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Smile

A swift paced and thoroughly professional entertainment.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Elementary School / Primary, Professional Theatre
This touching and satiric musical by the creators of Little Shop of Horrors, A Chorus Line and They're Playing Our Song, follows the intrigue and exploits onstage and behind-the-scenes as Santa Rosa, California plays host to the Young American Miss Pageant.
REVIEWS:

A swift paced and thoroughly professional entertainment.

Time

Wonderful Marvin Hamlisch melodies. Smart, clever move the story lyrics from Howard Ashman... This is the best Broadway score in years... Smile? I did. Your will.

ABC

This good looking show has a lot to like... Sit back and enjoy the pageant.

Women's Wear Daily

Impressively crafted lyrics.

The New York Times
Premiere Production: Smile opened on Broadway at the Luft-Fontane Theatre in November 1986.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 7F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
  • Casting Notes: Plus an Ensemble

  • The Grownups
  • BRENDA FREELANDER - A third runner up in the nationals, eighteen years ago, now she runs her local pageant. A study in surface perfection and just-below-the-surface neurosis, Brenda is an ex-prom queen who lost a contest once and will never stop trying to make up for it. Underneath her smiling and poised fluff, Brenda is made of steel.

  • BIG BOB FREELANDER - Her husband and head judge of the pageant. The town's favorite son, he owns a local RV dealership and his every free moment is devoted to some form of community service. He's the Henry Fonda type: brave, clean, reverent and means it. A sincere and unashamed flag-waver whose flag is this pageant.

  • DALE WILSON-SHEARS - National Chairman of the Young American Miss Foundation. A large, impressive, self-satisfied corporate leader with the suspicious charm of a television evangelist. He's in the charity business, but he's in the business, make no mistake.

  • TED FARLEY - The pageant emcee. He ought to do game shows, or run for president. A big old silly, but a professional.

  • TOMMY FRENCH - The choreographer. He's a professional, but he's cynical, tough minded, and practical.

  • CAROL - Doubles as MOTHER in Prologue.

  • WOMAN #1 - Robin's Mother, Louise, Woman Judge.

    • TONY - Doubles as a parent in Prologue and a Judge.

    MAN #1 - Photographer, Ed, Daddy, Musical Director, Janitor, Judge.



  • The Girls
  • ROBIN - Dark, sensitive, smart. She is attractive without trying to be, honest, down-to-earth, and questioning by nature. She senses that she doesn't quite belong here.

  • DORIA - Blonde, Southern, and obsessed. She needs badly to win something... anything. Perhaps to make up for the things that are missing in her real life: friends, self-respect, family.

  • SANDRA-KAY - Redhead. Pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, talented but not too talented. The type that usually wins.

  • MARIA - Mexican-American. She tries harder. She has to.

  • SHAWN - A bit of a Valley Girl. Spoiled, gorgeous, competitive, and prejudiced.

  • VALERIE - Shawn's confidant.

  • KATE - Doubles in Act II as JOANIE MARSHALL, last year's winner.

  • And nine other girls in the pageant of varying shapes and sizes.



  • The Kids
  • LITTLE BOB - Son of Big Bob, 11 years old. He has all of his dad's charm and none of his integrity.

  • FREDDY - Little Bob's nerdy sidekick.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Script / Piano/Conductor's Score / Chorus Book

    		$24.00
    Libretto This is optional. Order Now

    The LIBRETTO is available for SALE ONLY and is not available for hire as part of the Rehearsal Material set. It must be purchased separately and is available through our office.

    		$24.95
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Chorus Book
    1 x Piano/Conductor Score

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Chorus Books
    2 x Piano/Conductor's Scores

    		$450.00 +$120.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score
    1 x Reed I (Piccolo, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone)
    1 x Reed II (Piccolo, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet)
    1 x Reed III (Oboe, Tenor Saxophone, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute)
    1 x Reed IV (Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Bb Clarinet)
    1 x Reed V (Flute, Baritone Saxophone, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet)
    1 x Trumpet I
    1 x Trumpet II
    1 x Horn I
    1 x Horn II
    1 x Horn III
    1 x Trombone I
    1 x Trombone II
    1 x Trombone III
    1 x Guitar
    1 x Bass
    1 x Drums
    1 x Percussion
    1 x Keyboard I
    1 x Keyboard II
    1 x Violin
    1 x Cello I
    1 x Celli II & III

    		$330.00 +$120.00/pm

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