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Face the Music

At the height of the Great Depression, Hal Reisman desperately seeks backers for his Broadway show. When he turns to crooked cops, hilarious hijinks ensure in this Irving Berlin treasure.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Originally presented on Broadway by the legendary Sam Harris, Face the Music opened at the New Amsterdam Theater on February 17, 1932, and ran fro 165 performances, before touring and then returning to Broadway's Forty-Fourth Street Theater. Sharply satirical, its humor both timely and timeless, Face the Music combined a piquant Moss Hart script with a superlative Irving Berlin score that featured such soon-to-be standards as "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," "Soft Lights and Sweet Music," the groundbreaking "Manhattan Madness," and the utterly unique "I Say Its Spinach (And The Hell With It)." 

After lying dormant for nearly seven decades, Face the Music was lovingly and painstakingly restored by a team of musical archivists led by R&H Director of Music, Bruce Pomahoc. With an adaptation by David Ives, direction by John Rando and choreography by Randy Skinner, Face the Music proved to be the discovery of the 14th season of City Center's Encores!: Great American Musicals in Concert.

Premiere Production: In 1932, Face The Music opened at the New Amsterdam Theater and ran for 165 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • HAL REISMAN - a Broadway producer
    KIT BAKER – a musical comedy actress
    PAT MASON – a musical comedy actor
    MRS. MYRTLE MESHBESHER – a rich socialite
    MARTIN VAN BUREN MESHBESHER – the Police Chief
    O'ROURKE – a policeman
    JOE MALARKEY – part of a “genu-wine, A-number-one comical dancing team”
    PICKLES CROUSE – the other part of a “genu-wine, A-number-one comical dancing team”
    STREETWALKER – a woman who wants to sing a torch song
    RODNEY ST. CLAIR – a sensational baritone

    ENSEMBLE (in order of appearance):
    GENTLEMAN, DOORMAN, FIRST SOCIETY LADY, SECOND SOCIETY LADY, CARTIER MANAGER, BERGDORF MANAGER, ELIZABETH ARDEN MANAGER, PAGE BOYS, DEPRESSED MAN, UNCLE SAM, POLICEMEN, FIRST ACTOR, SECOND ACTOR, THE PRATT SISTERS, BOOKING AGENT (Lou Shurr), COSTUMER, STENOGRAPHER, MAILMAN, LOUIS, RIVINGTON, REPORTER, STAGE MANAGER, CHORUS GIRL, FIRST BUM, SECOND BUM, FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR (Agent Jones), HOTEL DETECTIVE, TWO NEWSBOYS, CLERK, JUDGE, PROSECUTOR, DEFENSE ATTORNEY

    • Available Material

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

    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano Vocal Score

    		$24.00
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano Vocal 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 Libretto-Vocal Books
    2 x Piano Vocal Score

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

    1 x Reed I
    1 x Reed II
    1 x Reed III
    1 x Reed IV
    1 x Reed V
    1 x Trumpet I
    1 x Trumpet II
    1 x Trumpet III
    1 x Trombone
    1 x Banjo
    1 x Piano
    1 x Drums
    1 x Percussion
    1 x Violin I
    1 x Violin II
    1 x Violin III
    1 x Violin IV
    1 x Viola
    1 x Cello
    1 x Bass
    1 x Full Score - Act I
    1 x Full Score - Act II

    		 $350.00 +$135.00/pm
    Lib/Vocal Book 10 Pack Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    10 x Libretto-Vocal Books

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm

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