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Little Me

LITTLE ME is based on Patrick Dennis's novel subtitled, The Intimate Memories of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, Belle Poitrine.

The show follows Belle's career through a series of advantageous marriages to a diva's life of luxury.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 1963 Tony Award for Choreography
    Winner! 1963 Theatre World Award (Swen Swenson)
    Winner! 1999 Tony Award for Best Actor
LITTLE ME is the story of Belle Poitrine’s ascent from the wrong side of the railroad tracks in Venezuela, Illinois to the exquisite luxury of Southampton, Long Island, where the bar is concealed in a golden grand piano. The action is carried through a series of vignettes with integrated music and choreography. There are two Belle’s. There is the older Belle of today who is a genial, plump, self-indulgent, wealthy boozer. She is telling an interviewer the story of her life. The story is acted by the younger Belle, who plays the scenes as they occur. Early in the story she meets high-born Noble Eggleston. He cannot marry her because she does not have “wealth, culture and social position.” She achieves these goals through her association with seven men, some of whom help her progress by being taken dead at opportune moments. On Broadway all the men were played by Sid Caesar. Actually they can be played by different actors.

LITTLE ME is a sophisticated show of special appeal to community theatre groups and stock operations. Said Walter Kerr of the New York Herald Tribune “Sum total: a blockbuster so genial it looks like a breeze.”

Premiere Production: Little Me was played for 257 performances on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre starring Sid Caesar, Virginia Martin and Nancy Andrews. It has since been revived twice, most recently in 1998 starring Martin Short and Faith Prince.

Characters

  • Casting:
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: *In the New York production all seven starred parts were played by the same actor.

  • (in the order of appearance)

    PATRICK DENNIS
    MISS POITRINE, Today (Older Belle)
    MOMMA
    YOUNG BELLE
    *NOBLE EGGELSTON
    MRS. EGGELSTON
    PINCHLEY JUNIOR
    *MR. PINCHLEY
    BERNIE BUCHSBAUM
    BENNIE NAUCHSBAUM
    DEFENSE LAWYER
    *VAL DU VAL
    GEORGE MUSGROVE
    *FRED POITRINE
    GERMAN OFFICER
    *OTTO SCHNITZLER
    *PRINCE CHERNEY
    YULNICK
    BABY
    *NOBLE JUNIOR

    • Available Material

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

    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score
    1 x Prompt Book
    1 x Prompt Books for Principal Characters
    1 x Dialogue Part
    1 x Chorus-Vocal Part

    		$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.

    33 x Chorus-Vocal Parts
    29 x Dialogue Parts
    3 x Prompt Books for Principal Characters
    1 x Prompt Book
    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 AB
    1 Violin C
    1 Cello
    1 Bass & Tuba

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

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

    1 Percussion I & II:

    Timpani (2 Drums)
    Snare Drum
    Bass Drum
    Field Drum
    Tom-Toms (2)
    Suspended Cymbals
    Hi-Hat Cymbals
    Egyptian Finger Cymbals
    Hand Cymbals
    Triangle
    Police Whistle
    Xylophone
    Vibraphone
    Glockenspiel
    Cowbell
    Siren Wind Whistle
    Ratchet
    Sandpaper Blocks
    Tap Shoes
    Wood Blocks
    Temple Blocks
    Pop Gun
    Train Whistle
    Tambourine
    Metal Pipes (Sword Sound)

    1 Harp
    1 Banjo

    Piano-Celeste (Piano-Conductor's Score (2 Volumes) sent with rehearsal material.)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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