Welcome to the Club

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Welcome to the Club
Music Cy Coleman
Lyrics Cy Coleman
A. E. Hotchner
Book A. E. Hotchner
Productions 1989 Broadway

Welcome to the Club is a 1989 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cy Coleman. Despite its run of only twelve performances, it was nominated for some Tony Awards and other honors.

The musical, set in a New York City jail for alimony violators, opened on April 13, 1989 at the Music Box Theatre. The director of the production was Peter Mark Schifter.

Reviews were poor; the New York Times deemed it "embarrassingly out of touch with the present-day realities of men, women, sex, marriage and divorce", with limited praise given to Coleman's "inconsistent" score.[1] The musical closed nine days after its opening, on April 22nd, and was considered a flop.[2] However, the musical was nominated for two Tonys: Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Scott Wentworth) and Best Direction of a Musical (Schifter). In addition, actress Sally Mayes, in her Broadway debut, won a 1989 Theatre World award.

[edit] Songs

Act I
  • A Place Called Alimony Jail - Husbands and Wives
  • Pay the Lawyer - Husbands
  • Mrs. Meltzer Wants the Money Now! - Arlene Meltzer and Husbands
  • That's a Woman - Aaron Bates, Carol Bates and Wives
  • Piece of Cake - Eve Aiken and Bruce Aiken
  • Rio - Milton Meltzer, Arlene Meltzer, Wives and Gus Bottomly
  • Holidays - Arlene Meltzer
  • The Trouble with You - Aaron Bates, Carol Bates, Husbands and Wives
  • Mother-in-Law - Husbands
  • At My Side - Bruce Aiken and Kevin Bursteter
Act II
  • Southern Comfort - Winona Shook, Aaron Bates, Wives and Husbands
  • The Two of Us - Bruce Aiken and Milton Meltzer
  • It's Love! It's Love! - Gus Bottomly and Husbands
  • The Name of Love - Carol Bates
  • Miami Beach - Arlene Meltzer and Husbands
  • Guilty - Winona Shook
  • Love Behind Bars - Winona Shook, Aaron Bates and Wives
  • At My Side (Reprise) - Kevin Bursteter and Betty Bursteter
  • It Wouldn't Be You - Husbands and Wives

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Rich, Frank. Welcome to the Club: A Musical About Divorce. The New York Times. April 14, 1989. Retrieved December 12, 2006.
  2. ^ Hawtree, Christopher. Cy Coleman. The Guardian. November 22, 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2006.

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