Three Wishes for Jamie.
Three Wishes for Jamie is a stage musical based on the Charles O'Neal novel The Three Wishes of James McRuin.
Cast[]
- John Raitt - Jamie McRuin
- Anne Jeffreys - Maeve Kerrigan
- Bert Wheeler - Owen Roe Tavish
- Robert Halliday - Tim Shanahan
- Charlotte Rae - Tirsa Shanahan
- Peter Conlow - Dennis O'Ryan
Plot[]
In the 1890s Jamie McRuin is granted three wishes by a fairy. He wishes to travel, to marry and to have a son. The first two wishes are granted very quickly. Jamie sails from Ireland to Georgia and there he marries Maeve Harrigan. When Maeve finds out she is unable to bear children the McRuins adopt a boy to make the third wish come true. However, the boy turns out to be a mute until one day, he is miraculously able to speak - but in Gaelic.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "The Wake" - Tim Shanahan, Tirsa Shanahan, Owen Roe Tavish and Mourners
- "The Girl That I Court in My Mind" - Jamie McRuin
- "My Home's a Highway" - Maeve Harrigan and Horse Traders
- "We're for Love" - Owen Roe Tavish, Horse Traders and Women of the Camp
- "My Heart's Darlin" - Jamie McRuin
- "Goin' On a Hayride" - Jamie McRuin, Maeve Harrigan, Boys and Girls
- "Love Has Nothing to Do With Looks" - Tirsa Shanahan, Tim Shanahan and Owen Roe Tavish
- "My Heart's Darlin'" (Reprise) - Maeve Harrigan and Jamie McRuin
- "I'll Sing You a Song" - Tirsa Shanahan, Tim Shanahan, Dennis O'Ryan, Owen Roe Tavish and Dennis' Brothers
- "It Must Be Spring" - Maeve Harrigan, Brides and Bridesmaids
- "Wedding March - Finale" - Entire Company
- Act II
- "The Army Mule Song" - Jamie McRuin, Men and Women of the Camp
- "What Do I Know?" - Maeve Harrigan
- "It's a Wishing World" - Maeve Harrigan and Jamie McRuin
- "Trottin' to the Fair" - Jamie McRuin, Tim Shanahan, Dennis O'Ryan and Men and Women of the Camp
- "Love Has Nothing to Do With Looks" (Reprise) - Tirsa Shanahan and Dennis O'Ryan
- "April Face" - Owen Roe Tavish, Maeve Harrigan and Jamie McRuin
- "It's a Wishing World - Finale" - Entire Company