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Pal Joey

London Production (1954)

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Production Info

Opening March 31, 1954
Closing: October 30, 1954
Length of Run: 245 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: West End
Location: London, England

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Neil Hartley
... Choreography	Robert Alton (i)
... Choreography (reproduction)	George Martin (i)

Cast

... Joey Evans	Harold Lang
... Gladys Bumps	Jean Brampton
... Linda English	Sally Bazely
... Vera Simpson	Carol Bruce
... Louis (The Tenor)	Frederick James
... Melba Snyder	Olga Lowe
... Ludlow Lowell	Lou Jacobi
... Mike Spears	Arthur Lowe
... The Kid	Maureen Creigh
... Adele	Diana Daubeney

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Overture .... Orchestra
You Mustn't Kick It Around .... Joey, Gladys and Boys and Girls
I Could Write a Book .... Joey and Linda
Chicago .... Girls
That Terrific Rainbow .... Gladys, Victor and Boys and Girls
What Is a Man? .... Vera
Happy Hunting Horn .... Joey and Boys and Girls
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered .... Vera
Pal Joey .... Joey
Joey Looks Into the Future .... Entire Company

Act Two

Entr'acte .... Orchestra
The Flower Garden of My Heart .... The Tenor, Gladys and Boys and Girls
Zip .... Melba
Plant You Now, Dig You Later .... Gladys and Boys and Girls
In Our Little Den (of Iniquity) .... Vera and Joey
A Dance Rehearsal .... Boys and Girls
Do It the Hard Way .... Joey
Take Him .... Linda and Vera
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Reprise) .... Vera
I Could Write a Book (Reprise) .... Entire Company

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Trivia & History

On May 1, 1954, the theatre column in the New York Times reported that Harold Lang would be withdrawing from the London production of Pal Joey after the performance of May 8. The reason given, which the article put in quotation marks (so it was presumably from a press release or at least from a statement issued by someone involved in the production), was that Lang was suffering from "an ever increasing fatigue caused by constant performing of the part for two years." (Lang had played the role in the 1952 Broadway revival and then on the tour of that production.)

The article also reported that Richard France, then appearing on Broadway in By the Beautiful Sea, would leave New York two days later (May 3) to immediately start rehearsals in London to replace Lang.