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Kelly

Kelly.

Kelly is a stage musical.

Cast[]

  • Don Francks - Hop Kelly
  • Wilfrid Brambell - Dan Kelly
  • Mickey Shaughnessy - Jack Mulligan
  • Leon Janney - Augue Masters
  • Jessie White - Stickpin Sidney Crane
  • Eileen Rodgers - Fay Cherry
  • Anita Gillette - Angela Crane

Plot[]

In 1880s New York, teenage busboy Hop Kelly, an Irish immigrant, is a sentimental daredevil who wants to make a successful jump from the Brooklyn Bridge and become a hero. He has chickened out of three attempts already. A group of Bowery gamblers are betting against him surviving the jump, and they don't like the suspense. They decide to throw a dummy off the bridge in his place, but Hop really wants to make the jump, and eventually he successfully does so.

Musical numbers[]

Act I
  • "Ode to the Bridge" – Hop Kelly
  • "Six Blocks from the Bridge" – Stickpin Sidney Crane, Mulligan, Augie and Company
  • "That Old Time Crowd" – Fay and the Boys
  • "Simple Ain't Easy" – Hop and Fay
  • "I'm Gonna Walk Right Up to Her" – Hop and Mulligan
  • "A Moment Ago" – Angela and Hop
  • "This Is a Tough Neighborhood" – Entire Company
  • "Never Go There Anymore" – Angela and Hop
Act II
  • "Life Can Be Beautiful" – Fay, Dan and Bums
  • "Everyone Here Loves Kelly" – Fay and Company
  • "Ballad to a Brute" – Angela and Hop
  • "Heavyweight Champ of the World" – Mulligan and Company
  • "Me and the Elements" – Hop and Dan
  • "Everyone Here Loves Kelly (Reprise)" – Fay and Company
  • "Never Go There Anymore (Reprise)" – Angela
  • "Everyone Here Loves Kelly (Reprise)" – Entire Company