''Calamity Jane (A Musical Western)'' is a

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based on the historical figure of frontierswoman Calamity Jane. The non-historical, somewhat farcical plot involves the authentic Calamity Jane's professional associate

Wild Bill Hickok James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement ...

, and presents the two as having a contentious relationship that ultimately proves to be a facade for mutually amorous feelings. The ''Calamity Jane'' stage musical was an adaption of a 1953 Warner Bros.

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of the same name that starred

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. First produced in 1961, the stage musical ''Calamity Jane'' features six songs not heard in the film. According to

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, star of the ''Calamity Jane'' 2014–15 UK tour, the songs added for the stage musical had been written for but not included in the ''Calamity Jane'' film ("Love You Dearly" had been used in the 1954 Doris Day musical film '' Lucky Me'').

Credits

Adapted by

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and Phil Park from the stage play by Charles K. Freeman, after the Warner Bros. film, written by James O'Hanlon Songs by

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(lyrics) and

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(music)

Synopsis

Deadwood City's two most famous peace officers, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok, get involved in saving the neck of Henry Miller, the local saloon operator. It seems that "Millie" has been promoting a beautiful actress named Frances Fryer, but Frances turns out to be a male, Francis. Millie's attempt to cover up is soon unmasked by the angry miners, and only Calamity can cool the crowd with her trusty pistols. To keep the peace, Calamity sets out for Chicago to bring back the miner's real heart-throb, Adelaide Adams. In Chicago Calamity mistakes Adelaide's maid, Katie Brown, for the actress and hauls her back to Deadwood. Onstage Katie is greeted warmly, but breaks down and confesses that she is not the famous star. Calamity once more has to restore order and persuades the audience to give Katie a chance. They do, and she wins the heart of every male in town including Calamity's dashing love hope, Lt. Danny Gilmartin. Calamity reluctantly overcomes her jealousy over losing Danny and discovers her true love for Wild Bill.

Musical numbers

Source:

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Theatricals ;Act I * " The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!)" - Calamity, Bill, Miller, and Company * "Adelaid" † - Bill and Men * "Everyone Complains About the Weather" † - Fryer * "Men!" † - Calamity * "Careless with the Truth" † - Calamity, Bill, and Men * "A Hive Full of Honey" - Fryer * " I Can Do Without You" - Calamity and Bill * " 'Tis Harry I'm Plannin' to Marry" - Adelaid, Boys, and Girls * "'Tis Harry I'm Plannin' to Marry" (Reprise 1) - Katie * "Just Blew in from the Windy City" - Calamity and Men * "Keep It Under Your Hat" - Katie ;Act II * "Higher Than a Hawk" - Bill * "A Woman's Touch" - Calamity and Katie * "Love You Dearly" (from '' Lucky Me'') † - Katie and Danny * " The Black Hills of Dakota" - Company * "'Tis Harry I'm Plannin' to Marry" (Reprise 2) † - Katie * " Secret Love" - Calamity * "Finale" - Company † Not included in the original film (1953)

Production history

In the US

The world premiere production of the stage musical version of ''Calamity Jane'' ran 27 May - 17 June 1961 at the

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actress Betty O'Neill led this production, touted as "the first try-out of a musical ever staged outside the East or in-the round." The play then ran from 21 June - 18 July 1961 at

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with

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in the title role while Allyn Ann McLerie played Katie - a role she had originated in the 1953 film ''Calamity Jane'' - and

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- McLerie's husband - starred as Wild Bill Hickok. The role of Danny Gilmartin was played by

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. On 3 – 8 July 1961 the Pittsburgh CLO (Civic Light Opera) production of ''Calamity Jane'' with

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in the title role played the Civic Arena (Pittsburgh): this production featured George Gaynes as Wild Bill and Allyn Ann McLerie, Gaynes and McLerie transferring from the Muny production to that of the Pittsburgh CLO for the duration of the latter's engagement.

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played the title role in a Starlight Theatre (Kansas City MO) production of ''Calamity Jane'' that ran 17 – 30 July 1961. On Burnett's signing an exclusive contract with

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in the summer of 1962, the network announced that she would headline a televised broadcast of ''Calamity Jane'' over the 1962-3 television season. Burnett's ''Calamity Jane'' special in fact did not air until the autumn of 1963 after taping that summer. This schedule let Burnett reprise the title role onstage in a State Fair Music Theater (Dallas) production whose two-week run commenced 24 June 1963. (The Pittsburgh CLO had been invited to host Burnett's 1963 live engagement headlining ''Calamity Jane'': however the CLO could not meet the budget). On 10 July 1963 Burnett and her castmates from the Dallas stage production - including

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as Wild Bill - performed ''Calamity Jane'' at CBS Studio 50 (NYC), with the play performed non-stop three times before a live audience: CBS-TV taped all three run-throughs, one of which was broadcast as Burnett's debut television special 12 November 1963. Betty Hutton see Extra Info was scheduled to lead a 1962

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production of ''Calamity Jane'' but canceled beforehand due to a protracted pregnancy, and was replaced by

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. see Extra Info Rogers verifiably headlined three engagements of this production: at the Melody Fair in North Tonawanda NY 19–24 June 1962, the

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, was as an ensemble member in this tour of ''Calamity Jane''.) Carol Burnett Calamity Jane 1963

At the time of the premiere of the stage musical of ''Calamity Jane'', Warner Bros. was considering mounting a

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production of the play, but US performances of the stage musical of ''Calamity Jane'' have remained essentially confined to the repertory and amateur theater scene. A Broadway production announced in 2005, using a revised book by

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, who would also direct and choreograph, failed to materialize—though the prospective production held readings in New York City with C&W singer

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as Calamity Jane and veteran musical actor Brent Barrett as Wild Bill (Barrett had played Frank Butler opposite

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in '' Annie Get Your Gun'' at the

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in 2001). Louise Mandrell eventually headlined a repertory production of ''Calamity Jane'' by the Good Company Players, featuring Dan and Emily Pessano, Teddy Maldonado, Brian Pecheau, Tami Cowger, and Jacob Carrillo. The production ran 19 July - 16 September 2012 at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater in

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. Mandrell has since reprised the role in one-off performances of ''Calamity Jane'' firstly on 11 September at the Folly Theater in Kansas City MO as an event in the Arts Midwest 2015 Conference, and subsequently on 11 October 2015 at the CMA Theatre as an event in the International Entertainment Buyers Association 2015 Conference. Mandrell is scheduled to again star as Calamity Jane when the Good Company Players remount the musical in the summer of 2019. On 29 January 2018 two evening performances of what is billed as a concert presentation of ''Calamity Jane'' are scheduled for

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supper club

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: the announced performers are Sara Jean Ford as Calamity Jane, Jenn Gambatese as Adelaid Adams, Christopher Gurr as a narrator, Tyler Hanes as Danny Gilmartin,

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as Katie Brown, Michael Park as Henry Miller, Tally Sessions as Wild Bill, and Brandon Uranowitz as Francis Freyer. Also ''Calamity Jane'' is scheduled to make its New York City area debut as a full production in a 13–25 March 2018 engagement at the Lion Theatre an

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venue in the Theatre Row complex in Manhattan.

In the UK

The stage musical version of ''Calamity Jane'' has enjoyed a prolific professional production history in the UK, a Sheffield Crucible production which previewed 27 July 1974 and opened 28 July 1974 being billed as "the British professional premiere of 'Calamity Jane'". The Crucible production's title role was played by future screenwriter/ novelist

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billed as Lynda Marchal, and LaPlante/ Marchal reprised the role in a 1974 engagement at the Belgrade Theatre (Coventry) that also featured

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and - as an ensemble member - Graham Cole. In 1979,

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headlined the first UK tour of ''Calamity Jane''. After its premiere engagement at the Billingham Forum, which opened 27 August 1979, this production toured for twelve weeks to conclude with a November 1979 date at the Sunderland Empire. Windsor's co-star as Wild Bill was

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, and Norman Vaughan was featured as Francis Fryer: at the tour's premiere engagement in Billingham the role of Henry Miller was played by Jeffrey Holland filling in for the ailing Dudley Owen who evidently played out the remaining engagements.

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, while promoting her own headlining ''Calamity Jane'' tour in 2002, told Terry Grimley of the

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: "Barbara Windsor did this show twenty years ago and it was due to go into the West End, but there were some problems with her private life." The touring production of ''Calamity Jane'' with Barbara Windsor did occasion the musical's London-area premiere, as the production played the Ashcroft Theatre (Croydon) 18–29 September 1979.

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starred in a production of ''Calamity Jane'' at the Leicester Haymarket 22 November 1994 - 28 January 1995 with Ricco Ross as Wild Bill, while the play's premiere central London production played 9 December 1994 - 21 January 1995 at the

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, with Leigh McDonald in the title role.

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starred in a production of ''Calamity Jane'' at

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21 May - 15 June 1996 as the seventh engagement of an eleven engagement national tour that launched with a 29 February - 16 March 1996

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engagement.

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played Wild Bill and Stuart Pendred was Danny Gilmartin in this production. Its final engagement was in Newcastle. In 2002 and 2003

led a production of ''Calamity Jane'' that toured throughout Great Britain with the first leg of the tour playing nine cities, the inaugural engagement being at the Derngate Theatre (Northampton) 9 – 14 September 2002 with the ninth venue played being the

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whose engagement ran 11 – 16 November 2002. The second leg of the ''Calamity Jane'' tour led by Willcox had an inaugural 20–25 January 2003 engagement at the King's Theatre (Glasgow) then played fifteen subsequent engagements to conclude with a 26 June - 20 September 2003 engagement -

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ed from 12 June 2003 - at the

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, it having been announced in April 2003 that this production of ''Calamity Jane'' would have a limited-run summer engagement at the Shaftesbury thus marking the West End debut of any production of the ''Calamity Jane'' stage musical. Interviewed at the time of the opening of ''Calamity Jane'' at the Shaftesbury, Toyah Willcox stated: "We've kind of revamped it so it's more 'West End' and we've put big dance numbers in. We've added a bit more b******t to it!" although she maintained: "Our production is not saccharine sweet, it's really very ballsy. There are no sequins in our production whatsoever!" corroborating statements she'd made earlier in the tour's run as "This isn't a sequinned production. We've tried to make it gritty." Thom Southerland directed an off-West End revival of ''Calamity Jane'' at

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8 June 8–3 July 2010: Phyllida Crowley Smith choreographed this production, which featured Katherine Eames in the title role.

starred in a production of ''Calamity Jane'' whose 17 July - 6 September 2014 engagement at the

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( Berks) inaugurated a national tour of intended six months duration: however interest in booking this production was sufficiently high as to allow for its playing constant engagements for more than twelve months, with venues played throughout Great Britain - plus a 19 – 23 May 2015 engagement at

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- with two London-area engagements: 17–21 March 2015 at the

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and - as the tour's final engagement - 4 – 8 August 2015 at the Richmond Theatre. This production of ''Calamity Jane'' - which co-starred Tom Lister as Wild Bill - - had its 1 July 2015 matinée performance at the

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(Leicester) recorded as a

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made available for complementary online viewing 22–24 July 2015. The earliest known theatrical credit of star

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In Australia

Neglected Musicals presented a staged reading of ''Calamity Jane'' from 3 August 2016 for six presentations: playing at the

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and starring

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. This was ''Calamity Jane''s professional debut in Australia although the play has a long production history via Australian amateur troupes, having been mounted as early as 1965 by the then-amateur Brisbane Repertory with future television star

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in the title role: it was during the Brisbane Repertory production's 20 – 29 May 1965 run Wallace was discovered by actor

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. Virginia Gay reprised the title role in a full production of ''Calamity Jane'' which played the Hayes Theater from 8 March - 1 April 2017 and which then toured to at several venues in southeastern Australia in 2018.

Recordings

There is a complete recording of the entire score of ''Calamity Jane'' available, recorded for JAY Records in 1995: it includes Debbie Shapiro as Calamity Jane with Jason Howard, Tim Flavin and Susannah Fellows. A "cast album" of the 1996 production of ''Calamity Jane'' starring

- who is in fact the sole vocalist on the album - was issued in 1996.

References

External links

* (1963 TV musical starring Carol Burnett)
''Calamity Jane''
(1963 TV production starring Carol Burnett) on YouTube
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