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Ballet Ballads
A Musical in Four Acts
BOOK BY JEROME MOROSS AND JOHN LATOUCHE
COMPOSED BY JEROME MOROSS
WRITTEN BY JOHN LATOUCHE
Ballet Ballads was first performed by the ANTA Experimental Theatre at New York's Maxine Elliot Theatre on May 9, 1948 in three acts: Susanna and the Elders, Willie the Weeper and The Eccenticities of Davy Crockett. The show moved to the Music Box Theatre on May 18, 1948.
Produced by Nat KarsonDirected by Mary HunterChoral and Musical Director—Hugh RossAssociate Conductor—Gerard SamuelChoreographers-Katherine Litz, Paul Godkin, Hanya HolmPianists—John Lesko, Jr. and Mordecai SheinkmanProduction devised, designed and lighted by Nat Karson
SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS
Choreography by Katherine Litz
CAST
The Parson Richard Harvey
Susanna (The Dancer) Katherine Litz
Susanna (The Singer) Sheila Vogelle
The Cedar From Lebanon Sharry Traver
The Little Juniper Tree Ellen R. Albertini
The Handmaidens Margaret Cuddy, Barbara Downie
The Elder (Moe) Frank Seabolt
The Elder (Joe) Robert Trout
The Angel James R. Nygren
The Ladies and Gentlemen of The Congregation The Singing Ensemble
The Scene: A revival meeting. The Parson takes his sermon from the story of Susanna and The Elders as found in the Apocrypha.
WILLIE THE WEEPER
Choreography by Paul Godkin
CAST
Singing Willie Robert Lenn
Dancing Willie Paul Godkin
Cocaine Lil Sono Osato
The Singing Ensemble
Dancers:Cecile Bergman, Nora Bristow, Mary Ann Cousins, Sandra Lipton, Iona McKenzie, Rosa Rolland, Jack Warren Konzal, James R. Nygren, William Weaver, Walter Stane, Richard Goltra, Charles Yongue.
The Scene: The Action Takes Place in Willie's Untidy Mind.
Episode I Rich Willie
Episode II Lonely Willie
Episode Ill Famous Willie
Episode IV Baffled Willie
Episode V Super-Willie
Episode VI Self-sufficient Willie
Episode VII Lover Willie
THE ECCENTRICITIES OF DAVY CROCKETT(as told by himself)
Choreography by Hanya Holm
CAST
Davy Crockett Ted Lawrie
Sally Ann Barbara Ashley
Indian Chief Lorin Barrett
A Backwoodsman Carl Luman
The Mermaid Betty Abbott
The Comet Olga Lunick
Brown Bear William A. Myers
Ghost Bear Robert Baird
John Oldham Sung By William Ambler Danced By John Castello
Ann Hutchinson
Sung By Gertrude Lockway Danced By Sharry Traver
Nathaniel Bacon
Sung By Eddie Varrato Danced By Frank Seabolt
Grace Sherwood
Sung By Arlouine Goodjohn Danced By Barbara Downie
Nathaniel Turner
Sung By Arthur Friedman Danced By Beau Cunningham
Friends and Neighbors The Singing Ensemble
Dancers
Ellen R. Albertini, Margaret Cuddy, Barbara Downie, Sharry Traver, Beau Cunningham, John Castello, Frank Sea bolt, Robert Trout, Spencer Teakie.
The People assemble to celebrate the memory of Davy Crockett. In the terms of his own tall tales they recall his exploits; his youth, courtship, and marriage; how he built a living house in the wilderness; how he fought the Indian Wars; how he hooked a Mermaid; how he saved the world from Halley's Comet; how he went to Congress and left it; how he died at the Alamo and became a legend.
The Singing Ensemble for Ballet Ballads
Sopranos * Arloulne Goodjohn Barbara Lewis Frances Joslyn Marian C. Covey Dea Carrol Manya Kanty
Altos Carol Nason Ethel Madsen Gertrude Lockway Jane Flynn Estelle Moss *Joan Bartels
Tenors Harold Michener * M. R. AIch Farrold Stevens Eddie Varrato Douglas Martin Kenneth Renner
Basses * Bernard Zwarg Robert Baird * David Vogel Lorin Barrett * Arthur Friedman * William Ambler
On September 22, 1954, Ballet Ballads opened at the Berlin Festwochen with Riding Hood Revisited in its world premiere as Act I followed by Susanna and the Elders and Willie the Weeper as Acts II and Ill.Riding Hood Revisted was first performed in the United States as Act I of Ballet Ballads at the East 74th Street Theatre on January 3, 1961. Act II was Willie the Weeper and Act Ill was The Eccenticities of Davy Crockett.
RIDING HOOD REVISITED
choreography by Mavis Ray
CAST
Mrs. Nature Lisa Brummett
Clouds Alice Scott, Lorraine Roberts, Sallie Bramlette
DragonFly Dounia Rathbone
Riding Hood Veronika Miakar
Good Humor Man Gregg Nickerson
Viennese Wolf Buck Heller
Granny Dianne Nicholson
The Dancers (portraying Trees, Flowers. Animals, and Skyscrapers) Pauline de Groot, Betty de Jong, Ellen Graff, Phyllis Lamhut, Fred Herko, Steve Paxton, Bob Powell, Jon Rager, Dounia Rathbone, Robert Helloway; The Singers (portraying Trees, Flowers, Animals, and Skyscrapers)Sallie Bramlette, Dianne Nichols, Lorraine Roberts, Alice Scott, Ted Bloecher, Derek de Cambra, Ted Lambrinos, Gregg Nickerson, Ed Zimmerman, Abbe Todd
The Dancers (portraying Trees, Flowers. Animals, and Skyscrapers) Pauline de Groot, Betty de Jong, Ellen Graff, Phyllis Lamhut, Fred Herko, Steve Paxton, Bob Powell, Jon Rager, Dounia Rathbone, Robert Helloway; The Singers (portraying Trees, Flowers, Animals, and Skyscrapers)Sallie Bramlette, Dianne Nichols, Lorraine Roberts, Alice Scott, Ted Bloecher, Derek de Cambra, Ted Lambrinos, Gregg Nickerson, Ed Zimmerman, Abbe Todd
Ballet Ballads: A Musical in 4 Acts
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
Ballet Ballads The Complete Vocal Score is published in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of its world premiere and is a true collector's item for lovers of the American musical art form.