Original Musical Numbers List

Act One

  • The Spiel .... Hubbard, Bessie, Patrons of the Coliseum
  • The Flickers .... Ticket Girl and Patrons
  • Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone .... Flora, Garvey and Hester
  • That's Where a Man Fits In .... Flora
  • I've Always Loved You .... Flora and Farm Folk
  • You're Colossal .... Elsie and Dick
  • Fan Club Chant .... Movie Fans
  • Have You Met Delilah? .... Oxheart
  • Yeemy Yeemy .... Flora, Oriental Entourage
  • The Vamps .... Matt Mattox, Barbara Heath, Cathryn Damon, Fans
  • Delilah's Dilemma .... Flora and Movie Fans

Act Two

  • Four Little Misfits .... Elsie, Bessie, Dick, Charlie
  • Samson and Delilah .... Flora as Delilah, Matt Mattox, Samson, Whipman, High Priest, Cathryn Damon, Movie Co.
  • Why Does It Have to Be You? .... Oxheart
  • Ragtime Romeo .... Bessie, Charlie and Boys
  • I'm Everybody's Baby .... Flora
  • I'm Everybody's Baby (Reprise) .... Flora, Ostertag, Dick, Hubbard and Clayton
  • The Impossible She .... Oxheart and OHO Boys
  • Finale .... Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

Chicago Try-Out (9/26/1955)

Act One

  • Spieler's Song .... Hubbard, Bessie and Patrons of the Coliseum
  • The Flickers .... Ticket Girl and Patrons
  • Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone .... Flora, Garvey and Hester
  • Mr. Right .... Flora
  • I've Always Loved You .... Flora and Farm Folk
  • You're Colossal .... Elsie and Dick
  • Fan Club Chant .... Movie Fans
  • Have You Met Delilah? .... Oxheart and Movie Fans
  • Yeemy Yeemy .... Flora and Oriental Entourage
  • The Vamps .... Matt Mattox, Helen Wood and Movie Fans
  • I've Always Loved You (Reprise) .... Dick and Flora
  • Samson and Delilah .... Flora, Samson, Whipman, High Priest, Dolly and Movie Company

Act Two

  • Back Home Where I Come From .... Flora
  • You've Got to Give the Public What It Wants .... Ostertag, Hubbard and Clayton
  • I'm Everybody's Baby .... Flora
  • Why Does It Have to Be You? .... Oxheart
  • Ragtime Romeo .... Bessie and Boys
  • The Impossible She .... Oxheart and OHO Boys
  • I'm Everybody's Baby (Reprise) .... Flora
  • Little Miss Dracula .... Flora and Movie Company
  • You're Colossal (Reprise) .... Dolly, Elsie, Ostertag, OHO Girls
  • Finale .... Company