The Girl from Nantucket explained
The Girl From Nantucket is a two-act comedy musical with lyrics by Kay Twomey and music by Jacques Belasco.[1] [2] The musical's book, by Paul Stamford, Harold Sherman and Hi Cooper, is based on a story by Fred Thompson and Bernie Giler.[3]
Productions
The show premiered at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia in October 1945. It opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8, 1945 where it closed on November 17 after 12 performances.
The production starred Adelaide Bishop as Betty Ellis, Jane Kean as Dodey Ellis, and Helen Raymond as Keziah Getchel.
Reception
The Girl from Nantucket was negatively reviewed by critics,[4] including the New York Post[5] and Time Magazine.[6]
Musical numbers
Act l
- I Want to See More of You (Betty Ellis and Michael Nicolson)
- Take the Steamer to Nantucket (Vacationists and Guides)
- What's He Like? (Betty Ellis, Dodey Ellis and Girls)
- What's a Sailor Got? (Captain Matthew Ellis and Ensemble)
- Magnificent Failure* (Dick Oliver)
- Hurray for Nicoletti (Dick Oliver and Ensemble)
- When a Hick Chick Meets a City Slicker (Dodey Ellis and Dick Oliver)
- Your Fatal Fascination (Betty Ellis, Michael Nicolson, Dance Specialists, Ann Ellis and Ensemble)
- Let's Do and Say We Didn't* (Dodey Ellis and Girls)
- Nothing Matters (Mary and Girls)
- Sons of the Sea (Tom Andrews and Fishermen)
Act ll
- Isn't It a Lovely View? (Betty Ellis and Vacationists)
- Isn't It a Lovely View? (Reprise) (Betty Ellis)
- From Morning Till Night (Betty Ellis and Michael Nicolson)
- I Love That Boy (Dodey Ellis and Dick Oliver)
- From Morning Till Night (Reprise) (Michael Nicolson)
- Hammock in the Blue (Betty Ellis, Michael Nicolson and Ensemble)
- Boukra Fill Mish Mish (Captain Matthew Ellis, Solo Dancer and Ensemble)
*Music and lyrics by Hughie Prince and Dick Rogers
Cast
!!1945 Broadway[7] | Betty Ellis | Adelaide Bishop (understudy: Pat McClarney) |
| Dodey Ellis | Jane Kean |
| Enrico Nicoletti | Richard Clemens |
| Keziah Getchel | Helen Raymond |
| Dick Oliver | Jack Durant |
| Tom Andrews | George Headley |
| Michael Nicolson | Bob Kennedy |
| Captain Matthew Ellis | Billy Lynn |
| Ann Ellis | Marion Niles |
| Judge Peleg | John Robb |
| Cornelius B. Van Winkler | Norman Roland |
| Caleb | Johnny Eager |
| Roy | Johnny Eager |
| Mary | Connie Sheldon |
| Solo Dancer | Tommy Ladd |
| Dance Specialists | Kathy Gaynes, Kim Gaynes |
| Ensemble | James Barton, T.C. Jones, Tom Ladd, Evelyn Wyckoff | |
References
- Web site: The Girl From Nantucket - Broadway Musical - Original . 23 January 2023 . Internet Broadway Database.
- Web site: The Girl From Nantucket - 1945 Broadway - Backstage & Production Info . 2023-01-24 . www.broadwayworld.com.
- Web site: The Girl From Nantucket - 1945 Broadway - Creative Team . 2023-01-24 . www.broadwayworld.com.
- Book: Nathan, George Jean . The theatre book of the year, 1945-1946 : a record and an interpretation . 1974 . Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Associated University Press . Charles Angoff . 9780838611746 . Cranbury, New Jersey . 351 . en . 1245826068.
- Web site: Feingold . Michael . 21 November 2014 . Talking of Turkeys . 2023-01-24 . TheaterMania . en-US.
- 1945-11-19 . The Theater: Other New Shows In Manhattan . en-US . Time . 2023-01-24 . 0040-781X.
- Web site: The Girl From Nantucket Original Broadway Musical Cast 1945 . 2023-01-24 . Broadway World.
