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Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2w, 4m plus ensemble
Music and Lyrics by Cole PorterBook by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath and Abe Burrows
Based on the Garbo movie Ninotchka by Melchior LengyelProduced for the Broadway Stage by Feuer and Martin
In this hilarious musical adaptation of Ninotchka, agents from Washington and Moscow cross paths in Paris in a loving satire of US/Soviet relations.
The tense relations between Soviet Russia and the West are lovingly satirized in Silk Stockings, where agents of all kinds cross paths in Paris, far away from both Moscow and Hollywood.
Ninotchka, a beautiful and stalwart female emissary of the Soviet Commissar of Art, is sent to Paris to manage three fun-loving Soviet agents, who have been dispatched to the French capital to bring home Boroff, a successful Soviet composer on a world tour under the personal management of Steve Canfield, a Hollywood agent. Canfield wants Boroff to defect and write film music for his client, Peggy Dayton. The prim and cold Ninotchka meets Canfield, who instructs her in the delights of capitalist society and also, of course, amour. Boroff becomes infatuated with Janice Dayton and has no interest in leaving Western society. Eventually Canfield follows Ninotchka to Russia, but all escape to freedom. Cole Porter’s outstanding score includes "All of You," "Paris Loves Lovers" and "As on Through The Seasons We Sail."
Principals (2 female; 4 male)NinotchkaJanice DaytonSteve CanfieldIvanovBrankovBibinski
Supporting
Peter Ilyitch BoroffVeraCommissar MarkovitchPierre BouchardChief CommissarPresident of PolitburoM. FabourSoniaGrishaAnna
Others
Hotel DoormanHotel ManagerFlower GirlFirst CommissarChoreographerSalesladyMinisterBookstall ManFrench ComradeMovie DirectorAssistant Director
Ensemble
Guards, Reporters, Musicians, Hotel Staff, Film Crew, etc.
Act I
1. “Too Bad” – Ivanov, Brankov, Bibinski, & Hotel Staff2. “Paris Loves Lovers” – Canfield & Ninotchka3. “Stereophonic Sound” – Janice 4. “It’s A Chemical Reaction, That’s All” – Ninotchka5. “All of You” – Canfield6. “Satin and Silk” – Janice7. “Without Love” – Ninotchka8. Reprise: “All of You” – Canfield
Act II
9. “Hail, Bibinski” – Ivanov, Brankov, Bibinski, & French Comrades10. “As On Through The Seasons We Sail” – Canfield & Ninotchka11. “Josephine” – Janice & Chorus12. “Siberia” – Ivanov, Brankov, Bibinski13. “Silk Stockings” – Canfield14. “The Red Blues” – The Russians15. Finale – Entire Company
33 Libretto-Vocal Book1 Piano-Conductor (rehearsal & stick conductor)1 Reed 1 – Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Alto Saxophone1 Reed 2 – Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone1 Reed 3 – Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Tenor Saxophone & Bass Saxophone1 Reed 4 – Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone1 Reed 5 – Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone1 Horn2 Trumpet 1&21 Trumpet 31 Trombone 11 Trombone 21 Trombone 31 Guitar – doubles Violin D1 Harp1 Percussion – Timpani (2 drums), Snare Drum, Military Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tom Toms (2), Suspended Cymbals, Hi-Hat Cymbals, Sleigh Bells, Xylophone, Bells, Metal Plate & Wood Block2 Violin AC1 Violin BD1 Viola1 Cello1 Bass
33 Libretto-Vocal Book1 Piano-Conductor (rehearsal & performance)
Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana in 1891 and died in Hollywood 73 years later. In between, he wrote some of the most memorable songs ever heard on stage or screen, among them “Night and Day,” “Begin the Beguine,” “You’re The Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Love For Sal ...
George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh in 1889. During his early career as a reporter and drama critic , he began to write for the theatre. For 40 years, beginning in 1921 with the production of Dulcy, there was rarely a year without a Kaufman play — usually written in coll ...
LEUEEN MACGRATH Born in London in 1914, Leueen MacGrath began her career as an actress with the 1936 film Whom The Gods Love, a biopic about Mozart and his wife Constanze, followed by Pygmalion and a series of B-movies: All Hands, Meet Maxwell Archer, The Saint’s Vacation. In ...
Born December 18, 1910 in NYC, Abe Burrows graduated New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended both City College and NYU. His career in radio and television writing began with This is New York (1938), followed by the Rudy Vallee Program (1940), Duffy’s Town (1940 ...
MELCHIOR LENGYEL was born in Hungary in 1880. He started his career as a journalist in Košice, then later in Budapest. His first play, A nagy fejedelem (The Great Prince) was performed by the Thalia Company in 1907. The Hungarian National Theatre performed his next drama A há ...
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