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STUDENT GUIDE to the THEATRE IRVING BERLIN’S TABLE of CONTENTS Holiday Inn GOODSPEED MUSICALS STUDENT GUIDE TO THE THEATRE IRVING BERLIN’S TABLE OF CONTENTS Holiday Inn IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN About the Show: The Characters...................................................................................................3 Goodspeed Opera House Sept 19 - Dec 7, 2014 About the Show: The Story.............................................................................................................4 _________ About the Show: The Writers.........................................................................................................6 Based on the film from UNIVERSAL PICTURES Behind the Scenes: Costume Design...........................................................................................7 Music and Lyrics by Behind the Scenes: Set Design.......................................................................................................8 IRVING BERLIN The Road to the Hollywood Musical...........................................................................................9 Book by Spotlight on Bing and Fred.............................................................................................................11 GORDON GREENBERG & Interesting Facts................................................................................................................................12 CHAD HODGE Resources......................................................................................................................13 Produced in association with Universal Stage Productions and Theatre Etiquette..............................................................................................................................14 by arrangement with The Irving Berlin Music Company Lighting Design by JEFF CROITER Costume Design by ALEJO VIETTI Scenic Design by ANNA LOUIZOS Choreographed by DENIS JONES The Max Showalter Center for Directed by Education in Musical Theatre GORDON GREENBERG Procuced for Student Guide for Holiday Inn was prepared by: Goodspeed Musicals by MICHAEL P. PRICE Joshua S. Ritter, M.F.A, Education & Library Director Kathryn Micari, Education & Library Assistant Katherine Griswold, Creative Content Manager Goodspeed’s Student Guide can be found on our website: www.goodspeed.org/guides Student Guide updated 09.08.14 2 IRVING BERLIN’S THE CHARACTERS Holiday Inn JIM HARDY: An idealistic singer-songwriter who dreams of leaving show business and living a normal life on a farm. Jim is one third of a musical act involving himself, his best friend, Ted Hanover, and his soon-to-be-fiancé, Lila Dixon. While Ted and Lila do “one last gig” in Chicago, Jim moves into his new farm house and meets the intriguing previous owner, Linda Mason. TED HANOVER: A charismatic dancer, ladies man, and aspiring actor who dreams of making it big in Hollywood. Ted lives for the musical act that he performs with his friends Jim Hardy and Lila Dixon. He convinces Jim to “lend” him Lila for one last gig at the Pump Room in Chicago. LILA DIXON: A beautiful bombshell who plans to dance her way to stardom, Lila is the longtime girlfriend and soon-to-be-fiancé of Jim Hardy and is not sure that his plan for a normal life is really for her. Lila jumps at the chance to perform at the Pump Room in Chicago but promises to meet Jim in Connecticut after the gig. DANNY: The energetic and sarcastic manager for the musical act of Hardy, Hanover, and Dixon. He encourages Ted and Lila to move ahead with a double act while Jim tries to set up a normal life. Danny will stop at nothing to make his clients stars. LINDA MASON: A school teacher who grew up in Midville, Connecticut. She is mourning the loss of her family farm to Jim Hardy and finds reasons to drop by on an almost daily basis. LOUISE: A small-town car mechanic and “fix-it woman.” She is down on her luck when she first meets Jim Hardy, but things quickly perk up when she is allowed to move into an empty room at the Mason Farm. Louise can fix anything, even broken hearts. CHARLIE: A precocious 10 year old boy and one of Linda Mason’s students. BRENDA, STELLA, BYRON, SAWYER, DAPHNE, STANLEY: Young New York performers Tally Sessions as Jim Hardy. Photo by Diane Sobolewski. 3 IRVING BERLIN’S THE STORY Holiday Inn ACT I they eventually bond over their love of the simple life. Despite his newfound friendship Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn opens in a with Linda, Jim wants Lila to be happy nightclub in Yonkers, New York where a with the farm so he eventually calls “fix it large dance number is unfolding onstage. woman” Louise to make some badly needed It is the final night of the Hanover, Hardy & repairs. Dixon act at the club and best friends Ted Hanover and Jim Hardy compete onstage Lila continuously postpones her arrival in for the attention of their beautiful partner, Connecticut and eventually calls off her Lila Dixon. Once engagement to Jim. Louise is determined to offstage, Jim goes to cheer Jim up and surprises him by inviting Lila’s dressing room his old show business friends to spend and announces that the holidays on the farm. Jim is inspired he has bought a by his friends’ visit and comes up with little farm out in the the idea to turn the farm into a jubilant country and wants Lila nightspot and hotel that is only open on to marry him. Before the holidays! All the visiting dancers agree Lila can respond to to help out and rush off to reserve rooms at the proposal, Ted and the “Holiday Inn.” Jim and Linda suddenly their manager, Danny, find themselves alone. Despite the short burst into the room. notice, Holiday Inn opens for business as Ted can barely contain planned on New Year’s Eve. The show is his excitement and going smoothly until Ted Hanover suddenly blurts out that the crashes through a window onto the stage. Pump Room in Ted is drunk but manages to drag Linda Ted (Noah Racey), Lila (Haley Podschun), Chicago has booked them for a six-week into a dance. It is obvious to everyone and Jim (Tally Sessions). Photo by Diane engagement. A bewildered Jim tries to watching the performance that, despite his Sobolewski. explain that he and Lila are getting married inebriated state, Ted and Linda are perfect and retiring from show business, but Ted dance partners. Ted gets caught up in the brushes this news off. Lila announces that moment and kisses Linda; Jim is furious she will go to Chicago with Ted while Jim with his friend and knocks him out. Linda goes to Connecticut to sign the ownership runs off-stage and the show ends as the papers for the farm. clock strikes midnight. Jim travels to ACT II Connecticut alone and busily unpacks Act II opens with a confused Ted waking up in his new home. in Louise’s bedroom. He has no memory of He is clumsily where he is, but tells Jim and Louise that trying to repair the Lila abandoned their act. As Ted relates the radiator when he events that brought him to the farm, he is interrupted by a suddenly remembers that he danced with a knock at the front perfect partner last night. Jim is not thrilled door. His visitor is a with Ted’s new obsession with this “mystery young woman who girl” and is relieved when his old friend quickly identifies leaves for New York. With Ted gone, Jim herself as Linda apologizes to Linda for making a scene and Mason. Linda’s family asks her out on a date. had been the previous Jim (Tally Sessions) and Linda (Patti Murin). owners of the farm and she would like to In NYC, Ted is rehearsing for his own Photo by Diane Sobolewski. pick up some things that she was forced to Valentine’s Day show but he is still in leave behind when the bank foreclosed on search of a partner. Danny cancels the the property. Jim gives Linda permission act and insists that Ted go back to the to slowly take things out of storage and Holiday Inn to find his mystery girl. Ted Continued 4 IRVING BERLIN’S THE STORY CONTINUED Holiday Inn heeds his manager’s advice and arrives at Holiday Inn just Ted and Linda about Holiday Inn. Jim is devastated that he as Jim is trying to confess his feelings for Linda in a song. has lost another fiancé to show business and breaks up with Ted interrupts the tender moment and asks Linda to dance Linda, telling her to go to Hollywood. Linda is heartbroken by with him to Jim’s new song. After a moment of hesitation Jim’s rejection and leaves Midville with Ted and Danny. Linda agrees to the dance and Ted realizes that she is his perfect partner. He is elated to have finally found his New Without Linda, Jim gives up on the idea of running a holiday- Year’s Eve “mystery girl” and begins making plans to stay at themed hotel and sulks. Louise cannot stand Jim’s self pitying the Holiday Inn and debut his new act with Linda on George behavior and gives him a plane ticket to Hollywood to bring Washington’s birthday. Jim is less than pleased by his friend’s Linda home. Jim flies to Hollywood and walks onto the interest in Linda but agrees to tweak the upcoming show to Holiday Inn movie set. Linda is filming a scene with Ted but include Ted. cannot get through the words without crying. Jim begins to sing along with her and she flies into his arms. The reunited Ted tries to persuade Linda to take their act on the couple goes home to Connecticut and gets married with Ted road, but Jim confesses his love for Linda and asks her acting as Jim’s Best Man. to marry him. Linda accepts Jim’s proposal, but Ted is determined to get his new partner to Hollywood and secretly arranges to have Hollywood producers in the audience for the big Fourth of July performance. Louise overhears Danny and Ted plotting and decides to intervene by tracking down Lila Dixon and having her take Linda’s place. The Fourth of July show at Holiday Inn is ready to start and Danny has made sure that the Hollywood producers are in the audience. While everyone else is getting ready, Louise tricks Linda into following her and locks her in the barn.
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