The Pajama Game Richard Adler & Jerry Ross (Music & Lyrics); George Abbott & Richard Bissell (Book) Based on the Novel, 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell Script Updated for 42nd Street Moon by Annie Potter 42nd Street Moon Just try leaving 42nd Street Moon’s current toe-tapping, smile-producing, chuckle-a-minute production of The Pajama Game without humming … [Read more...] about The Pajama Game
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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
The 2014, multi-Tony-Award-winning musical with its music-hall-sounding score and oft-rhyming-and-rapid-firing lyrics receives a fast-moving, laugh-out-loud rendering under the jocular direction of Daren A. C. Carollo. His directorial tongue never leaves his cheeks as he has conceived innumerable, over-the-top ways to tickle our innards while watching the demises of the … [Read more...] about A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Scrooge in Love
Each year in December, the Bay Area is awash with annual holiday productions that have often been running for decades: The Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theatre), The Nutcracker (San Francisco Ballet); Home for the Holidays (The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus); Kung Pao Kosher Comedy; The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes, to name a few. After its … [Read more...] about Scrooge in Love
“Once”
OnceEnda Walsh (Book); Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglov (Music & Lyrics)(Based on the Movie by John Carney)42nd Street Moon The Ensemble of OnceEven if the pre-show were the show, how could one not rush to pocket a ticket for 42nd Street Moon’s regional premiere of Once? Thirteen hand-clapping, body-swaying, and foot-stomping singers – all also musicians – fill the … [Read more...] about “Once”
“110 in the Shade”
110 in the ShadeN. Richard Nash (Book); Harvey Schmidt (Music); Tom Jones (Lyrics)Based on the Play, The Rainmaker, by N. Richard Nash42nd Street MoonElliot Hanson, James Schott, Andrea Dennison-Laufer & Jesse CaldwellEven in the best of productions – like the outstanding 2007 Roundabout revival in New York starring the incomparable Audra McDonald along with Steve Kazee and … [Read more...] about “110 in the Shade”
“Fiorello!”
Fiorello!Jerome Weidman and George Abbott (Book); Jerry Bock (Music); Sheldon Harnick (Lyrics)42nd Street Moon Colin Thomson & Cast MembersIn an age when daily we are hit with news about politicians at all levels who are racked with scandals, how refreshing it is to open the pages of history and discover there was once a lawyer-turned-mayor whose career was one of seeking … [Read more...] about “Fiorello!”
Dames at Sea
Dames at SeaGeorge Haimsohn & Robin Miller (Book & Lyrics); Jim Wise (Music)42nd Street MoonThe Cast of Dames at SeaWhile parodies sometimes aim to make fun to the point that the satire digs deep and hurts, a parody can also be a love letter where laughs are fond remembrances of the original -- beauty marks, warts, and all. Such is the case for the 1968 … [Read more...] about Dames at Sea
“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasLarry L. King & Peter Masterson (Book); Carol Hall (Music & Lyrics)Based on a Story by Larry L. King42nd Street MoonDyan McBride as Miss Mona with Her GirlsSometimes, real life can actually be more fantastical than fiction. Such is the case of the history of the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas – a brothel that operated from … [Read more...] about “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
“Me and My Girl”
Me and My GirlNoel Gray (Music); Douglas Furber & L. Arthur Rose (Book & Lyrics)Stephen Fry (Book Revisions); Mike Ockrent (Further Book Contributions)42nd Street MoonMelissa WolkKlain & Keith PintoRing the sirens; clang the bells; light the neon marquee; turn on the sky-roving spotlights. Do whatever necessary to tell the San Francisco Bay Area to head to the … [Read more...] about “Me and My Girl”
“Saturday Night”
Saturday NightJulius J. Epstein (Book); Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics)42nd Street MoonThe Cast of Saturday NightWhile it is not that unusual to hear about a first-born baby arriving late, forty-three years is probably some kind of a Guinness world record. That is exactly how long it took Stephen Sondheim’s first musical, Saturday Night, to receive its first … [Read more...] about “Saturday Night”
“New Girl in Town”
New Girl in TownBob Merrill (Music & Lyrics); George Abbott (Book)42nd Street MoonAllison F. Rich & Chris VettelA down-and-out, former prostitute returns to seek out a father she hardly knows; goes to a local bar on New York’s seedy dockside to await him; and orders not one, but two (and thinking about three) whiskeys. The ol’ Swedish dad -- a salty sailor who … [Read more...] about “New Girl in Town”
“Baker Street”
Baker StreetJerome Coopersmith (Book) Marian Grudeff & Raymond Jessel (Music & Lyrics)Adapted from Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle42nd Street MoonMichael Monagle (as Sherlock Holmes) & Dan Seda (as Dr. Watson)San Francisco is so lucky to have a theatre company like 42ndStreet Moon whose key mission is to revive forgotten, rarely-if-ever-performed musicals – some … [Read more...] about “Baker Street”
“The Most Happy Fella”
The Most Happy FellaFrank Loesser (Book, Music & Lyrics)Based on Sidney Howard’s They Knew What They Wanted42nd Street Moon Martin Rojas Dietrich as Tony & Amanda Johnson as RosabellaWhen a musical begins with a waitress on stage’s edge taking off her shoes, rubbing her tired toes, and singing nasally in Texas drawl (addressing each of her toes, one by one, as if an old … [Read more...] about “The Most Happy Fella”
“The Boys from Syracuse”
The Boys from SyracuseRichard Rodgers (Music); Lorenz Hart (Lyrics); George Abbott (Book)42nd Street MoonElise Youssef, Lucas Coleman, David Naughton & Abby HaugDon’t feel like tapping your toes, humming along without realizing it, grinning in the dark until your jaws ache, or suddenly guffawing so loudly the person in front of you turns around startled? Then I … [Read more...] about “The Boys from Syracuse”
“Scrooge in Love”
Scrooge in LoveLarry Grossman (Music), Kellen Blair (Lyrics), Duane Poole (Book)42nd Street Moon TheatreRyan Drummond & Jason GraaeWe are rarely left to wonder what happens to our favorite characters after a blockbuster movie ends because a sequel is usually not too long in coming to update us and continue the tale. (Think Godfather, Toy Story, Men in Black, Kung Fu … [Read more...] about “Scrooge in Love”
