The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Book by Richard Morris
source: MTI
Performances at
Elm Street Auditorium
May 16-18, 1980
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Acknowledgments
Collins Florist
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Manor IV
A 25th ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE
Welcome to the Actorsingers’ production of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” “Molly” is the first production of the Actorsingers’ 25th Anniversary Year. We are pleased to have you as a part of our audience. We hope you will be pleased with our efforts.
We feel that 25 years have given us not only experience, but definite and demanding standards in what we expect from ourselves as Actorsingers. We have made every effort to have fun while providing you with an entertaining evening.
Enjoy yourselves tonight, and we hope you will be with us for the next 25 years.
Sincerely,
Daniel L. Pelletier
President of Actorsingers
Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers
Act I
Scene 1 Exterior of the Tobin shack, Hannibal, Missouri,early 1900’s.
“I Ain’t Down Yet” Molly and Brothers
Scene 2 Exterior of the Saddle Rock Saloon, Leadville, Colorado.
“Colorado, My Home” “Leadville” Johnny Brown
Scene 3 The Saddle Rock Saloon, Leadville, Colorado, weeks later.
“Belly Up to the Bar, Boys” Molly, Christmas Morgan, Miners and Prostitutes
Scene 4 A street in front of the Saddle Rock Saloon, Sunday night, three weeks later.
“I’ve Already Started In” Johnny, Charlie, Burt, Christmas and Gittar
Scene 5 Johnny’s log cabin, a month later.
“I’ll Never Say No” Johnny
Scene 6 On the road to Johnny’s cabin, three weeks later.
Scene 7 Johnny’s log cabin, immediately following.
“My Own Brass Bed” Molly
Scene 8 Pennsylvania Avenue, Denver, Colorado, an evening six months later.
“The Denver Police” Three Denver Policemen
Scene 9 The terrace at Mrs. McGlone’s Denver mansion.
“Beautiful People of Denver” Molly
“Are You Sure?” Molly, Monsignor Ryan, Guests
Scene 10 Pennsylvania Avenue, immediately following.
Scene 11 The red parlor of the Brown’s Denver mansion, a month later.
“I Ain’t Down Yet” (reprise) Molly and Johnny
Act II
Scene 1 The Brown’s Paris salon, a spring afternoon years later.
“Happy Birthday, Mrs. J. J. Brown” Prince and Princess DeLong, International Set
“Bon Jour” Molly, Prince DeLong, International Set
“If I Knew” Johnny
Scene 2 The red parlor, an evening months later.
“Chick-A-Pen” Molly and Johnny
Scene 3 The red parlor, 8 o’clock that evening.
Scene 4 Pennsylvania Avenue, immediately following.
Scene 5 The red parlor, the next morning.
Scene 6 A street in front of the Saddle Rock Saloon, months later.
“Keep-A-Hoppin'” Johnny and Leadville friends
“‘Leadville’ Johnny Brown’s Soliloquy” Johnny
Scene 7 A club off the Casino at Monte Carlo, immediately following.
“Up Where the People Are” Dancers
“Dolce Far Niente” Prince Delong and Molly
Scene 8 Outside the club, a moment later.
“Dolce Far Niente” (reprise) Prince Delong
Scene 9 The mid-Atlantic, April 15, 1912, 2:30 a.m.
Scene 10 The red parlor at the Brown’s Denver mansion.
Scene 11 An aspen grove in the Rockies.
Produced by Arrangement with
Music Theatre International
119 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019
