The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Script
Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Script

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Music	Carol Hall
Lyrics	Carol Hall
Book	Larry L. King Peter Masterson
Basis	Story by Larry L. King
Productions	1978 Broadway 1980 U.S. Tour 1980 Sydney 1981 West End 1982 Broadway 1982 Film 2001 U.S. Tour 2011 London Fringe Revival

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall. It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas.

Synopsis[edit]

It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas (subbing for real locale La Grange) for more than a century. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner. While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd. When crusading televisionreporter Melvin P. Thorpe (based on real-life Houston news personality Marvin Zindler) decides to make the illegal activity an issue, political ramifications cause the place to be closed down.

Production history[edit]

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on June 19, 1978, and ran for 1,584 performances. The production was directed by Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune and choreographed by Tune and Thommie Walsh. The opening cast included Carlin Glynn, Henderson Forsythe, Jay Garner, Joan Ellis, Delores Hall, and Pamela Blair. Glynn was replaced by Fannie Flagg and Anita Morris later in the run. Alexis Smith starred as Miss Mona in the first U.S. National Tour, September 1979 through February 1981,^[1] with stops in major cities from Boston to Los Angeles.

The Sydney production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on 13 September 1980. Produced by J. C. Williamson Ltd, it starred Lorraine Bayly as Miss Mona and Alfred Sandor as Sherriff Ed Earl Dodd, with Mona Richardson as Jewel, Judi Connelli as Doatsy Mae and Peter Whitford as the Governor.^[2]

The West End production opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on February 26, 1981. Produced by Bernard Delfont, it again starred Carlin Glynn and Henderson Forsythe, with Miquel Brown as Jewel and Betsy Brantley as Angel. It included Sally Ann Triplett and Robert Meadmore and ran for 204 performances.^[3]

In what was described as 'a return engagement', the show opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on May 31, 1982, and closed on July 24, 1982, after nine previews and 63 performances. The cast featured Carlin Glynn and Delores Hall.^[4]

A short-lived sequel entitled The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public was staged on Broadway in 1994.

'The Aggie Song' was performed on the Tony Awards broadcast, but was heavily censored because of the nature of the lyrics and choreography.

A U.S. National Tour starring Ann-Margret opened on February 14, 2001.^[5]

A benefit concert took place on October 16, 2006, to benefit the Actor's Fund. The concert was directed by Mark S. Hoebee and choreographed by Denis Jones. The cast included Terrence Mann (as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd), Emily Skinner, and Jennifer Hudson.^[6]

Song list[edit]

Act I

'Prologue' – The Rio Grande Band Leader and the Rio Grande Band
'20 Fans' – Company
'A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place' – Mona Stangley and the Girls
'Girl, You're a Woman' – Mona Stangley, Shy, Jewel and the Girls
'Watch Dog Theme' – The Dogettes
'Texas Has a Whorehouse in It' – Melvin P. Thorpe, the Thorpe Singers and the Dogettes
'Twenty Four Hours of Lovin' – Jewel and the Girls
'Watch Dog Theme' (Reprise) – The Dogettes
'Texas Has a Whorehouse in It' (Reprise) – Melvin P. Thorpe and the Dogettes
'Doatsy Mae' – Doatsy Mae
'Angelette March' – Angelette Imogene Charlene and the Angelettes
'The Aggie Song' – The Aggies
'The Bus from Amarillo' – Mona Stangley

Act II

'The Sidestep' – The Governor of Texas & Company
'No Lies' – Mona Stangley, Jewel and the Girls
'Good Old Girl' – Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and the Aggies
'Hard Candy Christmas' – The Girls
'Finale' – Company

'The Bus from Amarillo' was moved to the final scene, sometime late in the run of the original production and has generally played that way ever since.

Awards and nominations[edit]

Original Broadway production[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1979	Tony Award	Best Musical		Nominated
		Best Book of a Musical	Larry L. King and Peter Masterson	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Henderson Forsythe	Won
		Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Carlin Glynn	Won
		Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Joan Ellis	Nominated
		Best Direction of a Musical	Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune	Nominated
		Best Choreography	Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Musical		Nominated
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Henderson Forsythe	Nominated
		Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Carlin Glynn	Nominated
		Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Pamela Blair	Nominated
		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune	Won
		Outstanding Choreography	Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh	Nominated
		Outstanding Lyrics	Carol Hall	Won
		Outstanding Music	Carol Hall	Won
	Theatre World Award		Carlin Glynn	Won

Discography[edit]

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: original cast. Audio CD. MCA, 1997. MCAD-11683; MCA-3049.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: New cast recording. Audio CD. Fynsworth Alley/Varèse Sarabande, 2001. 302 062 117 2.

References[edit]

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Script

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