This is about the stage musical. For the film adaptation see The Unsinkable Brown (1964 film).
The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a stage musical based on the historical survivor of the RMS Titanic.
Cast[]
- Tammy Grimes - Molly Tobin
- Harve Presnell - Johnny "Leadville" Brown
- Sterling Clark - Michael Tobin
- Bill Starr - Aloysius Tobin
- Bob Daley - Patrick Tobin
- Cameron Prud'homme - Shamus Tobin
- Joe Sirola - Christmas Morgan
- Mitchell Gregg - Prince Delong
- Mony Daimes - Princess Delong
- Woody Hurst - Charlie
- Tom Larson - Burt
- Joe Pronto - Gitter
- Jack Harrold - Monsignor Ryan
Plot[]
In the early 1900s, feisty tomboy Molly Tobin wrestles with her three younger brothers and tells them and her father that she wants to learn to read and write and to find a rich husband. Molly makes her way to the Saddle Rock saloon in Leadville, Colorado and applies for a job. On the way to Leadville, Colorado she meets J.J. "Leadville" Johnny Brown, who falls in love with her and promises to give her whatever she wants. After they marry, Johnny sells a claim and provides Molly with the money she wants, enough to enter the high social life in Denver. Molly and Johnny, now dressed in gaudy finery, are made fun of by the Denver society people she wants to impress, and they travel to Europe, against Johnny's better instincts.
The couple, and especially Molly, are welcomed and accepted by European royalty, but the attentions of Prince DeLong towards Molly upset Johnny and he returns to Leadville alone. Molly realizes that Johnny is her true love, and she sails for home on the RMS Titanic. As the Titanic sinks and the tragedy unfolds, Molly survives in one of the lifeboats. She finally is reunited with Johnny, who has built Molly her own "castle," a beautiful home in the Rocky Mountains.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "I Ain't Down Yet" - Molly Tobin and Her Brothers
- "Belly Up to the Bar, Boys" - Molly Tobin, Christmas Morgan and the Miners
- "I've A'ready Started In" - Johnny "Leadville" Brown, Christmas Morgan, Charlie, Burt and Gitter
- "I'll Never Say No" - Johnny "Leadville" Brown
- "My Own Brass Bed" - Molly Tobin
- "The Denver Police" - Three Policemen
- "Beautiful People of Denver" - Molly Tobin
- "Are You Sure?" - Molly Tobin, Monsignor Ryan and Guests
- "I Ain't Down Yet" (Reprise) - Molly Tobin and Johnny "Leadville" Brown
- Act II
- "Happy Birthday, Mrs. J. J. Brown" - Princess DeLong, Prince DeLong and the International set
- "Bon Jour (The Language Song)" - Molly Tobin, Prince DeLong and the International set
- "If I Knew" - Johnny "Leadville" Brown
- "Chick-a-pen" - Molly Tobin and Johnny "Leadville" Brown
- "Keep-a-Hoppin'" - Johnny "Leadville" Brown and His Leadville Friends
- "Up Where the People Are" - Monte Carlo Guests
- "Dolce Far Niente" - Prince DeLong and Molly Tobin
- "Colorado, My Home" - Johnny "Leadville" Brown, Molly Tobin and Leadville Friends