The Goodbye Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1993)

Overture .... Orchestra
This Is as Good as It Gets .... Paula and Lucy
No More .... Paula
A Beat Behind .... Paula, Billy and Ensemble
This Is as Good as It Gets (Reprise) .... Lucy, Melanie and Cynthia
My Rules .... Paula
Elliot Garfield Grant .... Elliot
Good News, Bad News .... Elliot, Paula and Lucy
Good News, Bad News (Reprise) .... Mrs. Crosby
Footsteps .... Paula and Lucy
How Can I Win? .... Paula
Richard Interred .... Elliot, Paula, Lucy, Mark, Mrs. Crosby, Donna and Ensemble

Act Two

How Can I Win? (Reprise) .... Paula
Good News, Bad News (Reprise) .... Elliot
Too Good to Be Bad .... Paula, Donna and Jenna
2 Good 2 B Bad (Mrs. Crosby)
Who Would've Thought? .... Paula, Elliot, Lucy, Melanie and Cynthia
Paula (An Improvised Love Song) .... Elliot and Paula
Who Would've Thought? (Reprise) .... Lucy, Melanie and Cynthia
I Can Play This Part .... Elliot
Jump for Joy .... Paula and Ensemble
What a Guy .... Paula
Finale .... Paula, Elliot and Lucy

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Trivia & History

The show had a highly tumultuous tryout, as outlined in this New York Times Article from January 15, 1993. Among the problems were revising the show to make Peters more likeable, and the subsequent firing of Gene Saks.

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Venues

Main Run

M
Marquis Theatre (New York, NY)
3/4/1993 - 8/15/1993

Tryout Dates

Shubert Theatre (Chicago, IL)
12/29/1992 - 1/30/1993

Audio Recordings

Commercial Recordings

Original Broadway Cast (1993)

Private Recordings

Original Broadway Cast w. s/b Paula (1993)
Martin Short , Carol Woods , Susann Fletcher , John Christopher Jones , Lisa Molina
Original Broadway Cast (1993)
Cynthia Onrubia , Erin Torpey , Scott Wise , Tammy Minoff , Darlesia Cearcy
Original Broadway Cast (Previews) (2/28/1993)
Bernadette Peters , Martin Short , Carol Woods , Susann Fletcher , John Christopher Jones

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The Goodbye Girl

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Musical Numbers

Act One

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