Pump Boys and Dinettes

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Pump Boys and Dinettes
Music	John Foley Mark Hardwick Debra Monk Cass Morgan John Schimmel Jim Wann
Lyrics	John Foley Mark Hardwick Debra Monk Cass Morgan John Schimmel Jim Wann
Book	John Foley Mark Hardwick Debra Monk Cass Morgan John Schimmel Jim Wann
Productions	1981 Off Broadway 1982 Broadway 1984 West End

Pump Boys and Dinettes is a musical written by a performance group of the same name. The performance group, "Pump Boys and Dinettes" consists of John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann. Not only did the members of this group write the musical, they starred in the Broadway production and directed it as well.

The musical premiered on Broadway on February 4, 1982 at the Princess Theatre and closed June 18, 1983 after 573 performances. It had premiered at the Chelsea West Side Arts Theatre in 1981, moving to the Colonnades Theatre (Greenwich Village) in October 1981.

The show opened in London's West End at the Piccadilly and Albery Theatres on September 20, 1984 and closed September 3, 1985 and starred, amongst others, Paul Jones, Clodagh Rodgers, Joe Brown and Kiki Dee.

The musical tells the story of four males and two females who work at a gas station/dinette somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, North Carolina. The music is mostly from the country rock/pop music genres.

The original cast album was released by CBS Records in the US.

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Lyrics and music by Jim Wann (unless otherwise noted)

Act 1

Highway 57 — Company
Taking It Slow (Music and Lyrics By John Foley, Mark Hardwick and John Schimmel)— Pump Boys
Serve Yourself — L. M.
Menu Song (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan and Debra Monk)— Dinettes
The Best Man — Prudie Cupp
Fisherman's Prayer — Pump Boys
Caution: Men Cooking (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan, Debra Monk and John Foley) — Pump Boys
Mamaw — Jim
Be Good or Be Gone — Rhetta Cupp
Drinkin' Shoes(Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan, Debra Monk and Mark Hardwick) — Company