Coco (musical)

Coco.

Coco is a stage musical based on the life of Coco Chanel.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn - Coco Chanel
• George Rose - Louis Greff
• Gale Dixon - Noelle
• David Holliday - Georges
• René Auberjonois - Sebastian Baye
• Jeanne Arnold - Pignol
• Charlene Ryan - Simone
• Jon Cypher - Papa

Plot

Set between early autumn of 1953 and late spring of 1954, fashion designer Coco Chanel, after fifteen years of retirement, decides to return to the world of haute couture and reopen her Paris salon. With her new collection derided by the critics, she faces bankruptcy until buyers from four major American department stores - Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Best & Company, and Ohrbach's - place orders with her. She becomes involved with the love life of one of her models, and flashbacks utilizing filmed sequences recall her own past romantic flings. Adding humor to the proceedings is a highly stereotypical rude gay designer who tries to impede Chanel's success.The finale is a fashion show featuring actual Chanel designs from 1918 to 1959.

Musical numbers

Act I

• "But That's the Way You Are" - Alex
• "The World Belongs to the Young" - Coco, Greff, Sebastian, Pignol and Company
• "Let's Go Home" - Georges
• "Mademoiselle Cliche de Paris" - Coco
• "On the Corner of the Rue Cambon" - Coco
• "The Money Rings Out Like Freedom" - Coco and Ensemble
• "A Brand New Dress" - Noelle
• "A Woman is How She Loves" - Georges
• "Gabrielle" - Papa
• "Coco" - Coco
• "The Preparation" - Coco and Company

Act II

• "Fiasco" - Sebastian and Simone
• "When Your Lover Says Goodbye" - Greff
• "Coco" (Reprise) - Coco
• "Orbach's, Bloomingdale's, Best and Saks" - The Buyers
• "Orbach's, Bloomingdale's, Best and Saks" (Reprise) - Coco and Ensemble
• "Always Mademoiselle" - Coco and the Mannequins