Big Deal (musical)

Infobox Musical
name = Big Deal
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music = various
lyrics = various
book = Bob Fosse
basis = "Big Deal on Madonna Street" film
productions = 1986 Broadway
awards =

"Big Deal" is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as Ray Henderson, Eubie Blake, and Jerome Kern. It was based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by Mario Monicelli. The musical received five Tony Award nominations, with Fosse winning for Choreography.

"Big Deal" opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 10, 1986 and closed on June 8, 1986 after 69 performances and 6 previews. Directed and choreographed by Fosse, with Christopher Chadman as assistant choreographer, the musical featured Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Wayne Cilento, Cady Huffman, Valarie Pettiford, and Stephanie Pope.

ongs

;Act 1
*Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries – Lilly (Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson)
*For No Good Reason At All – Narrators (Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young)
*Charley My Boy – Charley (Music and Lyrics By Ted Fiorito and Gus Kahn)
*I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' – Kokomo, Charley, Judge and Narrators(Music and Lyrics By Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed)
*Ain't We Got Fun – Prisoners (Lyrics By Gus Kahn and Raymond Egan)(Music By Richard Whiting)
*For No Good Reason At All (Reprise) – Narrators and Dancers (Music and Lyrics By Samuel M. Lewis, Abel Baer and Joseph Young)
*Chicago – Narrators (Music and Lyrics By Fred Fisher)
*Pick Yourself Up – Charley, Willie, Slick, Sunnyboy and Otis(Lyrics By Dorothy Fields, Music By Jerome Kern)
*I'm Just Wild About Harry – Lilly (Music and Lyrics By Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle)
*Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar – Bandleader, Band and Dancers (Music and Lyrics By Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanor Sheehy)
*The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round – Bandleader and Band (Music and Lyrics By Edward Farley, Red Hodgson and Michael Riley)
*Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) – Lilly (Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson);Act II
*Now's the Time to Fall in Love – Narrators and Dancers (Music and Lyrics By Al Sherman and Al Lewis)
*Ain't She Sweet – Sunnyboy, Phoebe, Narrators and Dancers (Lyrics By Jack Yellen, Music By Milton Ager)
*Everybody Loves My Baby – Willie and Narrators (Music and Lyrics By Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams)
*Me and My Shadow – Dancin' Dan and Shadows (Lyrics By Billy Rose, Music By Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer)
*Love Is Just Around the Corner – Narrators (Lyrics By Leo Robin, Music By Lewis E. Gensler))
*Just a Gigolo – Bandleader and Charley(Julius Brammer and English Lyrics by Irving Caesar)(Music By Lionello Casucci)
*Who's Your Little Who-zis? – Bandleader and Band Singer (Lyrics By Walter Hirsch, Music By Hal Goering and Ben Bernie)
*Yes Sir, That's My Baby – Charley (Lyrics By Gus Kahn, Music By Walter Donaldson)
*Button Up Your Overcoat – Lilly (Music and Lyrics By Ray Henderson, Lew Brown and Bud G. DeSylva)
*Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me – Willie and Little Willie(Music and Lyrics By Fred Fisher)
*Hold Tight, Hold Tight – Otis and Ladies (Music and Lyrics By Leonard Ware, Willie Spottswood, Edward Robinson, Ben Smith and Sidney Bechet)
*Happy Days Are Here Again – Slick, Phoebe, Sunnyboy and Company (Lyrics By Jack Yellen, Music By Milton Ager)
*I'm Sitting On Top of the World – Charley and Company (Music and Lyrics By Ray Henderson, Joseph Young and Samuel M. Lewis)
*Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise)– Lilly (Music and Lyrics By Lew Brown and Ray Henderson)

Awards and nominations

;Tony Award
*Best Musical — Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Roger Berlind, Jerome Minskoff; Produced in association with Jonathan Farkas (nominee)
*Best Book of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee)
*Best Actor in a Musical — Cleavant Derricks (nominee)
*Best Choreography — Bob Fosse (winner)
*Best Direction of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee) ;Drama Desk Award
*Outstanding Musical — Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Roger Berlind, Jerome Minskoff; Produced in association with Jonathan Farkas (nominee)
*Outstanding Actor in a Musical — Cleavant Derricks (nominee)
*Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical — Desiree Coleman (nominee)
*Outstanding Choreography — Bob Fosse (winner)
*Outstanding Director of a Musical — Bob Fosse (nominee)

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4406 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9A0DE1DE1E3DF932A25757C0A960948260&oref=slogin "New York Times" review, April 11, 1986]