Roman Holiday (musical)

Roman Holiday
Music Cole Porter
Lyrics Cole Porter
Book Paul Blake, Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman
Setting Rome
Basis 1953 film Roman Holiday
Premiere July 9, 2001: The Muny, St. Louis, Missouri
Productions 2001 The Muny, 2012 Guthrie Theater, 2017 Golden Gate Theatre, 2017 Broadway

Roman Holiday is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Paul Blake. Based on the 1953 film of the same name, the musical tells the story of a young European princess and the American reporter who inadvertently aids in her escape from a whirlwind European tour, resulting in an unforgettable 24 hours in Italy’s capital

Productions

It debuted at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri on July 9, 2001.[1] Another production opened the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2012. [2] After a substantial book rewrite and recruiting a new director, the revised production has announced a pre-broadway run at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco during May-June 2017.[3]

Musical numbers

Guthrie Theater

Act I
  • "Overture"
  • "Once Upon a Time" – Princess
  • "I’m Throwing a Ball Tonight" – Joe, Ensemble
  • "Experiment" – Countess, Princess
  • "Why Shouldn’t I?" – Princess
  • "You Do Something to Me" – Joe, Ensemble
  • "Let’s Be Buddies" – Joe, Princess
  • "Look What I Found" – Joe, Princess, Ensemble
  • "Wouldn’t It Be Fun?" – Irving, Princess, Joe
  • "Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love" – Francesca, Princess
  • "Ridin’ High" – Joe, Princess, Ensemble
Act II
  • "Entr’acte"
  • "A Picture of Me Without You" – Joe, Princess, Irving
  • "Use Your Imagination" – Princess, Joe
  • "Just One of Those Things" – Francesca, Male Quartet
  • "Easy to Love" – Joe
  • "Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye" – Princess, Joe
  • "I Sleep Easier Now" – Countess
  • "Night and Day" – Joe
  • "Experiment (Reprise)" – Princess

Golden Gate Theatre

Act I
  • "Why Shouldn’t I" – Princess
  • "You Do Something to Me" – Francesca and Ensemble
  • "Take Me Back to Manhattan" – Joe, Irving and Ensemble
  • "Let’s Step Out" – Princess
  • "Let’s Step Out (Reprise)" – Princess
  • "Experiment" – Joe
  • "Experiment Ballet" – Princess, Joe and Ensemble
  • "Look What I Found" – Joe, Princess and Ensemble
  • "Night and Day" – Irving and Francesca
  • "Look What I Found (Reprise)" – Princess, Joe and Irving
  • "Ridin’ High" – Joe, Princess and Ensemble
  • "Why Shouldn’t I (Reprise)" – Princess
Act II
  • "Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love" – Francesca and Ladies
  • "Night and Day (Reprise)" – Irving
  • "Use Your Imagination" – Princess and Joe
  • "Begin the Beguine" – Francesca and Men
  • "You Do Something to Me (Reprise)" – Irving and Francesca
  • "Easy to Love" – Joe
  • "Goodbye, Little Dream" – Princess
  • "Just One of Those Things" – Princess and Joe
  • "Experiment (Reprise)" – Princess

Characters and original cast

Character The Muny
(2001)		 Guthrie Theater
(2012)		 Golden Gate Theatre
(2017)		 Broadway
(2017)
Princess Ann Catherine Brunell Stephanie Rothenberg Stephanie Styles
Joe Bradley Jeff McCarthy Edward Watts Drew Gehling
Francesca Cervelli Priscilla Lopez Christina Baldwin Sara Chase
Irving Radovich Jim Walton Jim Stanek Jarrod Spector
Countess Karen Morrow Michelle Barber Georgia Engel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/article/porter-tunes-lace-new-stage-adaptation-of-roman-holiday-july-9-15-com-97612/
  2. ↑ http://www.guthrietheater.org/plays_events/plays/roman_holiday
  3. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-bound-roman-holiday-musical-sets-complete-cast/
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