Take Me Along

Take Me Along

Infobox Musical
name= Take Me Along
subtitle=


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music= Bob Merrill
lyrics= Bob Merrill
book= Joseph Stein
Robert Russell
basis= Eugene O'Neill's play
"Ah, Wilderness"
productions= 1959 Broadway
1985 Broadway revival
awards=

"Take Me Along" is a musical based on the Eugene O'Neill play "Ah, Wilderness", with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell. It was directed by Peter Glenville and produced by David Merrick. It opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on October 22, 1959 and closed on December 17, 1960 after 448 performances.

A 1985 revival closed after seven previews and one performance.

Original Broadway 1959 cast

*"Nat Miller" - Walter Pidgeon
*"Sid Davis" - Jackie Gleason
*"Essie Miller" - Una Merkel
*"Lily" - Eileen Herlie
*"Art Miller" James Cresson
*"Richard Miller" - Robert Morse
*"Mildred Miller" - Zeme North
*"Tommy Miller" - Luke Halpin
*"David Macomber" - Fred Miller
*"Muriel Macomber" - Susan Luckey
*"Wint" - Peter Conlow
*"Belle" - Arlene Golonka
*"Bartender" - Jack Collins
*"Salesman" - Bill McDonald

ongs

;Act I
* The Parade - Nat Miller and Townspeople
* Oh, Please - Nat Miller, Essie Miller, Lily Miller and Family
* I Would Die - Muriel Macomber and Richard Miller
* Sid, Ol' Kid - Sid Davis and Townspeople
* Staying Young - Nat Miller
* I Get Embarrassed - Sid Davis and Lily Miller
* We're Home - Lily Miller
* Take Me Along - Sid Davis and Nat Miller
* For Sweet Charity - Sid Davis, Nat Miller, Lady Entertainers and Townspeople
* Pleasant Beach House - Wint
* That's How It Starts - Richard Miller;Act II
* The Beardsley Ballet - Richard Miller, Muriel Macomber, The Beardsley Dwarf, Salome and Ensemble
* Oh, Please (Reprise) - Nat Miller and Essie Miller
* Promise Me a Rose - Lily Miller and Sid Davis
* Staying Young (Reprise) - Nat Miller
* Little Green Snake - Sid Davis
* Nine O'Clock - Richard Miller
* But Yours - Sid Davis and Lily Miller
* Take Me Along (Reprise) - Lily Miller, Sid Davis and Townspeople

Awards and nominations

Tony Award
*Best Musical (Book by Joseph Stein, Robert Russell; Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Produced by David Merrick) (nominee)
*Best Actor in a Musical :Jackie Gleason (winner) :Robert Morse (nominee) :Walter Pidgeon (nominee)
*Best Actress in a Musical - Eileen Herlie (nominee)
*Best Costume Design - Miles White (nominee)
*Best Choreography - Onna White (nominee)
*Best Direction of a Musical - Peter Glenville (nominee)
*Best Conductor and Musical Director - Lehman Engel (nominee)
*Best Stage Technician - Al Alloy (nominee)

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