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Mame

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” That's the motto of Mame Dennis, one of musical theatre's all-time greatest heroines, in this brassy, tuneful, hilarious and touching adaptation of Patrick Dennis's bestseller, Auntie Mame.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s / WWII
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Three Tony Awards (1966)
    Winner! Two Outer Critics Circle Awards (1966)
    Winner! Two Theatre World Awards (1967)
When the ebullient and convivial socialite Mame Dennis suddenly becomes responsible for the upbringing of her nephew Patrick, the wealthy sophisticate embraces the challenge, introducing the boy to all of life's wonders.

With spirit, humor, class and wit, Mame continues to thrill audiences around the globe. Jerry Herman's celebrated score includes the rousing title number, plus "Open a New Window," "If He Walked into My Life," "We Need a Little Christmas," "Bosom Buddies" and "That’s How Young I Feel."
REVIEWS:

"Sheer, seductive razzle-dazzle."

Sam Marlowe, The Times

"Like its free-spirited central character, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's book barrels along riotously."

Chris Bartlett, The Stage

"Jerry Herman’s score is lush and lovely."

Samuel Garza Bernstein, Stage and Cinema

"Thank god for Herman... a composer who understood the healing power of optimism and the dynamic life-affirmation of the exuberant melody."

Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

"Jerry Herman’s swooningly lovely tunes are a tonic... it’s sheer, seductive razzle-dazzle."

Sam Marlowe, The Times

"Auntie Mame is a durable dame... she is still the irresistible life of a slickly catered musical party...the familiar score retains its freshness and melodic gusto."

John Beaufort, The Christian Science Monitor

"Jerry Herman's melodies and Philip J. Lang's orchestrations are still infectious... Patrick Dennis's fairy tale... celebrates a glittering, ritzy, fantasy New York."

Frank Rich, The New York Times

Premiere Production: Mame opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on May 24, 1966, starring Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur and Frankie Michaels. A huge success, the show later transferred to the Broadway theatre, playing a total of 1,508 performances. The original London production at the Drury Lane Theatre played for 443 performances. In 1983, Mame was revived on Broadway, with Angela Lansbury reprising her Tony-winning performance.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Role(s) for Asian Actor(s), Roles for Children, Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • Principals
    MAME DENNIS
    VERA CHARLES
    AGNES GOOCH
    MOTHER BURNSIDE
    COUSIN FAN
    SALLY CATO
    UNCLE JEFF
    YOUNG PATRICK DENNIS - age 10
    PATRICK DENNIS - age 19-29
    ITO
    BEAUREGARD JACKSON PICKETT BURNSIDE

    Supporting
    RALPH DEVINE
    BISHOP
    M. LINDSAY WOOLSEY
    DOORMAN
    ELEVATOR BOY
    MESSENGER
    DWIGHT BABCOCK
    ART MODEL
    DANCE TEACHER
    LEADING MAN
    STAGE MANAGER
    MADAME BRANISLOWSKI
    GREGOR
    JUNIOR BABCOCK
    MRS. UPSON
    MR. UPSON
    GLORIA UPSON
    PEGEEN RYAN
    PETER DENNIS

    Ensemble
    MAME'S FRIENDS
    MALE AND FEMALE PERFORMERS AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE
    GUESTS AT PECKERWOOD
    GUESTS AT UPSON FARM

    • Available Material

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

    1 x Lib-Vocal Book

    		$24.00
    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.

    25 x Lib-Vocal Books
    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    2 Violin I (optional)
    1 Violin II (optional)
    1 Viola (optional)
    1 Cello (optional)
    1 Bass and optional Tuba

    1 Reed I: Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone
    1 Reed II: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Alto Saxophone (and optional Flute)
    1 Reed III: Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone (and optional Oboe & English Horn)
    1 Reed IV: Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
    1 Reed V: Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone

    1 Trumpets I & II
    1 Trumpet III
    1 Trombone I
    1 Trombone II
    1 Trombone III

    1 Percussion:
    Timpani (2 Drums)
    Bass Drum
    Snare Drum (sticks & brushes)
    Tom-Tom (2 pitches)
    Temple Blocks (4 pitches)
    Cymbals (suspended & choke)
    Gong
    Sleigh Bells
    Bells (soft & hard hammers)
    Xylophone
    Temple Bell ("C" Chime)
    Wood Block
    Triangle
    Castanets
    Tambourine

    1 Harp
    1 Guitar & Banjo
    Piano-Celeste (Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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