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Victor/Victoria

Hilarious, brassy and surprisingly touching, Victor/Victoria is a sophisticated musical comedy based on the acclaimed movie from director Blake Edwards.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
  • Orchestra Size: Large

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

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Two Drama Desk Awards for Actress and Featured Actress (1996)
    Winner! Two Outer Critics Circle Awards for Broadway Musical and Actress (1996)
In jazz-age Paris, singer Victoria Grant struggles to make ends meet. With some help from her flamboyant friend Toddy, Victoria ultimately achieves stardom by masquerading as a man, "Count Victor Grazinski," who performs as a female impersonator. When macho businessman King Marchan develops feelings for "Victor" and Victoria reciprocates, comic hijinks ensue. 

Musical numbers include "Le Jazz Hot," "You and Me," "Paris By Night," and "Crazy World."

Premiere Production: Victor/Victoria opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on October 3, 1995, starring Julie Andrews, Michael Nouri and Tony Roberts. The show played for 734 performances, with Liza Minelli and Raquel Welch later assuming the title role.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Drag performance
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • Principal Roles
    *TODDY [CARROLL TODD] - the nightly singer at the club Chez Lui
    *VICTOR/VICTORIA GRANT - a British singer
    *KING MARCHAN - a nightclub owner/gangster for Chicago
    *NORMA CASSIDY - King's girlfriend
    *SQUASH BERNSTEIN - King's bodyguard

    Supporting Roles
    HENRI LABISSE - proprietor of Chez Lui
    ANDRÉ CASSELL - agent/producer and nightclub owner
    SAL ANDRETTI - King's partner of the Chicago Speakeasy

    Non-Singing Roles
    RICHARD DI NARDO - Toddy's former roommate
    MIDDLE-AGED ACTRESS -[Simone Kallisto]
    COSMETICS PRESIDENT
    GREGOR - a waiter at Chex Lui
    CHOREOGRAPHER AT CASSELL'S
    MISS SILMER - Cassell's personal secretary dragon
    STAGEHAND AT CASSELL'S
    4 REPORTERS
    4 GUESTS [2 women & 2 men] backstage at Cassell's
    WEALTHY MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN BACKSTAGE AT CASSELL'S
    POLICEMAN
    CLAM - Sal's henchman
    JUKE - Sal's other henchman

    Non-Speaking Roles
    PIANO PLAYER AT CHEZ LUI
    DEVIANT HUSBAND
    MADAME ROGET AT CHEZ LUI
    REHEARSAL PIANIST AT CASSELL'S
    *JAZZ SINGER AT CASSELL'S PARIS NIGHTCLUB
    MAÎTRE D' AT LEFT BANK CAFÉ
    CHAMBERMAID AT A PARIS HOTEL
    GAY MAN AT CHEZ LUI
    *FLOWER LADY [STREET SINGER] IN A PARIS SQUARE

    Ensemble
    "JAZZ HOT" MUSICIANS [DANCERS]
    STREET PASSERBY
    NIGHTCLUB PATRONS
    PARTY GUESTS

    * indicates Principal Vocal roles

    • 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.

    32 x Prompt Books for Principal Characters
    29 x Chorus & Sub-Principal Vocal Scores
    2 x Vocal Parts for King and Toddy
    1 x Prompt Book
    1 x Piano Conductor's Score (Two Volume Set)
    1 x Piano Conductor's Score for Victoria

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 Reed I: Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet & Soprano Sax
    1 Reed II: Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet & Alto Sax
    1 Reed III: Oboe, English Horn, Bass Clarinet & Tenor Sax
    1 Reed IV: Clarinet, English Horn, Bass Clarinet & Tenor Sax 
    1 Reed V: Bassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Baritone Sax

    1 Trumpet I (doubling Flugelhorn)
    1 Trumpet II (doubling Flugelhorn)
    1 Trumpet III (doubling Flugelhorn)
    1 Trombone I
    1 Trombone II (Bass Trombone)

    1 Percussion:
    Timpani (real & KAT)
    Bells
    Marimba (Or Xylo.)
    Cymbals (5", 7", splash, susp.)
    Gong (large)
    Mark Tree
    Tubular Shaker 
    Temple Blocks (4)
    Hand-Cranked Siren
    Slide Whistle
    Xylophone
    Vibes
    Triangles (piccolo, large)
    Piatti
    Cowbells (high & bass)
    Gran Cassa
    Wood Block
    Castanet (mounted)
    Sire Whistle

    1 Drums
    Basic Trap Set, Splash & China Cymbals, Wood Block, Cowbell & Piccolo Triangle

    1 Guitar
    1 Accordion (with Bass Accordion and Synth.; in 2 volumes)
    1 Keyboard (in 2 volumes)

    2 Violins
    1 Viola
    1 Cello
    1 Bass

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

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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