The Most Happy Fella

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The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical (labelled an opera by various commentators [1] [2]) with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. The story is based on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard.

Contents

  • "Abbondanza"
  • "Aren't You Glad?"
  • "Benvenuta"
  • "Big D"
  • "Don't Cry"
  • "Fresno Beauties"
  • "Goodbye, Darlin'"
  • "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance"
  • "Hoedown"
  • "How Beautiful the Days"
  • "I Don't Like This Dame"
  • "I Know How It Is"
  • "I Like Everybody"
  • "I Love Him"
  • "I Made a Fist"
  • "Joey, Joey, Joey"
  • "The Letter"
  • "Like a Woman Loves a Man"
  • "Love and Kindness"
  • "Mama, Mama"
  • "The Most Happy Fella"
  • "My Heart Is So Full of You"
  • "Ooh, My Feet"
  • "Please Let Me Tell You That I Love You"
  • "Plenty Bambini"
  • "Rosabella"
  • "Seven Million Crumbs"
  • "She's Gonna Come Home with Me"
  • "Somebody, Somewhere"
  • "Song of a Summer Night"
  • "Soon You Gonna Leave Me, Joe"
  • "Special Delivery"
  • "Sposalizio"
  • "Standing on the Corner"
  • "Tony's Thoughts"
  • "Warm All Over"
  • "Young People"

The show opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 3, 1956 and ran for 676 performances. It was directed by Joseph Anthony.

Cast:

The show opened at the London Coliseum on April 21, 1960 and ran for 288 performances. It was directed by Jerome Eskow.

Cast:

  • Inia Wiata as Tony
  • Helena Scott as Rosabella
  • Art Lund as Joey
  • Libi Staiger as Cleo
  • Jack De Lon as Herman
  • Nina Verushka as Marie

The show was produced for television in 1980. It starred Giorgio Tozzi as Tony, Sharon Daniels as Rosabella and Richard Muenz as Joe.

A Broadway revival opened at the Booth Theatre on January 13, 1992 and ran for 229 performances. It was directed by Gerald Guttierrez, with musical direction by Tim Stella.

Cast

  • Spiro Malas as Tony
  • Sophie Hayden as Rosabella
  • Charles Pistone as Joe
  • Claudia Catania as Marie
  • Liz Larsen as Cleo
  • Scott Waara as Herman

Baritone Rod Gilfry starred as Joe in a recent Los Angeles production, and in the spring of 2006 New York City Opera presented the show with Paul Sorvino as Tony and Lisa Vroman as Rosabella.


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