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DAVID MERRICK presents CARNIVAL N.Y. DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARD MUSICAL with ED AMES

JONATHAN LUCAS JO ANNE WORLEY JOHNNY HAYMER ALFRED DENNIS SKEDGE MILLER HARRY DE DIO RUDENKO BROTHERS and SUSAN WATSON

Music and Lyrics by BOB MERRILL

Book by MICHAEL STEWART

Based on Material by HELEN DEUTSCH

Settings and Lighting by WILL STEVEN ARMSTRONG Costumes by FREDDY WITTOP Musical Direction GILBERT STEVENS Vocal Arrangements by SAUL SCHECHTMAN Orchestrations by PHILIP J. LANG Dance Arrangements by PETER HOWARD Associate Choreographer GENE BAYLISS Puppets Created and Supervised by TOM TICHENOR Designer and Supervisor of Magic and Illusion ROY BENSON Coiffures by MICHEL KAZAN Production Supervisor: NEIL HARTLEY ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM BY MGM RECORDS

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CAST (In order of appearance) Jacquot ...... JOHNNY HAYMER Mr. Schlegel . ALFRED DENNIS Grobert SKEDGE MILLER Roustabouts ROBERT AVIAN, BUCK HEL LER, ROGER PAGE, OSCAR TORRES Cyclist ...... RON SCHWINN Miguel ito TORRES Dog Trainer ...... HARRY DE DIO Wardrobe Mistress ...... YOLANDA POROPAT Harem Girls JERI BARTO, STEFl PETERS, PAT TROTT Bear Girl ...... BARBARA ANDREWS Princess Olga ...... JUNE EVE STORY Band LITTLE ANGIE, CHARLES PANELY, FRED BENNETT Stilt Walker ...... OTTO PIRCHN'ER Jugglers ...... RU DENKO BROT HERS Clowns ...... GERRY O'HARA, TONY DARIUS Strongman ...... TAYLOR REED Gladys Zuwicki ...... ANDREA ESPE

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Gloria Zuwicki ...... MARY BRADY Gypsy ...... JUDITH McCAULEY Marco The Magnificent ...... JONATHAN LUCAS The Incomparable Rosalie ...... JOANNE WORLEY Greta Schlegel ...... GINGER MICHELS Lili ...... SUSAN WATSON Paul Berthelet ...... ED AMES Blue Birds ...... BARBARA ANDREWS, JERI BARTO, ·STEFl PETERS, PAT TROTT Aerialist ...... OTTO PIRCHNER Carrot Top Horrible Henry ...... ED AMES Marguerite Dr. Glass ...... ROBERT BROOKS

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1. "DIRECT FROM VIENNA" Rosalie, Schlegel and Carnival People 2. "A VERY NICE MAN" ...... lili 3. "FAIRYLAND" . . . Puppets 4. "I'VE GOT TO FIND A REASON" Paul 5. "MIRA" . Lili 6. "SWORD, ROSE AND CAPE" .. . .. Marco and Roustabouts 7. "HUMMING" ...... Rosalie and Schlegel 8. "YES, MY HEART" Lili and Roustabouts 9. "EVERYBODY LIKES YOU" Paul 10. "MAGIC, MAGIC" Marco, Rosalie and Lili 11. "TANZ MIT MIR" The Bluebird Girls 12. "CARNIVAL BALLET" Lili, Carnival People, Townspeople 13. "MIRA" REPRISE . . . . Lili 14. THEME FROM "CARNIVAL" Lili and Puppets

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1. "YUM TICKY" Lili and Puppets 2. "THE RICH" ...... Lili and Puppets 3. THEME FROM "CARNIVAL" REPRISE ...... Lili and Puppets 4. "BEAUTIFUL CANDY" ...... Lili, Puppets and Vendors 5. "HER FACE" ...... Paul 6. "GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE DE PARIS" .. Jacquot and Carnival People 7. "I HATE HIM" ...... Lili "HER FACE" REPRISE ...... Paul 8."GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE DE PARIS" REPRISE Carnival People 9. "ALWAYS ALWAYS YOU" ...... Marco and Rosalie 10. "SHE'S MY LOVE" ...... Paul

UNDERSTUDIES FOR "CARNIVAL" Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the . performance Far Mr. Ames-Robert Brooks; for Miss Watson-Judith McCauley; for Mr. Haymer-Skedge Miller; for Miss Story-Janyce Ann Wagner; for Roustabouts-Mark Holliday.

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It probably VALLEY was in the cards that Mr. Ames would eventually forsake this lu- CADILLAC crative existence for a new career as an actor, for his interests- em- CORPORATION bracing such diverse fields as ath- letics, languages (he speaks six), SALES -- SERVICE politics, writing and history--clear- 333 EAST AVE. ly indicate a versati1ity that seeks BA 5-3440 ·broad horizons. In preparation for his present pursuit he studied at USED CAR DIVISION the Herbert Berghof Studio, one of New York's most respected drama 1701 EAST AVENUE workshops, and made his acting de- but in an off-Broadway production of 's "The Crucible.'' The reviews should have allayed any misgivings Mr. Ames might CHOOSE FROM THE LARGEST have had about withdrawing from SELECTION IN ROCHESTER the . Before as- suming the male lead in ''Carnival" Maternity Fashions he achieved further critical recog- nition in "The Fantasticks." Mr. Dresses Sportswear Ames was born in Malden, Mass.,. and is a graduate of the Suits Lingerie Latin School. His emergence in the legitimate theatre does not mean Priced from that he will desert the field in $5.95 which he rose to prominence. He plans to continue as a recording 800 SHOP vocalist. 800 MONROE AVENUE SUSAN WATSON (Lill) at CANTERBURY Oklahoma has figured significant- FREE PARKING REAR OF STORE ly in Miss Watson's life. She was born in Tulas, where, in high school, WHO'S WHO IN THE LIQUOR CAST PARISIAN S T 0 R E she made her stage bow at the age of fourteen in a choreographic par- DON'T LET aphrase of !'Green Grow The Li- lacs." Later, when she saw a tour- OUR NAME ing company interpret the Broad- way version of ''Oklahoma" (a mu- . FOOL YOU sica! adaptation . of "Lilacs"), she was inspired to add acting and sing_ WE HAVE ing instruction to her ballet train- ing. After performing in little thea- tre ·productions, opera, and as a scholarship winner with the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, she made her professional . debut in "High Button . Shoes" at the Kansas City 148 Starlight Theatre. She. spent the summer with this renowned com- DIFFERENT WINES pany, portraying roles in "Can Can," "Panama Hattie," "Pajama Game," IMPORTED FROM "Silk Stockings," "Damn Yankees" ALL 'ROUND THE and "By The Beautiful Sea." Fol- lowing her high school graduation, WORLD FOR YOU she · went to New .York . where she TO ENJOY combined her studies---voice at Juil- FRANCE, of course liard, dance with Hanya Holm, Pe- ter Gennaro, Jose Limon and the GERMANY Ballet Theatre, and acting under AUSTRIA the experienced eye of Uta Hagen- SPAIN with daily participation, employing PORTUGAL all three talents, in the Garry Moore DENMARK television show. Off-Broadway she has been seen in "Lend an Ear" and, HOLLAND like Ed Ames and other "Carnival- ITALY ites," in"The Fantasticks." In 1959 CHILl Miss Watson was. selected by Chore- HUNGARY ographer ·Jerome ' Robbins, from a JAPAN formidable group of aspirants, for the London company of "West Side ISRAEL Story." On her return to the States AND, NATURALLY, she was introduced to Broadway in "Bye Bye Birdie," and enchanted THE BEST WINES OF theatregoers with her pert deline- NEW YORK STATE AND ation of the ingenue. CALIFORNIA - all within reach JONATHAN LUCAS (Marco The Magnificent) at PARISIAN the Because he is one of the theatre's friendly Liquor Store foremost choreographer - directors, Texas-born Mr. Lucas has been in at 1517 Lake Avenue constant demand in that capacity. WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST Consequently he has declined per- TV moppet sensation, as well as forming offers during the past sev- numerous commercial and the eral years. Marco The Magnificent highly successful Sacramento Mu- is the first part he has played since sic Circus. His most recent movie, he won the Donaldson and Theatre awaiting release, is "The Two Little World Awards in 1954 for his tal- Bears." Mr. Lucas left the Steve ented impersonation of Paris in Allen Show in order to display his "The Golden Apple." Mr. Lucas' magic for "Carnival." credits are lengthy and imposing. Among the many musicals in which JO ANNE WORLEY he has acted, sung and danced are (The Incomparable Rosalie) "Billion Dollar Baby," "Around The When Miss Worley had gathered World in Eighty Days," "Firuan's up most of the available thespian Rainbow," "Small Wonder," "Touch honors in her native Lowell, Indi- and Go,'' "Of Thee I Sing" (the ana, and at Midwestern College 1952 revival), and "Say Darling." A (where she had been awarded a sampling of the television produc- dramatic scholarship) in Wichita tions he has staged and choreo- Falls, Texas, she set out to recon- graphed: the Paul Winchell, Milton noiter greener fields on the west Berle, , Imogene Coca, coast. There she continued her stu- Eddie Fisher, Jimmy Durante, Er- dies, by day, at the Pasadena Play- nie Kovacs and the Ames Broth- house and at Los Angeles City Col- ers shows, and eight major spec- lege, while at night she gained val- taculars. He also has directed uable footlight experience on the "The Mouseketeers," Walt Disney's stages of various little theatres in

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STAFF FOR DAVID MERRICK General Manager Casting Director Jack Schlissel ...... Michael Shurtleff STAFF FOR "CARNIVAL" Company Manager ...... Manny Davis General Press Representative ...... Ha rvey Sabinson Press Representative ...... H F d Production Stage Manager ...... Stage Manager ...... Pat Tolson Assistant Stage Managers ...... Otto Pirchner, Mark Holliday Production Associate ...... Robert Schear Assistant to Mr. Merrill ...... Herb Schutz Assistant to Mr. Armstrong ...... Lloyd Burlingame Assistant of Mr. Wittop ...... Mary McKinley Pianist ...... Woody Kessler Head Copyist ...... Tom Brown Staff Associates Betty Raynor, Virginia Snow, Paula L. Lewin, Sylvia Schwartz Production Carpenter ...... Ted Van Bemmel Master Carpenters ...... Harry Gerkin Jr., Joe Doucette, Jack Van Orden, Ra lph Bai ley Production Electrician ...... AI Alloy Master Electricians . . Tomm y Connell, Harold Foster, Walter McCall Production Sound Technician ...... Robert Maybaum Sound Technician ...... Fra nk Fournier Production Propertyman ...... Leo Herbert Master Propertymen ...... lou Meyers, Connie Cl ifford Production Wardrobe Mistress ...... Wilma Peyser Wardrobe Mistress ...... Dorothy Silvernail Music Contractor ...... Morris Stonzek

PRODUCTION MUSICAL PERSONNEL FOR "CARNIVAL" Concert Master . . . Ed Zygmunt Percussion ...... Morris Spector Accordion John Stemko Guitar-Mandoli n Frank Di Prima Trumpet Joe Lucas "Carnival" was originally based upon a story entitled "The Seven Sduls of Clement O'Reilly," by Paul Gallico.

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