The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

This is about the stage musical. For the film adaptation, see The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982 film).

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage musical.

Cast

• Henderson Forsythe - Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
• Carlin Glynn - Mona Stangley
• Delores Hall - Jewel
• Clinton Allmon - Melvin P. Thorpe/Farmer
• Lisa Brown - Angelette Imogene Charlene/Girl/Dawn/Girl at Miss Mona's
• Joan Ellis - Shy
• Jay Garner - The Governor of Texas/Traveling/Salesman/C. J. Scruggs/Chip Brewster
• Susan Mansur - Doatsey Mae/Girl/Melvin Thorpe Singer/Reporter #1

Plot

It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas, (subbing for real locale La Grange) for more than a century. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner. While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd. When crusading television reporter Melvin P. Thorpe (based on real-life Houston news personality Marvin Zindler) decides to make the illegal activity an issue, political ramifications cause the place to be closed down.

Musical nunbers

Act I

• "Prologue" – The Rio Grande Band Leader and the Rio Grande Band
• "20 Fans" – Company
• "A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place" – Mona Stangley and the Girls
• "Girl, You're a Woman" – Mona Stangley, Shy, Jewel and the Girls
• "Watch Dog Theme" – The Dogettes
• "Texas Has a Whorehouse in It" – Melvin P. Thorpe, the Thorpe Singers and the Dogettes
• "Twenty Four Hours of Lovin'" – Jewel and the Girls
• "Watch Dog Theme" (Reprise) – The Dogettes
• "Texas Has a Whorehouse in It" (Reprise) – Melvin P. Thorpe and the Dogettes
• "Doatsy Mae" – Doatsy Mae
• "Angelette March" – Angelette Imogene Charlene and the Angelettes
• "The Aggie Song" – The Aggies
• "The Bus from Amarillo" – Mona Stangley

Act II

• "The Sidestep" – The Governor of Texas & Company
• "No Lies" – Mona Stangley, Jewel and the Girls
• "Good Old Girl" – Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and the Aggies
• "Hard Candy Christmas" – The Girls
• "Finale" – Company