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Smith

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  2w, 6m

Book, Lyrics and Music by Matt Dubey, Dean Fuller and Tony Hendra

This loving parody of musical comedy – in which a young botanist is swept into a stereotypical musical – features a wonderfully clever script and a hilarious score spoofing every musical subgenre.

Smith

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Parody / Spoof, Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
This loving parody of musical comedy conventions, theatrical trappings and the illusions of make believe employs a clever and original scenario: A stuffy young botanist (part misanthrope, part Everyman) is inexplicably whisked into a stereotypical musical, complete with a wonderfully inane plot, cliches and a hilarious score in which every song is a spoof of a different musical comedy genre.
History
Smith premiered on Broadway at the Eden Theatre on May 19, 1973. Directed by Neal Kenyon, the production featured Don Murray, Virginia Sandifur and Mort Marshall.
Keywords
Performing Groups
MELODY HAZLETON
WALTER SMITH
ED BAGGETT
MRS. SMITH
RALPH
JACQUES
CHIEF PUNITANA
SINCLAIR FIRESTONE

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  • Time Period 1970s
  • Setting Baggett Nitrates in Tenafly, New Jersey. 1973.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

“Thoroughly brilliant, delightful and original.” – New York Post

“A musical with originality, vitality, and zestful fun.” – WABC TV

Music

Act I

1. “Boy Meets Girl” – Chorus
2. “Big Job” – Baggett & Chorus
3. “Plant Underscore” – Orchestra
4. “Big Job (Reprise)” – Baggett & Chorus
5. “Mama’s Job” – Mrs. Smith
6. “Mom to Airport” – Orchestra
7. “Into Airplane” – Orchestra
8. “To the Ends of the Earth” – Melody & Chorus
9. “Airplane to Island” – Orchestra
10. “Island Dance” – Orchestra
11. “Earth (Reprise)” – Orchestra
12. “Onh Honh Honh” – Jacques
13. “Police Song” – Police
14. “Police Exit” – Orchestra
15. “You Need A Song” – Ralph, Smith & Stagehands
16. “Boy Meets Girl (Rperise) – Chorus
17. “How Beautiful It Was” – Melody
17a. “Pas de Deux” – Orchestra
18. “After Pas de Deux” – Orchestra
19. “Ceremonial” – Orchestra
20. “People Don’t Do That” – Smith

Act II

21. “You’re In New York Now” – Chorus
22. “It Must Be Love” – Smith, Melody & Chorus
22a. “Must Be Love – Playoff” – Orchestra
23. “Song of the Frog” – Firestone, Smith & Baggett
24. “Song of the Frog (Reprise)” – Firestone, Smith & Baggett
25. “New York Crossover” – Orchestra
26. “G’bye” – Melody
27. “Montage” – Orchestra
28. “Melody” – Smith & Chorus
29. “It Must Be Love (Reprise)” – Smith & Melody
30. “Bows and Exit Music” – Orchestra

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only

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Authors

Author

Matt Dubey

Dean Fuller

Dean Fuller

Dean Fuller (1922-2017) was a composer, playwright, conductor, sailor, pilot, novelist and teacher. B.A. music and drama, Yale University. Alumnus Tamiment Playhouse, last of the Borscht Belt boot camps for revue writers, lyricists and composers. He co-wrote the book for Once ...

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Tony Hendra

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