Orchestra

Violin
   Joli Einem
   Nancy Henderson
   Shirley Marcus
   Heather Porter
   Mike Ramos
   Jay Silverman
   Roger Soffer
   Kanae Togi

Cello
   Adrienne Grossman
   David Low
   Heidi Schneiderman
   Julie Sivlerstein
   Young Sun song

Bass
   Mark Kamradt

Flute
   Dave J. Reider
   Yvonne Yoder

Clarinet
   Ricky Hoyt
   David Schorr

Trumpet
   Paul McGhee
   Erik Rose
   Paul Witt

Trombone
   Mark Geiger
   Paul Natzke
   Dale Yuzuki

Piano
   Joan Colman

Harp
   Kathleen Moon

Percussion
   Vanessa Brown
   Pablo Heiman
   Grace Lin

The UCLA Department of Music and the Committee on Fine Arts Productions present

UCLA's Musical Theater Workshop
John Hall, Director

in Rodgers and Hart's

The Boys from Syracuse

A Musical Romp through Shakespeare

Fridays & Saturdays
November 13, 14, 20 & 21
at 8pm

Sunday Matinee
November 15 at 2:30pm

Schoenberg Hall

The Boys from Syracuse
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Book by George Abbott
based on "The Comedy of Errors"
by William Shakespeare

First performance November 23, 1938 at the Alvin Theater, New York.

It was on a train to Atlantic City early in 1938 that Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart realized that no one had used Shakespeare as a basis for a musical comedy. In less than a year the talents of George Abbott and George Balanchine were joined in adapting the Bard of Avon for Broadway. In November "The Boys from Syracuse" opened and was the fifth Rodgers and Hart hit musical in as many years.

Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" (which was loosely based on Plautus and Menander), the show uses the mistaken identities of two sets of twins as the framework for a fast moving romp.

Antipholus of Syracuse with his servant Dromio land in Ephesus in search of their lost twin brothers. The citizens of Ephesus are hostile to anyone from Syracuse so they attempt to disguise themselves. Their disguises work so well that they are constantly mistaken for one of Ephesus' leading citizens, a philandering fellow also named Antipholus who also has a man-servant named Dromio. You guessed it, the search for the lost brothers is resolved but not without several complications and several wonderful Rodgers and Hart songs.

- John Hall

The action takes place in Ancient Greece

Overture

ACT I

Forward: The Masks
   "I had twins"
      Sergeant, Duke, Aegeon, Chorus

Scene 1: A Square in Ephesus
   "Dear Old Syracuse"
      Antipholus of Syracuse

   "What can you do with a man?"
      Luce, Dromio of Ephesus

Scene 2: House of Antipholus of Ephesus
   "Falling in love with love"
      Adriana, Luciana, Maids

Scene 3: A Square in Ephesus
   "The Shortest day of the year"
      Antipholus of Ephesus

Scene 4: House of Antipholus of Ephesus
   "The Shortest day of the year"
      Adriana

"This can't be love"
   Antipholus of Syracuse, Luciana

Scene 5:
   The house later that evening

Scene 6:
   The House of the Courtesans
      Ballet "Ladies Choice"
   1-Fatima
   2-Pygmalion & Galatea
   3-Amazons

Entr' acte

ACT II

Foreward: Ephesus at dawn
   "Ladies of the Evening in the Morning"
      Ensemble

Scene 1: House of Antipholus of Ephesus
   "He and She"
      Luce, Dromio of Ephesus

   "You have cast your shadow on the sea"
      Antipholus of Syracuse, Luciana

Scene 2: The Square in Ephesus
   "Come with me"
      Sergeant, Angelo, Antipholus of Ephesus, Ensemble

   "Big Brother"
      Dromios of Ephesus

   Ballet "Twins Dance"
      Dromios of Ephesus and Syracuse

Scene 3: House of Antipholus of Ephesus
   "Sing for your Supper"
      Luce, Adriana, Luciana

Scene 4: The Square in Ephesus
   "Oh Diogenes!"
      Courtesan, Ensemble

Scene 5: In front of the Temple
   "This can't be love"
      Ensemble

Produced and Directed
   John Hall

Choreography
   Stuart Carey

Costumes
   Dana Grilikhes
   Valerie Thurber

Scenery & Lighting
   Archie Sharp

Musical Direction
   Lucas Richman

Production Manager
   Mike Heafey

Auditorium Manager
   Barbara Burnett

Carpenter
   Bob Goss

Electrician
   Steve Mitchell

Properties
   Robert Deman

Wardrobe Supervisor
   Edythe Johnson

Hair Stylists
   Keith Amidan
   Yvette Edelist

Musical Preparation
   Joan Colman

Photographer
   Virginia Eubanks

Publicity
   Carol Vane
   Darlene Eastman

UCLA Musical Theater Workshop

Director
   John Hall

Musical Coaching
   Joan Colman
   Lucas Richman

Body Movement & Dance
   Stuart Carey

Thanks to Bullocks Westwood Beauty Salon, Peter Horton, Manager; to John Moss of Los Angeles Guild Opera; Jim Oakerson of the Shrine Auditorium; UCLA Theater Arts Department; Grant Swanlund and Thomas Harmon for their kind assistance in this production.

The Boys from Syracuse is produced in agreement with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Library, New York, N.Y.