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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Vocal Selections 1978 BROADWAY SHOW SONGBOOK

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Availability: 91 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • MUSIC & LYRICS BY CAROL HALL: PUBLISHED BY MCA MUSIC / UNIVERSAL PICTURES
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: 56 PAGE SONGBOOK PUBLISHED IN 1979, THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE SHOW OPENING ON BROADWAY, IS IN VG CONDITION. OUTER WHITE COVER SHOWS MILD HANDLING WEAR AND VERY MINOR SOILING. BINDING IS SOUND. PRIOR OWNER'S NAME WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT COVER. INTERIOR PAGES ARE WHITE AND BRITE. FABULOUS COLOR PHOTOS. 1979 PRINTING, 1ST EDITION, 13 SONGS.
  • Carlin Glynn, Henderson Forsythe: Jay Garner, Joan Ellis, Delores Hall, and Pamela Blair.
  • VOCAL SELECTIONS FROM BROADWAY MUSICAL: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Object Type: Script & Songbook

    Description

    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas : Vocal Selections
    BROADWAY MUSICAL SHOW 1979 SONGBOOK PVG
    56 PAGES SONGBOOK PUBLISHED IN 1979 IS IN VG CONDITION OUTER WHITE COVER SHOWS MILD HANDLING WEAR AND VERY MINOR SOILING
    BINDING IS SOUND PRIOR OWNER'S NAME WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT COVER INTERIOR PAGES ARE WHITE AND BRITE FABULOUS COLOR PHOTOS
    RARE 1979 THEATRICAL PRINTING, 1ST EDITION, 13 SONGS THE MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME CAME OUT IN 1982
    FROM WIKIPEDIA ABOUT THIS BROADWAY SHOW:
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    is a
    musical
    with a book by Texas author
    Larry L King
    and
    Peter Masterson
    and music and lyrics by
    Carol Hall
    It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life
    Chicken Ranch
    in
    La Grange, Texas
    Synopsis
    It is the late 1970s, and a
    brothel
    has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert,
    Texas
    (subbing for real locale La Grange) for more than a century It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner
    While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd When crusading
    television
    reporter
    Melvin P Thorpe (based on real-life
    Houston
    news personality
    Marvin Zindler
    ) decides to make the illegal activity an issue,
    political
    ramifications cause the place to be closed down
    Production history
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    opened on
    Broadway
    at the
    46th Street Theatre
    on June 19, 1978, and ran for 1,584 performances
    The production was directed by
    Peter Masterson
    and
    Tommy Tune
    and
    choreographed
    by Tune and
    Thommie Walsh
    The opening cast included
    Carlin Glynn
    ,
    Henderson Forsythe
    ,
    Jay Garner
    , Joan Ellis,
    Delores Hall
    , and
    Pamela Blair
    ..........
    .