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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pipe Dream

Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical adaptation of Steinbeck's novels depicts the drifters and dropouts of Cannery Row with compassion, romance and sympathy.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Tony Award (1956)
    Nominee! Nine Tony Awards including Best Musical (1956)
From the pages of Steinbeck, the drifters and dropouts along Cannery Row spring to life in this uncommon story of love and hope. When Suzy, a homeless girl, is picked up for stealing food, she's taken in by Fauna, the big-hearted Madam of the Bear Flag Café (which is no café at all). Here she meets Doc, a carefree marine biologist, and soon romance is in the air.

Rodgers & Hammerstein struck a new tone with Pipe Dream: warm and highly personal. It illuminates Rodgers & Hammerstein’s benevolence for outcasts who are infinitely capable of every emotion and longing felt by the more fortunate members of society. As sung by Doc at the top of the show, the soulful message is simple: “It takes all kinds of people to make up a world.” Is there a better one?
REVIEWS:

"PIPE DREAM is a wonderful opportunity to hear an 'unheard' Rodgers and Hammerstein... an eminently pleasant work."

Oakland Tribune

"Tender and entertaining...a beautiful score."

The New York Times

"A revelation of joy."

San Francisco Chronicle
Premiere Production: The seventh musical by the team of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Pipe Dream premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on November 30, 1955. The original cast featured Helen Traubel, William Johnson and Judy Tyler.

Characters

  • Casting: 17M, 10F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: In this show, the race of the characters is not pivotal to the plot. We encourage you to consider diversity and inclusion in your casting choices.
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • DOC
    HAZEL
    MILLICENT HENDERSON
    MAC
    SUZY
    FAUNA
    JIM BLAIKEY
    RAY BUSCH
    GEORGE HERMAN
    BILL
    RED
    WHITEY
    DIZZY
    EDDIE
    ALEC
    JOE
    PANCHO
    AGNES
    MAGLE
    EMMA
    BEULAH
    MARJORIE
    CHO CHO SEN
    SUMI
    SONNY BOY
    ESTEBAN
    A WAITER
    HARRIET
    HILDA
    FRED
    SLICK
    SLIM
    BASHA
    BUBBLES
    SONYA
    KITTY
    WEIRDE
    JOHNNY CARRIAGRA
    PEDRO
    DR. ORMONDY

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Lib-Vocal Book & Vocal Score

    		$24.00
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano Conductor Score

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Libretto-Vocal Books
    2 x Piano Vocal Score

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Piano Vocal Score
    1 x Piano
    1 x Flute (Doubling Piccolo)
    1 x Clarinet I
    1 x Clarinet II
    1 x Horn I-II
    1 x Trumpet I-II
    1 x Trombone
    1 x Percussion
    1 x Violin A (Divisi)
    1 x Violin B-D (Divisi)
    1 x Viola (Divisi)
    1 x Cello (Divisi)
    1 x Bass

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm
    Two-Piano Arrangement Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    Act I
    Act II

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm
    Lib-Vocal Book 10 Pack Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    10 x Lib-Vocal Books

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm
    Logo Artwork Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    Flat Poster. Fee is for the use of the logo on all advertising, flyers, programs, website, etc.

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