tonight's the Night With You	Music by Alexander Fogarty; lyric by June Sillman	Sung by	Katharyn Mayfield, Ralph Blane
  			Danced by	Jack and June Blair
  			Dancers	Irene Moore, Dorothy Chilton, Jean Bellows, Grace Milliman, Ralph Blane, Owen Stewart, Van Johnson, Robert Burton
  			Guests	Gerry Probst, Ione Reed, Elizabeth Wilde, Robert Bard, Tom Rutherfurd, Arthur Hughes, Melvin Parks, Jack Smart, Marion Pierce
  2	A Marriage is Arranged	Mindret Lord	The Lady	Marion Pierce
  			The Maid	Elizabeth Wilde
  			The Butler	Arthur Hughes
  			Prince Wilhelm of Baden-Baden	Frederick Wilhelm
  3	Gypsy Tea Kettle	Irving Graham		Imogene Coca
  4	Five Star Final	June Sillman & Viola Brothers Shore	Mrs. Dionne	Elizabeth Wilde
  			Mr. Dionne	Robert Bard
  			Sentry	Robert Burton
  			Agent	Arthur Hughes
  			Mrs. William Randolph Hearst	Marion Pierce
  			Nurse	Eleanor Bunker
  			Camera Man	Melvin Parks
  			Policemen	Van Johnson, Owen Stewart
  			Quintuplets	Bea Thrift, Edna Russell, Ione Reed, Marion Martin, Gloria Rondell
  5	My Last Affair	Haven Johnson		Billie Heywood, Cliff Allen
  6	Manana	Mindret Lord	Bride	Eleanor Bunker
  			Groom	Tom Rutherfurd
  7	We Shriek of Chic	Music by Irving Graham; lyric by June Sillman	Sung by	Helen Craig
  			Mannequins	June Bellows, Marion Martin, Dorothy Chilton, Marion Pierce
  			"Esquire"	Robert Bard
  8	Dance			Dorothy Young
  9	Keeping the Code	Edwin Meiss	Bystander	Imogene Coca
  			Tony Benelli	Melvin Parks
  			Sergeant	Robert Burton
  			Policeman	Arthur Hughes
  			Reporter	Van Johnson
  10	Love is a Dancer	Music by Muriel Pollack; lyric by Jean Sothern	Sung by	Katharyn Mayfield
  			Modern Dancers	Irene Moore, Owen Stewart
  			Tap Dancers	Jack and June Blair
  			Figures on Pedestal	Marion Martin, Robert Bard
  			Ballet	Grace Milliman, Dorothy Chilton, Jean Bellows, Robert Burton, Ralph Blane, Van Johnson
  11	Reprise			Bea Thrift, Ione Reed, Edna Russell
  			Intro	Marian Pierce, Gerry Probst, Eleanor Bunker
  12	Your Face Is So Familiar	Music by Alexander Fogarty; lyric by Edwin Gilbert	Introduced by	Imogene Coca, Tom Rutherfurd
  			Dance by	Imogene Coca, Owen Stewart
  			Boys	Robert Burton, Jack Blair, Van Johnson
  			Sung by	Ralph Blane
  13	Women in the White House	Mort Lewis, Leonard Sillman	Introduced by	Jean Bellows
  			Madame President	Jack Smart
  			Secretary	Arthur Hughes
  			Postmistress General	Robert Burton
  			Secretary of the Navy	Robert Bard
  			French Ambassador	Owen Stewart
  14	Call It a Day			Imogene Coca, Tom Rutherfurd, Robert Burton, Robert Bard
  15	Give Me A Song I Can Whistle	Music by Alexander Fogarty; lyric by June Sillman		Gloria Rondell, Ralph Blane
  16	Finale			Entire Company

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• 1938  Sonny Tufts, Richard Carlson, Rags Ragland.  Alas, I can find no details on this; if anyone has a programme, I would be grateful to hear from you.
  

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• 1943  ran 94 performances with Alice Pearce, Irwin Corey, Doris Dowling, John Lund.  Lee Davis, writing in SCANDALS AND FOLLIES (Limelight Editions 2000), notes one sketch targeted Orson Welles.  "Another employed Professor Irwin Corey causing Hamlet to ... 'suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous recapitulation.'  Newcomer Alice Pearce was the other comedian to cause a stir.  Tony Farrar made an impression doing Fanny Brice doing Paul Draper in a bullfight dance."

  	Title	Authors	Roles	Performers
  1	Opening	Lyric, John Lund; music, Lee Wainer	The Producer	Leonard Sillman
  			Mr. Priddis	John Lund
  			The Stagehand	Kent Edwards
  			The Showgirl	Doris Dowling
  			The Dancers	Ilsa Kevin, Tony Farrar, Diane Davis, Hie Thompson
  			The Comics	Mervyn Nelson, Bernard West
  2	We'll Swing It Through	Lyric, John Lund; music, Lee Wainer		Entire Company
  3	Cue Says--Go!	John Lund, J.B. Rosenberg	Miss Cue	Marie Lund
  			Lecturer at Museum of Modern Art	Alice Pearce
  			At the Automat	Ann Paige, Kent Edwards, John Lund, Diane Davis, Bernard West, Alice Pearce
  			At the Colony	Leonard Sillman, Kent Edwards
  			At the Star & Garter	Blanche Fellows, Bernard West
  			At Life With Father	Diane Davis, Hie Thompson, Bernard West, Kent Edwards
  			At the Copacabana	Bernard West, Ralph Lewis, Ann Paige
  4	Animals Are Nice	Lyric, J.B. Rosenberg; music, Lee Wainer	The Pony	Blanche Fellows
  			The Flamingo	Ilsa Kevin
  			The Tiger	Hie Thompson
  			The Skunk	Tony Farrar
  			The Cat	Doris Dowling
  			The Deer	Diane Davis
  			The Donkey	Kent Edwards
  			Tap Specialty	Hie Thompson
  5	Far Above Angustora's Bitters	John Lund	Professor	John Lund
  			Binion	Mervyn Nelson
  			Bunion	Leonard Sillman
  			Manion	Bernard West
  			Olsen	Tony Farrar
  6	Richard Crudnut's Charm School	Lyric, June Carroll, John Lund; music, Lee Wainer	Heddy Schwarz	Alice Pearce
  			Basil	Mervyn Nelson
  			Miss Farafield	Ilsa Kevin
  			Ann	Ann Paige
  			Marie	Marie Lund
  			Diane	Diane Davis
  			Mr. Beecher	Kent Edwards
  			Physical Instructor	Ralph Lewis
  			Dancing Master	Hie Thompson
  7	Showgirl			Doris Dowling
  8	Quiet Zone	John Lund, J.B. Rosenberg	Orderly	Hie Thompson
  			Receptionist	Marie Lund
  			Dr. Scalpel	John Lund
  			Dr. Forceps	Ilsa Kevin
  			Dr. Clystra	Ralph Lewis
  			Expectant Father	Mervyn Nelson
  			Emergency Case	Leonard Sillman
  			Interne	Tony Farrar
  			Nurse	Diane Davis
  9	Love, Are You Raising Your Head?	Lyric, June Carroll; music, Lee Wainer	The Girl	Ann Paige
  			The Man	Ralph Lewis
  			The Dancers	Ilsa Kevin, Hie Thompson
  10	Reprise			Ann Robinson
  11	Travel, Travel, Toil and Travel	Sidney Carrol Radio City, I Love You lyric June Carroll; music Lee Wainer	Ed	Ralph Lewis
  			Joe	John Lund
  			Lady	Alice Pearce
  12	Land of Rockefellera	Lyric, John Lund; music Lee Wainer	Lieutenant	Kent Edwards
  			Tourist	Alice Pearce
  			Dowager	Marie Lund
  			Captain	John Lund
  			Mature	Bernard West
  			Sergeant	Leonard Sillman
  			Lieutenant Lipschitz	Mervyn Nelson
  13	Tony Farrar
  14	Yes, Sir, I've Made a Date	Lyric, J.B. Rosenberg; music, Lee Wainer	The Boy	Hie Thompson
  			The Girl	Diane Davis
  			The Boy's Parents	Marie Lund, John Lund
  			The Girl's Parents	Ann Paige, Ralph Lewis
  15	Showgirl			Doris Dowling
  16	The Skin of Your Life	John Lund	Introduction, the Showgirl	Doris Dowling
  			Mordkin	Mervyn Nelson
  			Bodkin	Kent Edwards
  			Barber	Ralph Lewis
  			Groyn	John Lund
  			Julie	Ilsa Kevin
  			Messenger	Bernard West
  			Catharties	Hie Thompson
  			Gorilla	Hie Thompson
  			Drunken Woman	Marie Lund
  17	Mervyn Nelson
  18	Shoes	Lyric, June Carroll; music, Will Irwin		Evelyn Brooks, Ann Robinson, Ilsa Kevin, Hie Thompson, and the Entire Company
  Intermission
  1	Shoes			Reprise by Entire Company
  2	Tap Specialty			Hie Thompson
  3	The Assembly Line	Chas. Sherman, Harry Young	Manager	Bernard West
  			Secretary	Blanche Fellows
  			Mr. Jones	Mervyn Nelson
  4	Hey, Gal	Lyric, June Carroll; music, Will Irwin	The Gal	Ilsa Kevin
  			The Singers	Kent Edwards, Ann Paige, Hie Thompson, Ralph Lewis, John Lund
  5	Bernard West
  6	Whither America!		Switchboard Operator	Diane Davis
  			Typist	Marie Lund
  			Swami	Leonard Sillman
  7	Ten Percenters	Dialogue & music by Lee Wainer	A Voice	John Lund
  			An Agent	Mervyn Nelson
  			A Band Leader	Kent Edwards
  			A Hoofer	Hie Thompson
  			A Torch Singer	Ilse Kevin
  			A Comic	Bernard West
  8	Nearsighted Bullfighter			Tony Farrar
  9	Well, Well!	Lyric, June Carroll; music, Lee Wainer		Ann Robinson & the Entire Company
  10	Reprise			Diane Davis
  11	Tea for Three	John Lund, William Callanan, Bus Davis	Scoggins	Marie Lund
  			Wigby	Leonard Sillman
  			Millicent	Alice Pearce
  			Bolingbroke	Ralph Lewis
  			Strangeways	Bernard West
  12	Musical Chairs--Finale			The Entire Company

  "Richard Crudnut" is a play on Richard Hudnut, who is credited with the makeup for the cast.  The playbill contained the following notice:  Because of governmental restrictions, The Playbill, in common with all publications, will have to curtail its consumption of paper.  During this emergency it will not be possible to furnish a copy of The Playbill to every person.  With your cooperation this regulation can be met without hardship if you will share your copy of The Playbill with your companion.
  

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• 1948 NEW FACES ON THE AIR.  Once the NEW FACES concept took hold, it became a marketable commodity and in 1948 Maxwell House sponsored a radio version for which Paddy Chayevsky wrote and performed a song about the Champs Elysees of the Bronx, Mosholo Parkway.

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• 1952  (365 performances at the Royale Theatre; available on RCA CBMI-2206 and now on CD)  30-second clips from the CD are available here.
  

  Stage Version Cast	Film Version Cast
  Virginia Bosler June Carroll Robert Clary Allen Conroy Virginia de Luce Michael Dominico Alice Ghostley Ronny Graham Patricia Hammerlee Eartha Kitt Joe Lautner Carol Lawrence Paul Lynde Bill Mullikin Carol Nelson Rosemary O'Reilly Jimmy Russell	Ronny Graham Alice Ghostley June Carroll Virginia DeLuce Paul Lynde Bill Mullikin Rosemary O'Reilly Allen Conroy Jimmy Russell George Smiley Polly Ward Carol Lawrence Johnny Lavery Elizabeth Logan Faith Burwell Clark Ranger Eartha Kitt

  Stage Version Program

  Title	Author	Role	Performer
  Opening	Music and Lyrics by Ronny Graham Dialogue by Peter DeVries	Reader	Ronny Graham
  			Entire Company
  Crazy, Man!	Ronny Graham and Roger Price	Counsellor Holly	Paul Lynde
  		Senator Marble	Joe Lautner
  		Senator Hutchinson	Bill Mullikin
  		A Policeman	Jimmy Russell
  		Dazz Rocco	Ronny Graham
  Lucky Pierre	Music and Lyrics by Ronny Graham	Girls	Virginia de Luce, Patricia Hammerlee, Rosemary O'Reilly
  		Pierre	Robert Clary
  		Reporter	Bill Mullikin
  Guess Who I Saw Today?	Music by Murray Grand Lyrics by Elisse Boyd	Sung by	June Carroll
  Restoration Piece	Dialogue and Lyrics by June Melville Music by Arthur Siegel	Introduced by	Virginia de Luce
  		Lady Sylvia Malpractice	Alice Ghostley
  		Simple	Patricia Hammerlee
  		Sir Solemnity Sourpuss	Paul Lynde
  		Sir Militant Malpractice	Joe Lautner
  Love is a Simple Thing	Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by June Carroll	Sung by	Rosemary O'Reilly, Robert Clary, Eartha Kitt, June Carroll
  		First Couple	Virginia Bosler, Allen Conroy
  		Second Couple	Carol Nelson, Jimmy Russell
  		Third Couple	Carol Lawrence, Michael Dominico
  Boston Beguine	Sheldon Harnick	Sung by	Alice Ghostley
  The Bard and the Beard	Dialogue by Ronny Graham Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by June Carroll Additional Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick	Introduced by	Virginia de Luce
  		Miss Leigh	June Carroll
  		Sir Laurence	Ronny Graham
  		Call Boy	Bill Mullikin
  		Maid	Rosemary O'Reilly
  Nanty Puts Her Hair Up	Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by Herbert Farjeon	Nanty	Virginia Bosler
  		Father	Joe Lautner
  		Mother	Alice Ghostley
  		Brother	Bill Mullikin
  		Highlander	Allen Conroy
  Oedipus Goes South	Ronny Graham	Introduced by	Virginia de Luce
  		Kaput	Ronny Graham
  Time for Tea	Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by June Carroll	Marcella	Alice Ghostley
  		Lavinia	June Carroll
  		Lavinia, The Girl	Virginia Bosler
  		Marcella, The Girl	Carol Nelson
  		Mother	Rosemary O'Reilly
  		Father	Joe Lautner
  		John	Jimmy Russell
  		Guests	Virginia de Luce, Allen Conroy, Michael Dominico
  Bal Petit Bal	Music & Lyrics by Francis Lemarque	Introduced by	Robert Clary
  		Sung by	Eartha Kitt
  Of Fathers and Sons	Melvin Brooks	Mae	Alice Ghostley
  		Harry	Paul Lynde
  		Stanley	Ronny Graham
  		Policemen	Jimmy Russell Allen Conroy
  Three for the Road	Ronny Graham	Introduction	Joe Lautner
  Raining Memories		Sung by	Robert Clary
  Waltzing in Venice		Sung by	Rosemary O'Reilly, Joe Lautner, Virginia Bosler, June Carroll, Allen Conroy, Michael Dominico, Patricia Hammerlee, Eartha Kitt Joe Lautner, Carol Lawrence, Paul Lynde, Bill Mullikin, Rosemary O'Reilly, Carol Nelson, Jimmy Russell, Virginia de Luce
  Take Off the Mask		Sung by	Alice Ghostley Ronny Graham
  Intermission
  Entr'acte		Reader	Ronny Graham
  Take Off the Mask			Carol Nelson
  Love Is a Simple Thing			Allen Conroy
  Boston Beguine			Carol Lawrence
  Monotonous			Jimmy Russell
  Nanty			Virginia Bosler
  Miss Logan			Michael Dominico
  Don't Fall Asleep	Dialogue, Music & Lyrics by Ronny Graham	Wife	Rosemary O'Reilly
  		Husband	Jimmy Russell
  After Canasta - What?		Introduced by	Virginia de Luce, Robert Clary
  		Dorothy	June Carroll
  		Elsie	Alice Ghostley
  Lizzie Borden	Music & Lyrics by Michael Brown	Townspeople	Rosemary O'Reilly, Carol Lawrence, Virginia de Luce, Carol Nelson, Virginia Bosler, Allen Conroy, Jimmy Russell, Michael Dominico
  		Man	Bill Mullikin
  		Judge	Paul Lynde
  		Lizzie	Patricia Hammerlee
  		District Attorney	Joe Lautner
  I'm In Love With Miss Logan	Music and Lyrics by Ronny Graham	Boy	Robert Clary
  		Miss Logan	Rosemary O'Reilly
  		Man	Joe Lautner
  Hark, the Extra Marital Lark	Dialogue & Lyrics by Ronny Graham and Peter De Vries; Music by Ronny Graham	Chorus	Bill Mullikin
  		John Jerome	Ronny Graham
  		His Wife	Alice Ghostley
  		A Mademoiselle	Carol Nelson
  		Croupier	Robert Clary
  		A Blonde	Virginia de Luce
  		Moroccan Girl	Carol Lawrence
  		Polynesian Girl	Eartha Kitt
  		Polynesian Man	Allen Conroy
  		Huntress	Patricia Hammerlee
  Penny Candy	Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by June Carroll	Woman	June Carroll
  		Gussie	Carol Lawrence
  		Poor Kids	Virginia Bosler, Jimmy Russell
  		Rich Kids	Carol Nelson, Michael Dominico
  		Candy Vendor	Bill Mullikin
  Trip of the Month	Paul Lynde	Introduced by	Virginia de Luce
  		Mr. Canker	Paul Lynde
  Whither America? (Another Revival) or "The Energy Contained in a Glass of Water Would Drive an Ocean Liner?"	Luther Davis John Cleveland	Switchboard Operator	Virginia de Luce
  		Stenographer	June Carroll
  		Man	Jimmy Russell
  Convention Bound	Music & Lyrics by Ronny Graham		Ronny Graham, Paul Lynde, Bill Mullikin, Joe Lautner, Patricia Hammerlee, Allen Conroy, Rosemary O'Reilly
  Monotonous	Music by Arthur Siegel Lyrics by June Carroll Additional Lyrics by Ronny Graham	Sung By	Eartha Kitt
  The Great American Opera	Ronny Graham	Introduced by	Virginia de Luce
  		Toby	Ronny Graham
  		Madame Flora	Alice Ghostley
  		Effie	Rosemary O'Reilly
  Finale			Entire Company

  I am indebted to Leonard Rebello (alzachpress@massed.net) of Fall River, MA, author of LIZZIE BORDEN:  PAST & PRESENT (1999) for Xeroxing the NEW FACES program and to Owen and Kim Maercks of Richmond, CA for Xeroxing the liner notes of the LP.

  Writing in AMERICAN MUSICAL REVUE (1985 Oxford University Press), Gerald Bordman noted "Two of the comic songs are classics of the American musical revue:  'Monotonous' was the litany of a spoiled, jaded lady who has watched traffic stop for her, caused a panic in the stock market, and had President Truman play bop to please her.  The slinky cat-like Miss Kitt on a luxurious couch turned it into a show-stopper.  Alice Ghostley did the same for 'The Boston Beguine,' lamenting that Boston is a city in which the Casbah is merely an Irish bar used for clandestine meetings by the D.A.R.  Almost as good was the concerted 'Lizzie Borden' in which singers assured audiences 'you can't chop your poppa up in Massachusetts.'  Among non-musical highlights was the bandaged Paul Lynde's monologue, delivered on crutches, telling of a recent African safari with his 'late' wife.  So good was the show that even television could not hurt it, so it enjoyed the longest run of any revue in seasons--just under a year."

  Lee Davis, writing in SCANDALS AND FOLLIES (Limelight Editions 2000), says:  "The sketches were at times masterful:  Mel Brooks's send-up of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, in which a pickpocket disowns his son for going honest; Ronny Graham's 'Oedipus Goes South,' a wild treatment of Truman Capote; and Paul Lynde's appearance, swathed from head to toe in bandages, reporting on his big game hunt in Africa."  Also:  "Comedy honors clearly went to Alice Ghostley's chronicle of a disastrous date, set to music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, 'The Boston Beguine'" as well as "Ronny Graham's 'Lucky Pierre' and 'I'm in Love with Miss Logan' for Robert Clary, and his send-up of operetta ('Waltzing in Venice with you/Isn't so easy to do/If you should take one more step than you oughter/You will be doing the dance under water')."

  Lehman Engel, writing in THEIR WORDS ARE MUSIC (Crown 1975), recalls THE BOSTON BEGUINE was "sung hilariously by a then new performer, Alice Ghostley.  I recall her costume as gauche and ultraconservative, making her appear middle-aged, awkward and somewhat pathetic. ... The song is funny because the music and the lyrics to this:

  Tropical nights.. Orchids in bloom.. Sultry perfume.. Intrigues and dangers With passionate strangers I've seen it all... As I recall.. I met him in Boston In the native quarter He was from Harvard Just across the border It was a magical night With romance everywhere There was something in the air There always is .. in Boston. We went to the Casbah That's an Irish bar there The underground hide-out Of the D.A.R. there. Something inside of me said 'Watch your heart, mad'moiselle, And it might be just as well To watch your purse .. in Boston.'

  We danced in a trance And I dreamed of romance Till the strings of my heart Seemed to be knotted And even the palms seemed to be potted. The Boston Beguine Was casting its spell And I was drunk with love.. And cheap Muscatel. We walked to the Common That's a pretty park there As I remember It was pretty dark there In this exotic locale By a silver lagoon Under a voodoo moon.. We fell asleep .. in Boston. That was the story of my one romance there Our dream of adventure didn't stand a chance there How could we hope to enjoy all the pleasures ahead When the books we should have read Were all suppressed .. in Boston? Exotic Boston .. land of the free .. home of the brave .. Home of the Red Sox .. home of the bean .. And home .. of the Boston Beguine!

  ---

  It's raining memories I don't need a weatherman to tell me that. It's raining memories and it's also raining rain Just look at my hat. It rained the day that I found you waiting for a crosstown bus. I rained the night that I lost you The gods were playing "House on Fire" with us

  It's raining memories Memories of days when you and I were one. It's raining memories And it's also raining like a son of a gun. Romance is just an empty fizzle In it's grip I'm a drip in a dreary drizzle Raining memories on me.

      I am grateful to Caryl Traugott for the lyrics to IT'S RAINING MEMORIES, which she informs me is a parody of the Johnny Ray song CRY (music and lyrics by Ronny Graham):

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  C'était le soir d'un quatorze juillet Quelques lampions qui tremblaient sur un fil Faisaient briller solitaire et discret Un petit bal au milieu de la ville Bal petit bal Où je t'ai connue Souviens-toi Tu n'étais pour moi Ce soir-là Rien qu'une inconnue Bleus ou bien verts Tes yeux lumineux sont si clairs Ils m'ont mis la tête à l'envers Sur un air de fête Je me souviens du patron sympathique Qui disputait politique avec l'agent flegmatique Et pour nous deux un seul musicien paresseux Et le vent léger qui faisait voler tes cheveux

  Et quand le dernier lampion s'est éteint Un grand amour était né dans la ville C'était le nôtre dansant au matin Dans le petit bal devenu tranquille Bal petit bal Où je t'ai connue Souviens-toi Tu n'étais pour moi Ce soir-là Rien qu'une inconnue Bleus ou bien verts Tes yeux lumineux sont si clairs Ils m'ont mis la tête à l'envers Sur un air de fête Ah! mes amis ce fut une belle noce Le patron et ses huit gosses étaient venus en carrosse Et maintenant nous voilà clients pour longtemps De ce petit bal où l'amour un soir en dansant Nous a réunis pour tout' la vie.

  Caryl also gave me the lyrics to BAL PETIT BAL (music and lyrics by Francis Lemarque)

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  Here are the lyrics to GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY (music by Murray Grand, lyrics by Elisse Boyd):

  You're so late getting home from the office, Did you miss your train? Were you caught in the rain? No, don't bother to explain. Can I fix you a quick martini? As a matter of fact I'll have one with you, For to tell you the truth I've had quite a day too! Guess who I saw today, my dear! I went in town to shop around for something new And thought I'd stop and have a bite when I was through. I looked around for someplace near And it occurred to me where I had parked the car I'd seen a most attractive French cafe and bar. It really wasn't very far.

  The waiter showed me to a dark, secluded corner And when my eyes became accustomed to the gloom, I saw two people at the bar Who were so much in love That even I could spot it clear across the room. Guess who I saw today, my dear! I've never been so shocked before; I headed blindly for the door, They didn't see me passing through. Guess who I saw today!  I saw you!

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  Here are the lyrics to I'M IN LOVE WITH MISS LOGAN (music and lyrics by Ronny Graham):

  What's the matter with me? What's the matter with me? School is let out and it's way after three; But I'm sittin' here with my chin on my knee, Say, what is the matter with me? I should be at home, and I wanna go home, But I know darn well I'm not gonna go home! So I just sit here with my chin on my knee; What the heck is the matter with me? What if the gang saw me sittin' like this? They'd think I was waitin' for some girl. So what if they saw me? they couldn't hee-haw me, 'Cause I'm not waitin' for any girl!

  Then what am I waitin' here for? And why am I watchin' the door? I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with Miss Logan I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with Miss Logan Tho' I still hate arithmetic, I'll pass arithmetic, Long as Miss Logan is teachin' arithmetic! I'm in love with Miss Logan And I wish, I wish I was not!

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  Here are the lyrics to PENNY CANDY (music by Arthur Siegel, lyrics by June Carroll).  

  Life has been kind to me, I've riches enough to buy Whatever catches my eye, But nothing catches my eye! My appetite has faded, alas! The lady's jaded! When I was a little girl, poor and plain, All I asked of life was in this refrain: Penny candy, Candy for a penny; I wish I could still get a kick From a penny peppermint stick Or an indigestible gummy hat That stuck to my teeth and made me fat. Penny candy, Candy for a penny. I wish I could bounce a red ball On the brick of a tenement wall, And never ask for more at all, at all. Candy!   Candy! The candy store I could never pass Without pressing my nose against the glass.

  Candy!  Candy! And oh, how I'd sigh!  Alack, alas! For a doll made of sweet chewing wax! Penny candy, Candy for a penny, I ask for more than a penny now; I've grown very wise, you see, But I wish that a sweet Were still fun to eat. Now a penny's a memory. Penny candy, Candy for a penny; I wish I could still get a kick From a penny peppermint stick Or a black and shiny licorice drop And a lemon yellow lollipop. Penny candy, Candy for a penny, I wish I could bounce a red ball On the brick of a tenement wall, And never ask for more at all, at all.

  PENNY CANDY was parodied in the opening number, BACKER'S AUDITION, of Ben Bagley's THE LITTLEST REVUE which opened May 22, 1956 at the Phoenix Theatre.  This number was written by John Latouche, Kenward Elmslie and John Strauss, and Charlotte Rae sent up June Carroll.

  While I did not see the stage show and only saw the video of the film version once, I believe all the indications in the program of "introduced by Virginia de Luce" consist of her crossing the stage as she sings HE TAKES ME OFF HIS INCOME TAX  (music by Arthur Siegel, lyrics by June Carroll).  June Carroll, by the way, was Leonard Sillman's younger sister.  This number was a running gag in the film version as well, although I have indicated it only once below.  DeLuce is dressed as a Ziegfeld showgirl and each time she starts to sing the song, the orchestra would shut her up and instead she would introduce the next number.  She never does get to finish the number.  

  I was contacted by Daniel P.B. Smith who has provided the the opening of the LP (which I never heard) recited by Ronny Graham:

  "Well, it certainly has been a season for experimentation in the theatre.  THE FOUR POSTER cut the number of actors down to two, Emlyn Williams cut that in half, and Cornelia Otis Skinner held the whole thing at par.  I only have to leave this stage in order to break fresh ground.  But, building on the foundation they have laid, or rather, removing what they have neglected to eliminate, I now present the irreducible minimum:  one sole member of Actor's Equity reading a revue.  I shall now read NEW FACES.

  You've never seen us before,
  We've never seen you before,
  What a pleasant place to finally meet.
  So much pleasanter than a busy street.
  We vocally take your hand,
  And vocally shake your hand,
  And ask you to regard this Hullabaloo. . .
  As our equivalent to
  How do you do!

  How do you do, Mr. Orchestra?
  How d'ja do, Mrs. Mezzanine?
  How d'ja do, Lord and Lady Balcony?
  You're the welcomest sight
  We've ever seen!

  We say it again encore,
  You've never seen us before,
  But we hope before this evening ends...
  That "New Faces" and you
  Will be good friends!"

  Paul Lynde auditioned for the revue via telephone by doing the explorer monologue he performed in the show.  All of the material performed by Alice Ghostley was written with Charlotte Rae in mind, but she dropped out before the show opened to appear in the Broadway show THREE WISHES FOR JAMIE.  Clarke Ranger, who is in the film version of NEW FACES, was an understudy in the stage version.   Roger Price, who co-wrote the CRAZY, MAN! sketch with Ronny Graham, was the creator of MAD LIBS, a "fill in the blank" kind of party game which I think you can still buy at some card stores. Among his other accomplishments, he was a stand up comic and wrote a wonderfully funny novel called J.G., THE UPRIGHT APE, about a talking gorilla's adventures in New York and Hollywood.

  I also suspect the first number of the second act consisted of Ronny Graham recapping the highlights of the first act while the dancing members of the company acted them out.  Recapping numbers was a device Sillman previously used, for example in  LOW AND BEHOLD.

  The AFTER CANASTA--WHAT? number concerned two women playing a card game to end all card games--a combination of Gin rummy, Canasta, Parcheesi and Monopoly, with fireworks and sound effects thrown in.  

  NEW FACES OF 1952 was the first Broadway revue made into a theatrical film.  Judging from the video, the theatrical version of NEW FACES replaced a few of the cast members, billed them in order of their importance (screen time) instead of alphabetically, and reshuffled the running order of the numbers, dropping quite a few and adding some others.  It also had a backstage structure imposed on it of the cast requiring cash in order for the show to continue; and two cast members (Robert Clary and Virginia deLuce) being in love, against the wishes of Virginia's Texan father.  As with the stage version, the words and music were "mostly" by Ronny Graham, Arthur Siegel, June Carroll, Sheldon Harnick and Michael Brown, with additional contributions from Murray Grand, Ellisse Boyd, Alan Melville, Herbert Farjeon (who gave Joyce Grenfell her start in revues),  Francis LeMarque and Peter DeVries.  The sketches were written by Ronny Graham, "Melvin" Brooks, Paul Lynde, Luther Davis and John Cleveland.  The numbers included:
  

  C'est Si Bon	Eartha Kitt
  Crazy, Man!	Paul Lynde, Ronny Graham & Others
  Lucky Pierre	Robert Clary, Virginia de Luce, Rosemary O'Reilly, Bill Mullikin
  Penny Candy	June Carroll
  Boston Beguine	Alice Ghostley
  Love is a Simple Thing	Rosemary O'Reilly, Robert Clary, Eartha Kitt, June Carroll
  Oedipus Goes South	Ronny Graham
  Time for Tea	Alice Ghostley & Others
  Alouette	Robert Clary
  Santa, Baby	Eartha Kitt
  Waltzing in Venice	Rosemary O'Reilly
  Take Off Your Mask	Ronny Graham, Alice Ghostley
  Trip of the Month	Paul Lynde
  Raining Memories	Robert Clary
  Whither America?	June Carroll, Virginia deLuce
  Uska Dara	Eartha Kitt
  I'm In Love With Miss Logan	Robert Clary, Rosemary O'Reilly, Joe Lautner
  Of Fathers and Sons	Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham
  Lizzie Borden	Ronny Graham, Bill Mullikin, Paul Lynde, Patricia Hammerlee
  Monotonous	Eartha Kitt
  Bal Petit Bal	Eartha Kitt, Robert Clary
  He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	Virginia deLuce
  Finale	Entire Cast

  CRAZY, MAN is a senate investigation into jazz, with Ronny Graham in a zoot suit.  PENNY CANDY is a heart tugging song by a bejeweled June Carroll thinking back to her childhood when a piece of penny candy could make her happy as nothing in her rich life does now.  BOSTON BEGUINE is a famous Sheldon Harnick number in which Alice Ghostley really shines. OEDIPUS GOES SOUTH, in which Ronny Graham portrays an author named Kaput, is a parody of Truman Capote .  (The parody of Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh did not survive into the film.)  TIME FOR TEA is a sad lament of missed opportunities in youth which lead to becoming two old maids.  TAKE OFF THE MASK is Ronny Graham importuning Alice Ghostley to remove her mask at a ball in Venice, but when he pulls it off, he begs her to put it back on and dashes away on a gondola.    I am grateful to Caryl Traugott who wrote to me that this song is a parody of Strauss's "Eine Nacht in Venedig "(A Night in Venice).  TRIP OF THE MONTH is Paul Lynde as Mr. Canker in bandages and on crutches, narrating his unfortunate experiences on a recent trip to the Congo.  In WHITHER AMERICA, June Carroll is a typist and Virginia deLuce is a switchboard operator; a swami with a turban arrives; plays the flute; a stethoscope comes out of his bag; the phone wires all undulate to the music; and no one pays any attention to him.  I'M IN LOVE WITH MISS LOGAN is Robert Clary as a young boy with a crush on his teacher and not even knowing her first name.  OF FATHERS AND SONS is a Mel Brooks skit in which Paul Lynde is an unsuccessful pickpocket who is disappointed in his son, Ronny Graham, who plays baseball and gets A's on his report card, and doesn't seem to want to follow him into the family business.  [This was included in THE GREATEST REVUE SKETCHES compiled and edited by Donald Oliver published by Avon in 1982.] MONOTONOUS is Eartha Kitt as a femme fatale, bored with her life even though  she "made Johnny Ray smile for me; a camel walked a mile for me."   Additional lyrics include:

  Chiang Kai-shek sends me pots of tea,
  Peron grows pampas beef for me,
  While Evita gnashes her 'teef' for me!
  MONOTONOUS!

  T.S. Eliot writes books for me,
  King Farouk's on tenterhooks for me,
  Sherman Billingsley even cooks for me!
  MONOTONOUS!  MONOTONOUS!

  This was revived in 1982 for 30 performances by the Equity Library Theatre with a cast including Randy Brenner, Suzanne Dawson, Jack Doyle, Michael Ehlers, Lillian Graff, Anna Marie Gutierrez, Philip William McKinley, Roxann Parker, Michele Pigliavento, Alan Safier, Denise Shafer (succeeded by Eartha Kitt), Staci Swedeen and Michael Waldron.  

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  1956  (220 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre; available on RCA LOC-1025) Amru Sani, Inga Swenson, Ann Henry, Maggie Smith, Billie Hayes, Tiger Haynes, Jane Connell, T.C. Jones, Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, Dana Sosa, Johnny Haymer, Johnny Laverty, Virginia Martin, Bill McCutcheon, John Reardon, Bob Shaver, Jimmy Sisco and Rod Strong.  I am indebted to Joseph Lillas of Sausalito, CA for Xeroxing the liner notes of the LP for me.  
  
  Music and lyrics "mostly" by June Carroll, Arthur Siegel, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, Murray Grand, Matt Dubey, Harold Karr, Irvin Graham, Ronny Graham, Paul Nassau, John Rox and Michael Brown.  Sketches "mostly" by Paul Lynde, Richard Maury, Sidney Carroll and Louis Botto.  Musical numbers were staged and directed by David Tihmar.  Paul Lynde directed the sketches.

  Writing in AMERICAN MUSICAL REVUE, Gerald Bordman notes, "Although Maggie Smith was one of the New Faces of 1956 who went on to achieve major celebrity, the show stealer of the production was T.C. Jones, the finest female impersonator since Julian Eltinge.  His art was so deft that many in the audience gasped in surprise during the curtain calls when he removed his wig and revealed a bald head.  His best moments included a send-up of Tallulah Bankhead and a spoof of the lavish old FOLLIES-style numbers."

  Writing in REVUE (1962), Robert Baral notes that Tallulah Bankhead starred in an unsuccessful revival of The Ziegfeld Follies in 1956, and even though it closed quickly, "T.C. Jones, the impersonator, went ahead anyway with his characterization, and took the star off magnificently."  

  In the opening night review of the WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN, William Hawkins wrote:  "There is a pale and reddish-haired dame, Virginia Martin by name, who does a fabulous and absurd satire on studio acting ["Talent", music and lyrics by Paul Nassau], then turns out to sing both sweet and uproarious as the mood claims her.  Jane Connell can similarly turn herself into various assorted moods and people, ancient TV contestant or heroine of African films, all with the greatest of ease.  One of the show's great moments, and certainly one of the funniest things in our theatre, is Maggie Smith's descent of a staircase as a Follies Girl draped in thousands of oranges. Miss Smith is chic as the sleek sketch heroines, too.  Then there is Inga Swenson, a blonde doll with a sweet voice".

  I am indebted to Michael Feinstein of Los Angeles for photocopying the Playbill for me:

  Title	Author	Role	Performer
  Opening	Ronny Graham	Introduction	T.C. Jones, Entire Company
  Madame Interpreter	Danny & Neil Simon	France	Maggie Smith
  		United States	Bob Shaver
  		Italy	John Haymer
  		Great Britain	Bill McCutcheon
  		India	Amru-Sani
  		Brazil	Virginia Martin
  		U.S.S.R.	John Reardon
  		Mme. Interpreter	Jane Connell
  What Does that Dream  Mean?	Lyrics by Matt Dubey	The Dreamer	Johnny  Haymer
  	Music by Harold Karr	His Dreams	Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, Dana Sosa, Johnny Laverty, Jimmy Sisco, Rod Strong, Johnny Haymer, Ann Henry, Tiger Haynes, Bill McCutcheon, Virginia Martin, Billie Hayes
  Stars in the Rough	Paul Lynde	Announcer	John Reardon
  		Soprano	Inga Swenson
  		Helen Hunt	T.C. Jones
  		Patty Potts	Dana Sosa
  		Old Lady	Jane Connell
  		Tony Taps	Johnny Laverty
  One Perfect Moment	Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, Leslie Julian-Jones	Woman	Maggie Smith
  		Violinist	Johnny Haymer
  		Lover	Bill McCutcheon
  Tell Her	Lyrics by June Carroll	Sung by	John Reardon
  	Music by Arthur Siegel	Danced by	Franca Baldwin and Jimmy Sisco
  The Washinigtons Are Doin' Okay	Michael Brown		Tiger Haynes
  A Canful of Trash	Louis Botto	Introduction	Maggie Smith
  		Zelda	Virginia Martin
  		Manny	Bill McCutcheon
  		Moe	Johnny Haymer
  		Junk Man	Bob Shaver
  		1st Sanitation Man	Rod Strong
  		2nd Sanitation Man	Johnny Laverty
  April in Fairbanks	Murray Grand		Jane Connell
  A Doll's House	Lyrics by June Carroll	Nurse	Maggie Smith
  	Music by Arthur Siegel	Tina	Inga Swenson
  		Urchin	Suzanne Bernard
  		Father Doll	Jimmy Sisco
  		Mother Doll	Virginia Martin
  		Girl Doll	Dana Sosa
  		Princess Doll	Franca Baldwin
  		Prince Doll	Rod Strong
  		Sweeper Doll	Billie Hayes
  And He Flipped	John Rox		Ann Henry
  Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls	Irvin Graham	Mother	Inga Swenson
  		Johnny	Johnny Laverty
  		Father	John Reardon
  		Grace	Franca Baldwin
  		Ava	Suzanne Bernard
  		Marilyn	Virginia Martin
  I Could Love Him	Paul Nassau		Billie Hayes
  Steady Edna	Paul Lynde	Introduction	T.C. Jone
  		Eric	Johnny Haymer
  		Edna	Jane Connell
  		Doc	Bill McCutcheon
  		Steffany	Maggie Smith
  		Father	Johnny Laverty
  		Native Chief	Rod Strong
  Hurry	Lyrics by Murray Grand and Elisse Boyd		Amru Sani
  	Music by Murray Grand
  Isn't She Lovely?	Lyrics by Marshall Barer	Introduction	T.C. Jones
  	Music by Dean Fuller	Production Singer	John Reardon
  		Ponies	Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, Dana Sosa, Billie Hayes
  		Chorus Boys	Johnny Laverty, Bob Shaver, Jimmy Sisco, Rod Strong
  		The Boy Friend	Bill McCutcheon
  		Miss Bird Cage	Virginia Martin
  		Miss Blue Fish	Inga Swenson
  		Miss Orange	Maggie Smith
  		Miss Hat	Jane Connell
  		Moth of Desire	T.C. Jones
  Entr'acte		Introduction	T.C. Jones
  		I Could Love Him	Johnny Laverty
  		Girls 'n Girls	Dana Sosa
  		Blues	Jimmy Sisco
  		Don't Wait	Franca Baldwin
  		Tell Her	Rod Strong
  Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle	Terry Ryan and Barry Blitzer	Introduction	T.C. Jones
  		Teacher	Billie Hayes
  		Mahoney	Jimmy Sisco
  		Levine	Tiger Haynes
  		Kowalski	Bob Shaver
  		Roger	Johnny Laverty
  		Hairy Hilda	Virginia Martin
  		Girl Monitor	Franca Baldwin
  		Policeman	Rod Strong
  		Principal	Bill McCutcheon
  Don't Wait 'Til It's Too Late to See Paris	Lyrics by June Carroll	Husband	John Reardon
  	Music by Arthur Siegel	Wife	Inga Swenson
  		Gamin	Suzanne Bernard
  		Flower Vendor	Jimmy Sisco
  		Girl	Dana Sosa
  		Boy	Rod Strong
  Rouge	Murray Grand		Jane Connell
  Darts	Phil Green and Paul Lynde	George	Bill McCutcheon
  		Harriet	Maggie Smith
  		Man	John Reardon
  Scratch My Back	Lyrics by Marshall Barer		Ann Henry
  	Lyrics by Dean Fuller		Tiger Haynes
  Boy Must Likely To Succeed	Lyrics by June Carroll	Sung by	Inga Swenson
  	Music by Arthur Siegel	Graduating Class	Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, Dana Sosa, Johnny Laverty, Jimmy Sisco, Rod Strong
  		Class Valedictorian	Bob Shaver
  		Principal	Bill McCutcheon
  Talent	Paul Nassau		Virginia Martin
  The Broken Kimona	Sketch and Lyrics by Richard Maury	Introduction	Maggie Smith
  	Music by Robert Stringer	Messenger	Johnny Laverty
  		Bartender	Jimmy Sisco
  		Bamboo Brothers	Bill McCutcheon, John Reardon, Rod Strong
  		Daughter	T.C. Jones
  		Broken Kimona	Johnny Haymer
  		Water Color	Tiger Haynes
  		Pura	Maggie Smith
  		Caller	Bob Shaver
  		Townspeople	Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Barnard, Billie Hayes, Dana Sosa
  		Filly	Ann Henry
  La Ronde "This is Quite a Perfect Night"	Lyrics by Marshall Barer	Introduction	Rod Strong
  	Music by Dean Fuller	Roue	Johnny Haymer
  		Jeune Fille	Inga Swenson
  		Adolescent	Bob Shaver
  		Femme du Monde	Virginia Martin
  The White Witch of Jamaica	Lyrics by June Carroll	Tourists	Suzanne Bernard, Maggie Smith, Johnny Laverty, Bob Shaver
  	Music by Arthur Siegel	Native Man	John Reardon
  		Native Woman	Dana Sosa
  		Lola	Franca Baldwin
  		Overseer	Jimmy Sisco
  The Greatest Invention	Lyrics and Music by Matt Dubey and Harold Karr and Sid Silvers		Billie Hayes, Johnny  Haymer
  Mustapha Abdullah Abu Ben Al Raajid	Lyrics by Marshall Barer	Mrs. Mustapha	Amru Sani
  	Music by Dean Fuller	Harem Houris	Maggie Smith, Inga Swenson, Jane Connell, Suzanne Bernard, Dana Sosa, Franca Baldwin
  She's Got Everything	Lyrics by Marshall Barer	Four Aristocrats	Johnny Laverty, John Reardon, Bob Shaver, Jimmy Sisco
  	Music by Dean Fuller	Hope Diamond	T.C. Jones

  Here are the lyrics to APRIL IN FAIRBANKS (music and lyrics by Murray Grand):

  Autumn in New York And April in Paris Are no longer chic. Winters in Mallorca And summers in Capri Are gone, so to speak. The people who have the wherewithal Have found a new place to have a ball. They've deserted the Champs-Elysees, The Piazza d'Spagna Is no longer gay. They say their thanks for Fairbanks, Alaska. April in Fairbanks, There's nothing more appealing. You 'll find your blood congealing In April in Fairbanks. Bright Arctic moonlight illuminates the ice-floes When ev'rybody's breath shows In April.

  You've never known the charm of Spring Until you hear a walrus sighing. The air is perfumed with the smell of blubber frying. April in Fairbanks; You'll suddenly discover A Polar Bear's your lover In Fairbanks. Subzero weather Will turn your skin to leather Your jaws will lock together In April in Fairbanks. North Polar breezes will sing you a cadenza And bring you influenza In April I'll leave the Rivera to the fools who want a fancy palace. Give me an igloo , the Aurora Borealis. April in Fairbanks; I really can't believe it. I know I'll never leave it alive this April.

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• 1960  In 1960, selected songs and sketches from the 1952 and 1956 revues were presented on television as a PLAY OF THE WEEK under the title BEST OF NEW FACES.  Leonard Sillman introduced the material which starred June Carroll, Robert Clary, Virginia deLuce, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham, Paul Lynde, Inga Swenson, Christopher Gary, Kelly Brown, Jim Russell, Judy Guyll and Susanne Cansino.  This sometimes shows up on eBay as a 104 minute black and white video.  I am indebted to Robin Taylor of Corte Madera, CA for lending me a copy of this.

  	Title	Source	Performers
  1	Introduction		Leonard Sillman
  2	Opening	1952	Ronny Graham names the cast as the Company sings the NEW FACES song
  3	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Virginia deLuce continually interrupted singing this song to introduce the next item
  4	Crazy Man	1952	Ronny Graham as bop musician Dazz Rocco meets 3 senators chaired by Paul Lynde
  5	Lucky Pierre	1952	Inga Swenson, June Carroll, Virginia deLuce, Robert Clary
  6	Guess Who I Saw Today?	1952	June Carroll
  7	Of Fathers and Songs	1952	Paul Lynde and Alice Ghostly as the criminal parents of inexplicably good Ronny Graham in this Mel Brooks parody of DEATH OF A SALESMAN
  8	White Witch of Jamaica	1956	Robert Clary sings of a murder of Lola Johnson while three of the dancers dance.
  9	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Another Virginia deLuce intro
  10	Boston Beguine	1952	Alice Ghostley
  11	Whither America?	1952	June Carroll is a typist and Virginia deLuce is a switchboard operator; a swami with a turban arrives; plays the flute; a stethoscope comes out of his bag; the phone wires all undulate to the music; and no one pays any attention to him.  This originated in the 1937 WHO'S WHO revue.
  12	Lizzie Borden	1952	Company featuring Inga Swenson, Paul Lynde, Ronny Graham, Virginia deLuce in a hoedown
  13	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Another Virginia deLuce intro
  14	Trip of the Month	1952	A bandaged Paul Lynde on a crutch describes his recent eventful trip to Africa.
  15	Penny Candy	1952	June Carroll and dancers
  16	April in Fairbanks	1956	Alice Ghostley
  17	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Another Virginia deLuce intro
  18	Isn't She Lovely?	1956	Ronny Graham as the M.C. of a Ziegfeld Follies type production number; the showgirls wear elaborate costumes and headdresses which they can barely support; Alice Ghostly, in particular, has trouble ascending and descending the stairs; features Paul Lynde, Inga Swenson and the Company
  19	Time for Tea	1952	Alice Ghostley, June Carroll
  20	Oedipus Goes South	1952	Ronny Graham in his Truman Capote parody as Mr. Kaput reading from his latest Southern gothic novel.
  21	Love Is a Simple Thing	1952	Robert Clary, Inga Swenson, Virginia deLuce and Company
  22	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Another Virginia deLuce intro
  23	After Canasta--What?	1952	Alice Ghostley and June Carroll play a bizarre card game that incorporates whistles, bells and whimsical rules
  24	I'm In Love With Miss Logan	1952	Robert Clary, Inga Swenson
  25	The Family Just Across the Moat		This is introduced by Inga Swenson and features a snaggle-toothed Paul Lynde in drag as a ghoulish Addams Family type matriarch whose idea of playing bridge is to watch someone jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge.  I am indebted to David Hummel who reports this "was on his album 'Paul Lynde - Recently Released' Columbia 8334. This number was part of his night club act and I can find no record of it being used in either NF of 1952 or 1956. In my book, "The Collector's Guide to the American Musical Theatre" I have it listed as being cut prior to the New York opening and reinstated for the TV version.
  26	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Another Virginia deLuce intro
  27	Raining Memories	1952	Robert Clary
  28	Waltzing in Venice	1952	Paul Lynde, Inga Swenson & Company
  29	Take Off The Mask	1952	Ronny Graham, Alice Ghostley
  30	New Faces--Reprise	1952	Company
  31	He Takes Me Off His Income Tax	1952	Last Virginia deLuce intro
  32	Finale--Love is a Simple Thing Reprise	1952	Company

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• 1962  (32 performances at the Booth Theatre; available on Warner Bros. BS-2551) This was produced by June Carroll and Harris Masterson, not by Leonard Sillman.  Music and lyrics mostly by June Carroll, Arthur Siegel, David Rogers, Mark Bucci, Jack Holmes and Ronny Graham.  Sketches by Ronny Graham, Paul Lynde, Jean Shepherd, Richard Maury, Joey Carter and R.G. Brown.  
   

  Title	Authors	Roles	Performers
  Opening	Lyrics & music by Ronny Graham; dialogue by Joe Carter	Introduction	Jim Corbett, Entire Company
  Quickies The Reds Visit Mount Vernon	Paul Lynde	Introduced by	Patti Karr
  		Father	R.G. Brown
  		Mother	Marion Mercer
  		George	Joey Carter
  Moral Rearmament	Lyrics & music by Jack Holmes		Travis Hudson, James Moore, Tom Arthur
  Pi in the Sky	Jean Shepherd; music by Mark Bucci	Introduced by	Sylvia
  		Pilot	Michael Fesco
  		Stewardesses	Maria Nieves, Mickey Wayland
  		Passengers	Patti Karr, James Moore, Erin Martin, Charles Barlow, Joan Thornton, R.C. Brown, Marian Mercer, Michael Fesco, Helen Kardon, Jim Corbett
  In the Morning	Music & lyrics by Ronny Graham		Sylvia Lord
  Happiness	Lyrics by David Rogers; music by Marie Gordon	Man	R.G Brown
  		Happiness Girls	Joan Thornton, Helen Kardon, Sylvia, Marian Mercer, Travis Hudson, Mickey Wayland
  Impressions and Folk Songs	Joey Carter		Joey Carter
  A Moment of Truth	Suggested by Ronny Graham; music & lyrics by Jack Holmes		Patti Karr
  I Want You To Be The First To Know	Lyrics by June Carroll, music by Arthur Siegel	Sung by	Mickey Wayland, Charles Barlow, Michael Fesco
  		1st Couple	James Moore, Eric Martin
  		2nd Couple	Juan Carlos Copes, Maria Nieves
  		Young Man	Tom Arthur
  Nose Cone	R.G. Brown	Report	Michael Fesco
  		Mr. Thurman	R.G. Brown
  		Mrs. Thurman	Marian Mercer
  ABC's	Lyrics by David Rogers; music by Mark Bucci	Girl	Helen Kardon
  		Children	Eric Martin, Maria Nieves, Jim Corbett, Juan Carlos Copes, James Moore
  It Depends On How You Look At Things	Lyrics by June Carroll; music by Arthur Siegel	Husband	R.G. Brown
  		Wife	Travis Hudson
  		Things	Helen Kardon, Joan Thornton, Mickey Wayland, Erin Martin, Patti Karr, Maria Nieves, Sylvia
  It Takes a Heap	Tony Geiss & Paul Lynde; additional dialogue by Joey Carter	Introduced by	Patti Karr
  		Foreman	Joey Carter; and Michael Fesco, Helen Kardon, Jim Corbett, Patti Karr, Mickey Wayland, Maria Nieves, Erin Martin
  Freedomland	Music & lyrics by Jack Holmes		Marian Mercer
  Over the River and Into the Woods	Lyrics & Music by Jack Holmes		Sylvia Lord
  Johnny Mishuga	David Rogers; lyrics by David Rogers & Mark Bucci; music by Mark Bucci	Momma	Travis Hudson
  		Hymie	Joey Carter
  		Waiter	Jim Corbett
  		Gringo	Charles Barlow
  		Johnny	R.G. Brown
  		Yasmin	Marian Mercer
  		Deputy	James Moore
  		Customers	Erin Martin, Patti Karr, Sylvia, Maria Nieves, Helen Kardon, Michael Fesco
  Intermission
  Entre'acte		Introduced by	Joan Thornton, Sylvia
  		Dancers	Jim Corbett, Juan Carlos Copes, Michael Fesco, Patti Karr, Erin Martin, James Moore, Maria Nieves
  		Argentinian Section	Juan Carlos Copes, Maria Nieves
  Quickies The Scarsdale Sentence	David Rogers	Introduced by	Patti Karr
  		Bettina	Marian Mercer
  		Warren	R.G. Brown
  Madison Avenue Executive	Ronny Graham	Executive	James Moore
  Collective Beauty	Lyrics by Michael McWhinney; music by William Roy	Lady	Travis Hudson
  		Revlonites	Helen Kardon, Mickey Wayland, Charles Barlow, Jim Corbett, Maria Nieves, Patti Karr
  		Customers	Erin Martin, Sylvia, Joan Thornton
  Happy Person	Herbert Hartig	Girl	Marian Mercer
  		Boy	R.G. Brown
  Untouchable	Joey Carter		Erin Martin; Charles Barlow
  The Other One	Lyrics by June Carroll; music by Arthur Siegel	Woman	Marion Mercer
  		Man	Jim Corbett
  		Dancers	Patti Karr, Sylvia, Joan Thornton, Mickey Wayland, Tom Arthur, Charles Barlow, Michael Fesco, Juan Carlos Copes
  Our Models			Joan Thornton, Sylvia
  The Untalented Relative	Lyrics by Joey Carter & Richard Maury; music by Arthur Siegel	Introduced by	Patti Karr
  		Folk Singer	Joey Carter
  			Patti Karr, Juan Carlos Copes, Marian Mercer, Mickey Wayland, James Moore, Michael Fesco, Charles Barlow, Helen Kardon, Erin Martin, Jim Corbett
  It's All in a Day's Work	Joey Carter	Girl	Joan Thornton
  Love Is Good For You	Lyrics by June Carroll; music by Arthur Siegel		Sylvia Lord
  Where Are Our Parents?	Ronny Graham, Arnie Sultan & Marvin Worth	Father	Joey Carter
  		Mother	Marian Mercer
  		Roger	R.G. Brown
  		Mary	Mickey Wayland
  		Cop	Jim Corbett
  Wall Street Rebel	Lyrics by Jim Fuerst; music by Arthur Siegel; intro by Richard Maury	Introduced by	Patti Karr
  Finale			Entire Company

  
  On July 20, 2020, in the midst of the covid lockdown, I had an email from Dee Michel about a 1966 edition, which did not make it to Broadway.  NEW FACES OF 1968 began life as NEW FACES OF 1966 in a production at North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA.  Dee's mother, Eve Merriam, had material in this edition; she wrote songs with Irma Jurist.  The cast included Susan Astor, Rodd Barry, Marilyn Child, Dottie Frank, Kevin Lloyd, Brandon Maggart, Marian Mercer, George Ormiston, Morgan Paull, Rod Perry, Nancy Phillips and Brooke Winsten.  Despite this listing from a flyer, you will see below the cast included Ruth Buzzi and others not listed, so it was an evolving thing.
  

• The sketches were directed by Ronny Graham, with Choreography by Jim Moore, Scenery by Peter Larkin and Costumes by Win Morton.  Writers included Ronny Graham, June Carroll, Arthur Siegel, Murray Grand, Peter de Vries, Michel McWhinney, Jerry Powell, Irma Jurist, Eve Merriam, David Axelrod, Sam Pottle, Jay Thompson, Bill Dyer, Francis Thorne, Alonzo Levister, Clark Gessner, Sheldon Harnick, Paddy Chayefsky.

• 	At the Piano
  Opening	Ronny Graham	Company
  Karate	Jerry Powell	Gloria Bleezarde, George Ormiston
  Not a Moment Too Soon	Murry Grand	Rod Perry
  A Tango	Sam Pottle	Ruth Buzzi, Jerry Powell, Gloria Bleezarde, George Ormiston
  Mr. Randall	Irma Jurist	Gloria Bleezarde, George Ormiston
  Retreat	Ronny Graham	Ronny Graham, George Ormiston
  E.T.V.		Nancy Phillips, George Ormiston
  Religion a Go-Go	Arthur Siegel	Marion  Mercer and Company
  Where is Me?	Arthur Siegel	Marilyn Child
  Luncheon Ballad	Jerry Powell	Marilyn Child, Ruth Buzzi, Marion Mercer, Gloria Bleezarde, Nancy Phillips
  Hungry	Murray Grand	Gloria Bleezarde
  Love Themes	Jay Thompson	Ruth Buzzi, Bill Dyer, Jerry Powell, George Ormiston
  The Cub and the Wolf	Arthur Siegel	Rod Perry
  Mama Doll Song		Nancy Phillips, George Ormiston
  How She Laughed	Arthur Siegel	Gloria Bleezarde, George Ormiston, Ruth Buzzi
  Cardinal Sin	Ronny Graham	Ronny Graham, Marilyn Child, Nancy Phillips, Gloria Bleezarde
  Finale	Ronny Graham	Company

  
  

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• 1968 at the Booth Theatre with Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Brandon Maggart, Elaine Giftos, Rod Perry, Marilyn Child, Michael K. Allen, Suzanne Astor, Gloria Bleezarde and Leonard Sillman.  Music numbers  on the recording included BY THE C, CYMBALS AND TAMBOURINES, DAS CHICAGO SONG, DIE ZUSAMMENFUGUNG, EVIL, THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, THE GIRL OF THE MINUTE, HULLABALOO AT THEBES, HUNGRY, LOVE IN A NEW TEMPO, LUNCHEON BALLAD, MISSED AMERICA, A NEW WALTZ, #X9R1220, PEANUT BUTTER AFFAIR, PHILOSOPHY, PRISMS, RIGHT ABOUT HERE, SOMETHING BIG, TANGO, TOYLAND, WHERE IS ME?, WHERE IS THE WALTZ?, YOU R and YOU 'RE THE 1 I'M 4.

  Title	Authors	Roles	Performers
  Definitions by Random House	Dialogue by William F. Brown	Girl	Gloria Bleezarde
  		1st Boy	Rod Barry
  		2nd Boy	Joe Kyle
  Welcome	Dialogue by William F. Brown	The Producer	Leonard Sillman
  Opening	Music & Lyrics by Ronny Graham		Entire Company
  Audition	Robert Klein	The Auditioner	Robert Klein
  Basic Needs	William F. Brown		Gloria Bleezarde & Men
  Sound of Muzak	Music by David Shire; lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.		Robert Klein, Madeline Kahn, Marilyn Child, George Ormiston
  Images	Norman Kline	Narrator	Robert Klein
  		Wife	Nancie Phillips
  		Jack	George Ormiston
  Isolation 1			Elaine Giftos, Trudy Carson
  By the C	Music & Lyrics by Clark Gessner		Brandon Maggart
  Happy Landings	Jack Sharkey	Air Stewardess	Madeline Kahn
  Where's the Waltz?	Music by Alonzo Levister; lyrics by Paul Nassau	Sung by	Michael K. Allen
  		Danced by	Dottie Frank, Elaine Giftos, Trudy Carson
  The New Waltz	Music by Fred Hellerman; lyrics by Fran Minkoff	Sung by	Marilyn Child
  		Danced by	Robert Lone, Joe Kyle
  Isolation 2 - Tango	Music & Dialogue by Clark Gessner		Rod Barry, Gloria Bleezarde
  Girl in the Mirror	Music by Fred Hellerman; lyrics by Fran Minkoff		Rod Perry
  Isolation 3			Elaine Giftos, Trudy Carson
  Poffins/Sade	Sketch by William F. Brown; based on an idea by Hal Hackady & Leonard Sillman; music by Clint Ballard; lyrics by Hal Hackady; additional music & lyrics by Ronny Graham	Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  		Host	Robert Lone
  		Marquis de Sade	George Ormiston
  		Mary Poffins	Madeline Kahn
  		Mother	Marilyn Child
  		Little Boy	Brandon Maggart
  		Little Girl	Gloria Bleezarde
  		Bert	Rod Barry
  Isolation 4			Robert Klein, Elaine Giftos
  Love Songs		Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  Feet	Music & lyrics by Ronny Graham	Sung by	George Ormiston
  		Sung to	Trudy Carson
  Unrequited Lover's March	Music & lyrics by Ronny Graham		Robert Klein
  Hungry	Music & lyrics by Murry Grand	Sung by	Suzanne Astor
  		Sung to	Rod Barry
  Isolation 5			Trudy Carson, Elaine Giftos, Dottie Frank
  Luncheon Ballad	Music by Jerry Powell; lyrics by Michael McWhinney		Suzanne Astor, Marilyn Child, Madeline Kahn, Nancie Phillips
  Isolation 6--Tango	Music & dialogue by Clark Gessner		Gloria Bleezarde, Robert Lone
  The Underachiever	Peter DeVries	Introduction	Gloria Bleezarde
  		Freshman	Robert Klein
  		Freshman's Wife	Madeline Kahn
  Isolation 7			Trudy Carson, Dottie Frank, Elaine Giftos
  You're the 1 I'm 4	Music & lyrics by Clark Gessner		Brandon Maggart
  Isolation 8			Gloria Bleezarde, Madeline Kahn
  Where is Me?	Music by Arthur Siegel; lyrics by June Carroll		Marilyn Child
  Isolation 9--Right About Here	Music & lyrics by Arthur Siegel		Michael K. Allen
  The American Hamburger League	Norman Kline	Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  		Beth	Madeline Kahn
  		Helene	Marilyn Child
  		Rex	Brandon Maggart
  		Dexter	George Ormiston
  		Wayne	Robert Klein
  Isolation 10			Robert Klein, Elaine Giftos
  Mama Doll	Charles Tobias, Nat Simon	Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  		Doll	Nancie Phillips
  		Little Boy	George Ormiston
  Toyland	Dialogue, music & lyrics by Gene P. Bissell	Production Singer	Madeline Kahn
  		Compere	Robert Klein
  Intermission
  Hullabaloo at Thebes	Music & lyrics Ronny Graham	Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  		Oedipus	Robert Klein
  		Jocasta	Suzanne Astor
  		Antigone	Trudy Carson
  		Ismene	Elaine Giftos
  Isolation 11			Joe Kyle, Gloria Bleezarde
  Gospel According to Jack	William F. Brown		Suzanne Astor, Rod Barry, Trudy Carson, Marilyn Child, Dottie Frank, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Robert Lone, Brandon Maggart, Rod Perry
  Isolation 12			Elaine Giftos, Gloria Bleezarde
  You R	Music & lyrics by Clark Gessner		Brandon Maggart
  Isolation 13			Trudy Carson, Rod Barry
  Evil is Live Spelled Backwards	Music & lyrics by Sidney Shaw		Michael K. Allen
  Isolation 14			Trudy Carson, Elaine Giftos, Madeline Kahn, Gloria Bleezarde
  The Refund	Peter deVries	Introduction & Clarification	George Ormiston
  		Fred Abernathy	Robert Klein
  		Ben Abernathy	Brandon Maggart
  		Sarah Cobleigh	Dottie Frank
  Go Slow Saturday	Music by Jerry Powell; lyrics by Michael McWhinney		Gloria Bleezarde
  Tango	Music by Sam Pottle; lyrics by David Axelrod	Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  		Performed by	The Company
  Isolation 15--Cymbals & Tambourines	Music & lyrics by Arthur Siegel		Gloria Bleezarde, Robert Lone
  Philosophy	Music by Carl Friberg; lyrics by Hal Hackady	Sung by	Rod Perry
  		Danced by	Dottie Frank, Joe Kyle, Elaine Giftos
  Numbers Pile-Up			Brandon Maggart
  Prisms	Music by Carl Friberg; lyrics by Hal Hackady		Marilyn Child
  Missed America	Dialogue, music & lyrics by Kenny Solms & Gail Parent; additional dialogue by  Ronny Graham	M.C.	George Ormiston
  		Miss Alabama	Nancie Phillips
  		Miss Minnesota	Dottie Frank
  		Miss Connecticut	Suzanne Astor
  Die Zusammenfugung	Music by Sam Pottle; lyrics by David Axelrod	Introduction	Gloria Bleezarde
  		Scheiss	Brandon Maggart
  		Pfeffer	Robert Klein
  		Heidi	Madeline Kahn
  		The Connection	George Ormiston
  Opening Reprise		Introduction	Leonard Sillman
  The Girl of the Minute	Music by David Shire; lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.		The Entire Company