
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