A Stoop On Orchard Street

A Stoop on Orchard Street was an "Off-Broadway", with Jay Kholos as the writer for the music, lyrics, and book; Lon Gary as the director, and arranged and orchestrated by Tom Berger and Jeffrey Campos.

The musical ran successfully at The Mazer Theatre on the Lower East Side of New York City for a year and a half. The first Preview was on July 8, 2003 with an opening night on August 7, 2003 and closed on November 14, 2004. The Off-Broadway production had a total income of $350,000 — an impressive figure for a little non-Equity musical housed in a 172-seat theater on the Lower East Side. "Stoop" also had a successful US/Canada National Tour and a short sit-down in Los Angeles, CA.

Synopsis

A Stoop on Orchard Street is a nostalgic look back at the year 1910. Your grandparents and great grandparents come vividly to life in this heartwarming musical production. Share the trials and triumphs of the Lomansky Family as they bid farewell to Eastern Europe - and begin a new American life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Setting

The colorful and often trying world that was the Lower East Side around 1910.

Cast

Opening Night:
Lon Gary (The Old Man), Joel Halstead (The Cop/Guard), Joseph Spiotta (Benny Lomansky), Stuart Marshall (Shlomo), Scott Stevens (Sam), David Mendell (Hiram Lomansky), Eleni Delopoulos (Ruth Lomansky), Deborah Grausman (Seama Lomansky), John Kirkwood (Simon), Anne Tonelson (The Bubbie), Stephanie Wilberding (Mrs. Lipschitz), Lili Corn (Immigrant Woman), Sarah Matteucci (Sarah), Edward Anthony (Sid Lipschitz), Kristian Hunter Lazzaro (Kovasky), Valerie David (The Volunteer), Marla Weiner (Ensemble), Jeremy Chase (Ensemble), Matthew La Clair (Benny Lomansky, alt.), Antonia Garza Szilagi (Ensemble), Jonathan Schneidman (Benny Lomansky, alt.), Sharon Taylor (Ensemble)

Closing Night:
I.W. Firestone (The Old Man), Daniel J. Fischer (The Cop/Guard), Jake Shatsky (Benny Lomansky), Stuart Marshall (Shlomo), Guy Olivieri (Sam), David Mendell (Hiram Lomansky), Sarah Matteucci (Ruth Lomansky), Kelly Anne Zimmardi (Seama Lomansky), Craig Sculli (Simon), Carolyn Seiff (The Bubbie), Katherine Herrington (Mrs. Lipschitz), Erin Wegner Brooks (Immigrant Woman), Elizabeth Sackett (Sarah), David Shiller (Sid Lipschitz), Lela Frechette (The Volunteer)

Summary

-Act One-
Overture - Orchestra

"Scene 1 - Lower East Sidem Orchard Street 1910"
Melting Pot - Company
Why Don't They Go Back - The Cop and Company
I Remember When (I Was Ten) - The Old Man
At the Palace - Benny and Company
The Grass Ain't Always Greener - Sam, Hiram and Men

"Scene 2 - Lomansky Apartment, 97 Orchard Street"
More to Me - Hiram and Ruth
Here's to Our Children - Ruth and The Bubbie

"Scene 3 - Orchard Street"
I Remember When (No TV) - The Old Man
The Stoop - Women
Sarah - Simon and Sarah
Human Kindness - Ruth
I Remember When (Hot Summer Nights - The Old Man
The Stoop - Men
Lipschitz - Lipschitz, Kovasky, Shlomo and Men
Benny's Ditty - Benny
Gold Beneath My Feet - Sam, Shlomo, Benny and Hiram

-Act Two-
"Scene 1 - Orchard Street, Ten Months Later"
I Remember When (Stoopball) - The Old Man

"Scene 2 - Lomansky Apartment"
Man of the Family - Benny

"Scene 3 - Orchard Street"
Bubbie Song - The Bubbies and Bubbies

"Scene 4 - Ellis Island Processing Center/Infirmary"
In the Hands of Strangers - Sarah and Sick Immigrants

"Scene 5 - Lomansky Apartment"
Another Man's Wife/Another Dreamer - Sam and Ruth

"Scene 6 - Orchard Street"

"Scene 7 - Lomansky Apartment"
Best Day of My Life - Seama
Man of the Family (Reprise) - Benny

"Scene 8 - Manhattan Boat Dock"

"Scene 9 - Orchard Street"
I Remember When (Lives Improved) - The Old Man
Across the Brooklyn Bridge - Company
Americans/Finale - Company

External links

* [http://www.astooponorchardstreet.com]
* [http://www.stoopnycmazer.tripod.com]