Pal Joey

Production Info

Previews: January 2, 1952 (1 previews)
Opening January 3, 1952
Closing: April 18, 1953
Length of Run: 540 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location: New York, NY

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

Entr'acte .... Orchestra
The Flower Garden of My Heart .... Tenor, Gladys, Waiter, Boys and Girls
- Sunflower: Eleanor Boleyn
- Violet: Phyllis Dorn
- Lily: Lynn Joelson
- Heather: Frances Krell
- American Beauty: Ethel Martin
- Lilac: Thelma Tadlock
Zip .... Melba
Plant You Now, Dig You Later .... Gladys, Victor, Boys and Girls (Featured Dancer: Helen Wood)
In Our Little Den .... Vera and Joey
A Dance Rehearsal .... Boys and Girls
Do It the Hard Way .... Joey
Take Him .... Linda and Vera
Reprise: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered .... Vera
Reprise: I Could Write a Book .... Entire Company

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Jule Styne saw a 1951 summer stock production (starring Bob Fosse and Carol Bruce) in East Hampton, New York. He enjoyed it so much that he decided to produce a Broadway revival.