Broadway opening: October 6th, 1974 - Run: 66 performances
Directed by Gower Champion - Book by Michael Stewart - Choreography by
Gower Champion - Orchestrations by Philip J. Lang
Starring: Robert Preston (Mack Sennett), Bernadette Peters (Mabel
Normand), Lisa Kirk, James Mitchell, Stanley Simmonds, Jerry Dodge, Bert
Michaels, Christopher Murney, Tom Batten, Nancy Evers, Robert Fitch
The plot: Mack Sennett turns Mabel Normand into a star of his comedies
and they become lovers, although he warns her that he isn’t a romantic guy.
When Mabel tries to convince him she wants to do a serious movie he doesn’t
take her seriously and she leaves him. Things don’t work out the way she planned,
and when Mack asks her to come back she’s already a drug addict and is involved
in the murder of William Desmond Taylor.
Musical Numbers: Overture - Movies Were Movies - Look What Happened to
Mabel - Big Time - I Won't Send Roses - I Won't Send Roses (reprise) - I Wanna
Make the World Laugh - Wherever He Ain't - Hundreds of Girls - When Mabel Comes
in the Room - My Heart Leaps Up - Time Heals Everything - Tap Your Troubles
Away - I Promise You a Happy Endin
Awards Nominations: Tony for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Actor (Robert Preston), Best Actress (Bernadette Peters), Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Choreography, Best Direction of a Musical
Awards Nominations: Tony for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Actor (Robert Preston), Best Actress (Bernadette Peters), Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Choreography, Best Direction of a Musical
Directed by Paul Kerryson - Book by Michael Stewart - Choreography by Michael Smuin - Orchestrations by Philip J. Lang
Starring: Howard McGillin (Mack Sennett), Caroline O'Connor (Mabel
Normand), Kathryn Evans
New Musical Numbers: Mack & Mabel - Hit'em on the Head
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