Pump Boys and Dinettes

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Infobox Musical
name= Pump Boys and Dinettes
subtitle=


caption=
music=John Foley
Mark Hardwick
Debra Monk
Cass Morgan
John Schimmel
Jim Wann
lyrics=John Foley
Mark Hardwick
Debra Monk
Cass Morgan
John Schimmel
Jim Wann
book= John Foley
Mark Hardwick
Debra Monk
Cass Morgan
John Schimmel
Jim Wann
basis=
productions= 1981 Off Broadway
1982 Broadway
1984 West End
awards=

"Pump Boys and Dinettes" is a musical written by a performance group of the same name. The performance group, "Pump Boys and Dinettes" consists of John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann. Not only did the members of this group write the musical, they starred in the Broadway production and directed it as well.

The musical premiered on Broadway on February 4 1982 at the Princess Theatre and closed June 18 1983 after 573 performances. It had premiered at the Chelsea West Side Arts Theatre in 1981, moving to the Colonnades Theatre (Greenwich Village) in October 1981.

The show opened in London's West End at the Piccadilly and Albery Theatres on September 20, 1984 and closed September 3, 1985 and starred, amongst others, Paul Jones, Clodagh Rodgers, Joe Brown and Kiki Dee.

The musical tells the story of four males and two females who work at a gas station/ somewhere between Frog Level and Smyrna, North Carolina. The music is mostly from the country rock/pop music genres.

The original cast album was released by CBS Records in the US.

ongs

"Lyrics and music by Jim Wann (unless otherwise noted)";Act 1
*Highway 57 — Company
*Taking It Slow (Music and Lyrics By John Foley, Mark Hardwick and John Schimmel)— Pump Boys
*Serve Yourself — L. M.
*Menu Song (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan and Debra Monk)— Dinettes
*The Best Man — Prudie Cupp
*Fisherman's Prayer — Pump Boys
*Caution: Men Cooking (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan, Debra Monk and John Foley) — Pump Boys
*Mamaw — Jim
*Be Good or Be Gone — Rhetta Cupp
*Drinkin' Shoes(Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan, Debra Monk and Mark Hardwick) — Company;Act II
*Pump Boys — Pump Boys
*Mona — Jackson
*T.N.D.P.W.A.M. — L. M.
*Tips (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan and Debra Monk)— Dinettes
*Sister(Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan)— Dinettes
*Vacation — Company
*No Holds Barred (Music and Lyrics By Cass Morgan)— Company
*Farmer Tan — L. M. and Dinettes
*Highway 57 (Reprise) — Company
*Closing Time — Company

Awards and nominations

Tony Award
*Best Musical (nominee)
Drama Desk Award
*Outstanding Musical (nominee)
*Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Mark Hardwick) (nominee)
*Outstanding Lyrics (nominee)
*Outstanding Music (nominee)

External links

* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=2440 "Pump Boys and Dinettes"] at the Internet Off Broadway Database
*ibdb title|id=4161|title=Pump Boys and Dinettes
* [http://www.tonytee.nl/theatre/pumpboys/pumpstory.shtml History and background]
* [http://www.nodanw.com/shows_p/pump_boys_and_dinettes.htm synopsis at NODANW]
* [http://www.thisistheatre.com/shows/piccadilly109.html This is Theatre]


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