Happy Days a New Musical Book by Music & Lyrics Garry Marshall by Paul Williams
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Please Enjoy the Following Sample • This sample is an excerpt from a Samuel French title. • This sample is for perusal only and may not be used for performance purposes. • You may not download, print, or distribute this excerpt. • We highly recommend purchasing a copy of the title before considering for performance. For more information about licensing or purchasing a play or musical, please visit our websites www.samuelfrench.com www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk Happy Days A New Musical Book by Music & Lyrics Garry Marshall by Paul Williams Based on the Paramount Pictures Television Series “Happy Days” created by Garry Marshall Arrangements and Orchestrations by John McDaniel A Samuel French Acting Edition samuelfrench.com Copyright © 2010 by CBS Studios, Inc. Happy Days Artwork Copyright © 2010 Henderson Production Co., Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL is subject to a Licensing Fee. 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IMPORTANT BILLING AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTS All Producers of HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL, must give credit to the Author and Composer of the Play in all programs distributed in connec- tion with performances of the Play, and in all instances in which the title of the Play appears for the purposes of advertising, publicizing or other- wise exploiting the Play and/or a production. The name of the Author and Composer must appear side by side on a separate line on which no other name appears, immediately following the title and must appear in size of type not less than fi fty percent of the size of the title type. In addi- tion, the following credit “Based on the Paramount Pictures Television Series Created by Garry Marshall” contractually must appear below the author’s credit in size of type no less than fi fty percent of the size of the author’s type. In addition the following credit must be given on all title pages in all programs: HAPPY DAYS (100%) A NEW MUSICAL Book by Music & Lyrics by Garry Marshall Paul Williams (50%) Based on the Paramount Pictures television series “Happy Days” Created by Garry Marshall *Arrangements and Orchestrations by John McDaniel (25%) Originally produced at the Falcon Theatre, Burbank, CA Produced and Directed by Garry Marshall Ronny Hallin, Producer Kathleen Ward Marshall, Producer Subsequently Produced for the Goodspeed Opera House by Michael P. Price, Executive Producer Subsequently Produced by Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey Subsequently Produced for the North American National Tour by Bob Boyett, Nice Productions, Inc., McCoy Rigby Entertainment CBS Corporation, Tom Miller and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Happy Days song courtesy of CBS Studios, Inc., Lyrics by Norman Gimbel, Music by Charles Fox. *Please note this credit must appear in the same size as the production design credits are listed (set, costume, lighting designers, etc.). The premiere of the fi rst National Tour of HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL was at the La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts in La Mirada, California on November 1, 2008. The performance was directed by Gordon Greenberg, with music direction by Bruce Barnes and cho- reography by Michele Lynch, with sets by Walt Spangler, costumes by David C. Woolard, lighting by Jeff Croiter, sound by Julie Ferrin, and hair/wigs/makeup by Judi Lewin. The production stage manager was Lynda A. Lavin. The cast was as follows: ARTHUR “THE FONZ” FONZARELLI . Joey Sorge RICHIE CUNNINGHAM . .Steven Booth MARION CUNNINGHAM . Cynthia Ferrer HOWARD CUNNINGHAM . John Massey JOANIE CUNNINGHAM . Whitney Bashor WARREN “POTSIE” WEBBER . Justin Michael Duval RALPH MALPH . James Michael Lambert CHARLES “CHACHI” ARCOLA . .Chris Fore PINKY TUSCADERO . .Felicia Finley ARNOLD DELVECCHIO . Barry Pearl LORI BETH ALLEN/CALENDAR GIRL . .Molly Alvarez BULLY/LEOPARD MANNY MOON/ MYRON “COUNT” MALACHI/ELVIS . Matt Merchant LEOPARD MAC GATES/JUMPY MALACHI/JAMES DEAN . .Matt Walker PINKETTE LOLA/CAR HOP/ CALENDAR GIRL/ENSEMBLE . Leah Sprecher PINKETTE TINA/CAR HOP/ CALENDAR GIRL/ENSEMBLE . .Gabrielle Reid ENSEMBLE/NERD GIRL . Jill Morrison ENSEMBLE . Joseph Keane SWING . Jaclyn Miller SWING . Jeff Summer CHARACTERS ARTHUR “THE FONZ” FONZARELLI - The king of cool, sexy, funny and loaded with charisma, older than the other kids. In his late teens or early 20’s. He wears jeans, white t-shirt, and black leather jacket and motorcycle boots at all times except when he works in the garage where he wears mechanics coveralls. RICHIE CUNNINGHAM - High school student, Fonzie’s best friend, all American, honest, reliable. PINKY TUSCADERO - Fonzie’s love interest, sexy, confi dent, tough and a body to die for. Motorcycle daredevil. Same age as Fonzie. HOWARD CUNNINGHAM - Richie’s dad, the quintessential mid-western head of household. A man in his 40’s. MARION CUNNINGHAM - Richie’s mom, warm, naïve and wise. In her 40’s. JOANIE CUNNINGHAM - Richie’s younger sister, 15-16 years old, lovable, precocious and has a big crush on Chachi CHARLES “CHACHI” ARCOLA - Fonzie’s cousin who tries to be just like him. Probably 15 or 16. Likes Joanie. RALPH MALPH - High school buddy of Richie’s. He is the class clown. WARREN “POTSIE”WEBBER - High school buddy of Richie’s, not very cool but tries hard to be. He is a bit of a nerd. BULLY/LEOPARD MANNY MOON/MYRON “COUNT” MALACHI/ELVIS - BULLY - big tough guy LEOPARD MANNY MOON - Howard’s Leopard Lodge brother and principal of the High School MYRON “COUNT” MALACHI - ½ of Malachi brothers, Fonzie’s nem- esis, greaser type, overly dramatic, in his 20’s ELVIS - Elvis Presley circa late ‘50’s LEOPARD MAC GATES/JUMPY MALACHI/JAMES DEAN - LEOPARD MAC GATES - Howard’s Leopard Lodge brother JUMPY MALACHI - Other ½ of the Malachi brothers, fi lled with ner- vous energy, greaser type, in his 20’s JAMES DEAN - the 1950’s movie icon ARNOLD DELVECCHIO - A man in his 50’s, owner of Arnold’s malt shop, member of the Leopard Lodge LORI BETH ALLEN/CALENDAR GIRL - Sweet, lovely, “girl next door” type. Richie’s girlfriend, high school student PINKETTE LOLA/ CAR HOP GIRL/CALENDAR GIRL/ENSEMBLE - hot looking dancer/singer PINKETTE TINA/CAR HOP GIRL/CALENDAR GIRL/ENSEMBLE - hot looking dancer/singer ENSEMBLE GIRL/CALENDAR GIRL/NERD GIRL - dancer/singer ENSEMBLE BOY - dancer/singer Doubled roles can be given to individual actors for larger casts or can be doubled in any way that is convenient to the production. This is the way roles were played on tour. SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS Milwaukee, Wisconsin-1959 ACT I Scene 1, A Milwaukee Street & Arnold’s “Welcome to Wisconsin” .