This musical was based on Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo, with a book by Laurents and music by Richard Rodgers. Leona Samish is an American spinster visiting in Venice who falls in love with a married man, Renato Di Rossi.

Includes the songs "We're Gonna Be All Right" and "Do I Hear a Waltz?"

Show Data

• Original Broadway Production Info
• Original Broadway Cast
• Musical Numbers
• Cut Songs

• Recordings
• Awards
• Production Rights

Original Broadway Production Info:

Opened	March 18, 1965
Closed	September 25, 1965
Ran	220 Performances
Theatre	46th Street Theatre
Music	Richard Rodgers
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim
Book	Arthur Laurents
Producer	Richard Rodgers
Director	John Dexter
Sets Designer	Beni Montresor
Costumes Designer	Beni Montresor
Lighting Designer	Jules Fisher
Choreography	Herbert Ross
	Wakefield Poole
Musical Direction	Frederick Dvonch
Orchestrations	Ralph Burns

Musical Numbers:

1. Overture
2. Someone Woke Up
3. This Week Americans
4. What Do We Do? We Fly!
5. Someone Like You
6. Bargaining
7. Here We Are Again
8. Thinking
9. No Understand
10. Take the Moment
11. Moon in My Window
12. We're Gonna Be All Right
13. Do I Hear a Waltz?
14. Stay
15. Perfectly Lovely Couple
16. Thank You So Much
17. Finale

Original Broadway Cast:

Leona Samish	Elizabeth Allen
Mauro	Christopher Votos
Signora Fioria	Carol Bruce
Eddie Yaeger	Stuart Damon
Jennifer Yaeger	Julienne Marie
Mrs. McIlhenny	Madeleine Sherwood
Mr. McIlhenny	Jack Manning
Giovanna	Fleury D'Antonakis
Vito	James Dybas
Renato Di Rossi	Sergio Franchi
Man on Bridge	Michael Lamont
Mrs. Victoria Haslam	Helon Blount
Singers	Darrel Askey
	Sydnee Balaber
	Bill Berrian
	Helon Blount
	Rudy Challenger
	Pat Kelly
	Liz Lamkin
	Michael Lamont
	James Luisi
	Jack Murray
	Carl Nicholas
	Candida Pilla
	Casper Roos
	Bernice Saunders
	Liza Stuart
Dancers	Jere Admire
	Bob Bishop
	Wayne De Rammelaere
	Steve Jacobs
	Sandy Leeds
	Joe Nelson
	Janice Peta
	Walter Stratton
	Nancy Van Rijn
	Mary Zahn

Recordings:

1. Original Broadway Cast, 1965
   (Sony, SK 48206)

Awards:

1965 Tony Awards - 3 nominations, 0 wins

Secondary performance rights handled by Rodgers and Hammerstein Theater Library

“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.

Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees

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