Happy New Year

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Burt Shevelove,
based on the play Holiday by Philip Barry

Opened April 27, 1980 at the Morosco Theatre, NYC
Ran for 17 performances
Produced by Leonard Soloway, Allan Francis
and Hale Matthews in association with
Marble Arch Productions
Directed by Burt Shevelove
Choreographer: Donald Saddler
Costumes by Pierre Balmain
Lighting Designer: Ken Billington
Set Design: Michael Eagen
Orchestrations by Luther Henderson, and
Daniel Troob
Vocal Arrangments and Music Direction
by Buster Davis

Cast

John McMartin (Narrator), Michael Scott (Johnny Case), Leslie Denniston (Linda Seton), Kimberly Farr (Julia Seton), Richard Bekins (Ned Seton), William Roerick (Edward Seton), J. Thomas Smith (Patrick), Tim Flavin (Thompson), Lara Teeter (Dixon)

Musical Numbers

Act One

• "At Long Last Love" [from You Never Know] - Julia, Linda, Ned
• "Ridin' High" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Johnny, Julia
• "Let's Be Buddies" [from Panama Hattie] - Johnny, Linda
• "Boy, Oh Boy" - Linda
• "Easy to Love" [from Born to Dance] - Young Men
• "You Do Something to Me" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Johnny
• "Red, Hot and Blue" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Linda, Johnny, Patrick, Stork Club Set
• "Once Upon a Time" [written for Ever Yours] - Ned, Linda

Act Two

• "Night and Day" [from Gay Divorce] - Narrator, Johnny
• "Let's Make It a Night" [from Silk Stockings] - Linda, Thompson, Dixon
• "Ours" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Julia
• "After You, Who?" [from Gay Divorce] - Johnny
• "I Am Loved" [from Out of This World] - Julia
• "When Your Troubles Have Started" [cut from Red, Hot and Blue] - Linda, Ned

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