Production Info

Previews: September 28, 1960 (2 previews)
Opening September 29, 1960
Closing: December 31, 1961
Length of Run: 524 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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Director
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Choreography

Cast

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Bob-le-Hotu, Proprietor of the Bar-des-Inquiets
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Irma-la-Douce, a Poule
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Jojo-les-Yeux-Sales, a Mec
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Roberto-les-Diams, a Mec
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Persil-Le-Noir
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Frangipane
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Polyte-le-Mou, a Mec
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Nestor-Le-Fripe
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Police Inspector
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Counsel for the Prosecution

Musical Numbers

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Act One

  • Valse Milieu .... Bob
  • Sons of France .... The Mecs, Polyte and the Police Inspector
  • The Bridge of Caulaincourt .... Irma and Nestor
  • Our Language of Love .... Irma and Nestor
  • She's Got the Lot .... Police Insepctor and Irma's Admirers
  • Our Language of Love (Reprise) .... Irma
  • Dis-Donc .... Irma
  • Le Grisbi Is le Root of le Evil in Man .... Bob, Nestor, and the Mecs
  • Wreck of a Mec .... Nestor
  • That's a Crime .... Bob, Nestor, and the Mecs

Act Two

  • The Bridge of Caulaincourt (Reprise) .... Irma and Nestor
  • From a Prison Cell .... Nestor and the Mecs
  • Irma-la-Douce .... Irma
  • There Is Only One Paris for That .... Nestor, the Mecs and Prisoners
  • The Freedom of the Seas .... Nestor and the Mecs
  • Arctic Ballet .... Irma and Company
  • There Is Only One Paris for That (Reprise) .... Nestor and the Mecs
  • Our Language of Love (Reprise) .... Irma
  • But .... Nestor, Police Insepctor, Tax Inspector, M. Bougne and Polyte
  • Christmas Child .... The Company

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Trivia & History

In a playbill for the "premiere performance," under Understudies, the only role for which an understudy is listed is Irma, with Virginia Vestoff listed as the standby for the role.

This is also the case in a playbill from the week of May 29, 1961, eight months into the run.

Sometime between then and the week of August 21, 1961, this changed, and finally understudies were listed for every character with an individual name in the playbill.

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Production Info

Previews: September 28, 1960 (2 previews)
Opening September 29, 1960
Closing: December 31, 1961
Length of Run: 524 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

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