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