''Whoop-Up'' is a
musical with music by
Mark Charlap, lyrics by
Norman Gimbel
Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes. He wrote the lyrics for songs including " Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Ready to Take a Chance Again" (both wit ...
, and book by
Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin, based on ''Stay Away, Joe'' by Dan Cushman. It was directed by
Cy Feuer, with sets and lighting by
Jo Mielziner and choreography by
Onna White
Onna White (March 24, 1922 – April 8, 2005) was a Canadian choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards.
Early life and career
Born in Inverness, Nova Scotia, White began taking dance lessons at the age of twelve, and eventual ...
.
Produced by Feuer and Martin, the
Broadway
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production opened on December 22, 1958 at the
Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Cast included
Sylvia Syms,
Paul Ford
Paul Ford Weaver (November 2, 1901 – April 12, 1976) was an American character actor who came to specialize in authority figures whose ineptitude and pompous demeanor were played for comic effect, notably as Mayor Shinn in ''The Music Man'' (1 ...
,
Susan Johnson,
Ralph Young and Romo Vincent.
Julienne Marie was nominated for a
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Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance. The plot is described thus: "Welcome to Glenda's Place - a saloon half-on, half-off a Montana Indian reservation. Glenda's one tough gal, until her native American boyfriend returns after two years on the rodeo circuit."
An original cast recording was made by MGM Records but the show's short run curtailed album sales and the record was soon deleted from the catalog. In 1987 Larry L. Lash at
PolyGram Records
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...
, which had purchased the MGM catalogue, digitally remastered and reissued ''Whoop-Up'' on CD, adding ten bonus tracks of songs from the score performed by pop artists of the day including
Connie Francis
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937),
known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...
,
Maurice Chevalier and
Rosemary Clooney, as well as the composers' demo recording of a song cut from the show during out-of-town tryouts. The CD was embraced by Broadway cast album collectors but did not sell well and it, too, was soon deleted. The recording is now owned by Universal Music Group, but Brian Drutman of its Decca Broadway label said that with the weak sales of the previous edition there is little reason for Decca to reissue the title.
Songs
Act I
* "Glenda’s Place"
* "When the Tall Man Talks"
* "Nobody Throw Those Bull"
* "Rocky Boy Ceremonial"
* "Love Eyes"
* "Men"
* "Never Before"
* "Caress Me, Possess Me Perfume"
* "Flattery"
* "The Girl In His Arms"
* "The Best of What This Country’s Got"Act II
* "I Wash My Hands"
* "Quarrel-tet"
* "Sorry for Myself"
* "‘Til the Big Fat Moon Falls Down"
* "What I Mean to Say"
* "Montana"
* "She or Her"
See also
*
Whoop-Up Trail The Whoop-Up Trail, also known as the Macleod-Benton Trail was a wagon road that connected Fort Benton, Montana, to Fort Hamilton, Alberta.
The trail was initially a trade route between Montana and the southern region of Alberta, which was then kn ...
External links
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* Soundtrac
Internet Archive{{DEFAULTSORT:Whoop-Up
1958 musicals
Broadway musicals
Plays set in Montana
Native Americans in popular culture