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A Broadway Musical.

A Broadway Musical is a stage musical.

Cast[]

  • Julius La Rosa - Eddie Bell
  • Helen Gallagher - Maggie Simpson
  • Gwyda Donhowe - Stephanie Bell
  • Ron Ferrell - James Lincoln
  • Alan Weeks - Stan Howard/African Figment
  • Larry Marshall - Richie Taylor/Sylvester Lee
  • Anne Francine - Shirley Wolfe
  • Calvin MacRae - Scott Bernard
  • Danny Strayhorn - Lonnie Paul

Plot[]

The plot about a sleazy white theatre producer's attempt to adapt an African-American writer's serious play as a commercial stage musical was inspired by Adams and Strouse's real-life experiences with their 1964 Broadway production of Golden Boy. The star of the musical-within-the-musical (Sneakers, about a basketball star) closely resembles Golden Boy star Sammy Davis, Jr. When the star opts to leave the show, the playwright – who from the start had resisted turning his work into a musical – steps in and takes on the lead role in order to save the production.

Musical numbers[]

Act I
  • "Broadway, Broadway" - New Kids in Town
  • "A Broadway Musical" - Eddie Bell, James Lincoln, Lonnie Paul, Scott Bernard, Stan Howard, Maggie Simpson and Ensemble
  • "Smoke and Fire" - Stan Howard, James Lincoln, Kumi-Kumi and Ensemble
  • "Lawyers" - Eddie Bell, Stephanie Bell and Richie's Lawyers
  • "Yenta Power" - Shirley Wolfe and Associates
  • "Let Me Sing My Song" - Richie Taylor
  • "A Broadway Musical" (Reprise) - Eddie Bell, Stephanie Bell, James Lincoln, Shirley Wolfe, Maggie Simpson, Lonnie Paul, Stan Howard and Ensemble
Act II
  • "Let Me Sing My Song" (Reprise) - Richie Taylor and Friends
  • "It's Time for a Cheer-Up Song" - Stan Howard, Maggie Simpson, Lonnie Paul and James Lincoln
  • "You Got to Have Dancing" - Maggie Simpson, James Lincoln and Ensemble
  • "What You Go Through" - Stephanie Bell and Eddie Bell
  • "Together" - James Lincoln, Eddie Bell and Staff
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