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Big Deal.

Big Deal.

Big Deal is a stage musical based loosely on the film Big Deal on Madonna Street.

Cast[]

  • Loretta Devine - Lilly
  • Wayne Cilento/Bruce Anthony Davis - Narrators
  • Gary Chapman - Kokomo/Dancin' Dan
  • Alde Lewis Jr. - Otis
  • Cleavant Derricks - Charley
  • Valarie Pettiford - Pearl/Band Singer/1st Shadow
  • Larry Marshall - Slick
  • Mel Johnson Jr. - Sunnyboy
  • Alan Weeks - Willie
  • Bernard J. Marsh - Judge/Bandleader
  • Desiree Coleman - Phoebe
  • Roumel Reaux - Little Willie

Plot[]

Musical numbers[]

Act I
  • "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - Lilly
  • "For No Good Reason at All" - Narrators
  • "Charley My Boy" - Charley
  • "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" - Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators
  • "Ain't We Got Fun" - The Prisoners
  • "For No Good Reason at All" - Narrators and Dancers
  • "Pick Yourself Up" - Charley, Willie, Slick, Sunnyboy and Otis
  • "I'm Just Wild About Harry" - Lilly
  • "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar" - Bandleader, Band and Dancers
  • "The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round" - Bandleader and Band
  • "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (reprise) - Lilly
Act II
  • "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" - Narrator and Dancers
  • "Ain't She Sweet" - Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators and Dancers
  • "Everybody Loves My Baby" - Willie and Narrators
  • "Me and My Shadow" - Dancin' Dan and Shadows
  • "Love is Just Around the Corner" - Narrators
  • "Just a Gigolo" - Bandleader and Charley
  • "Who's Your Little Who-zis?" - Bandleader and Bandsinger
  • "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Charley
  • "Button Up Your Overcoat" - Lilly
  • "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me" - Willie and Little Willie
  • "Hold Tight, Hold Tight" - Otis and Ladies
  • "Happy Days Are Here Again" - Slick, Phoebe, Sunnyboy and Company
  • "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" - Charley and Company
  • "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - Lilly