Curley McDimple

Curley McDimple.

Curley McDimple is a stage musical.

Cast

• Paul Cahill - Jimmy
• Helen Blount - Sarah
• Bernadette Peters - Alice
• Bayn Johnson - Curley McDimple
• George Hillman - Bill
• Norma Bigtree - Miss Hamilton
• Gene Galvin - Mr. Gillingwater

Plot

In the 1930s, Curley (the Shirley Temple-like character) arrives at Sarah's Theatrical Boarding House, a shabby but homey theatrical boarding house in Manhattan, New York City, run by a nice Irish lady, Sarah. Curley is an optimistic eight years old and is looking for parents to adopt her; she settles on Alice and Jimmy. They are performers who are both boarders at the house—they fall in love with each other at first sight.

The boarders aid Sarah, who is threatened with losing her house through foreclosure by the banker, Mr. Gillingwater, by putting on a benefit vaudeville show. A mean social worker, during the rehearsals for the benefit, steals Curley away, taking her to an orphanage in New Jersey. Curley is able to escape and she performs in the show, which is a hit and is picked up by Broadway. Curley finds out that Gillingwater is her grandfather and that he is a former sweetheart of Sarah's, and Jimmy and Alice get married.

Musical numbers

Act I

• "A Cup of Coffee" – Jimmy
• "I Try" – Jimmy and Alice
• "Curley McDimple" – Curley, Jimmy, Alice, Sarah and Bill
• "Love is the Loveliest Song" – Alice
• "Are There Any More Rosie O'Gradys?" – Sarah, Jimmy, Alice, Curley and Bill
• "Dancing in the Rain" – Curley, Bill and Company
• "At the Playland Jamboree" – Curley and Company
• "I've Got a Little Secret" – Jimmy and Curley

Act II

• "Stars and Lovers" – Alice, Jimmy and Company
• "The Meanest Man in Town" – Alice, Jimmy and Company
• "I Try" (reprise) – Jimmy and Alice
• "Something Nice Is Going to Happen" – Curley
• "Swing-a-Ding-a-Ling" – Curley
• "Hi de hi de hi, Hi de hi de ho" – Sarah, Alice, Jimmy, Bill, Mr. Gillingwater and Miss Hamilton
• "Swing-a-Ding-a-Ling" (Reprise) – Curley and Company
• "Something Nice Is Going To Happen" (Reprise) – Miss Hamilton
• "Love is the Loveliest Love Song" (reprise) – Jimmy and Company
• "Finale" – Jimmy