We Take the Town

• Closed on the road (1962)
  New Haven, CT

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Original score

• Viva Villa!
• Killing
• I Marry You
• I Don't Know How to Talk to a Lady
• How Does the Wine Taste?
• Silverware
• Please Don't Despise Me
• Pleadle-Eadle
• I've Got a Girl
• We Take the Town
• Mr. Madero and Pancho
• Good Old Porfirio Diaz
• When?
• Ode to a Friend
• Jesus
• Beautiful People
• Pancho's Thoughts
  • aka Little Man [no note]
• The Only Girl

Cut during tryout

• Pancho, the Bull
• A Wedded Man

Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Demo (not listed yet)
  

  • Stuart Foster
  • Jimmy Mosby
  • Ann Borland
  • Four Bandits
  • Harold Karr

• Composer Demo [audio]

Based on the screenplay Viva Villa! by Ben Hecht

During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa emerges as a powerful leader who transforms from bandit to revolutionary hero. As his victories win him fame, he struggles to balance loyalty to his people with personal desires and political realities. Relationships with allies and adversaries alike test his resolve, while love and ambition complicate his journey. Ultimately, the story explores how Villa’s charisma and vision collide with betrayal and shifting power, revealing the cost of revolution and the fragile nature of ideals.

• Viva Villa! (no note)