
Cast Size: Small (1-10) • Medium (5-21). Vocal Demands: Easy • Moderate. Dance Requirements: Some Dancing Required • Minimal. Good For: Elementary School • High School • College/University • Amateur/Community • Professional Theatre • Religious Organization.
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Fan Info:
— Jonas Schwartz — Jonas Schwartz, Theatermania, January 01, 2003
Vocal Range of Characters:
Written By: Ray Heatherton
What else do I remember about BABES IN ARMS? Coming fresh from radio where I had been singing with some modest success to audition for the new Rodgers and Hart musical; walking through the stage door in Shubert Alley, backstage of the Shubert Theatre; presenting myself to the stage manager and waiting for my cue to go out on the big, bare stage; looking out on a sea of blackness, where we all know the monsters who devour poor performers like me dwell. The stage manager announced my name and I stepped out of the wings, hat in had (my security blanket) and sang a ballad -- I don't remember which one. Then a voice from the back asked if I had a rhythm number. I responded with an old Rodgers and Hart tune, 'I've Got Five Dollars' from one of their earlier shows.
When I finished my songs a voice said, 'Thank you very much' and I walked off -- not knowing whether they liked me or despised me. As I got to the wings, little Larry Hart, who had run from the audience up the side aisle to backstage, grabbed me by the arm and with great enthusiasm said, 'You're the one we want, now don't ask for too much money, you're great!' -- the most beautiful words I ever heard!"
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STANDARD
- BABES IN ARMS (GUARE) - Orchestration - (18 Books/20 Players)
- 1 – Piano I
- 1 – Piano-Conductor
- 1 – Piano II
- 1 – Reed I (Flute and Piccolo)
- 1 – Reed II (Oboe and English Horn)
- 1 – Reed III (Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet)
- 1 – Reed IV (Alto Sax and Clarinet)
- 1 – Reed V (Tenor Sax and Clarinet)
- 1 – Reed VI (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassett Horn [Opt.])
- 1 – Trumpet I
- 1 – Trumpet II
- 1 – Trumpet III
- 1 – Trombone
- 1 – Drums/Percussion (1 Player - see "Materials Notes", under "Production Information")
- 1 – Violin I (Divisi)
- 1 – Violin II (Divisi)
- 1 – Cello (Divisi)
- 1 – Bass
- BABES IN ARMS (GUARE) - Pre-Production Pack - (2 Books)
- 1 – Piano-Conductor
- 1 – Libretto-Vocal
- BABES IN ARMS (GUARE) - Rehearsal Set - (22 Books)
- 20 – Libretto-Vocal
- 1 – Logo CD
- 2 – Piano-Conductor
- Digital Logo
ADDITIONAL
- BABES IN ARMS (GUARE) - Libretto-Vocal 10-Pack - (10 Books)
- 10 – Libretto-Vocal
3 Girls
5 Boys
1 Man
FEATURED
2 Women
3 Boys
3 Men
ENSEMBLE
Singing-dancing ensemble as desired.
CHARACTERS
Val LaMar - our hero
Billie Smith - our heroine
Marshall Blackstone - Val's best friend
Dolores Reynolds - the Sheriff's daughter
Gus Fielding - a forceful friend of the Sheriff's daughter
Baby Rose - a former Hollywood child star
Irving de Quincy - half of an Afro-American dance team
Ivor de Quincy - his little brother, the other half of the dance team
Peter - who believes in Communism
Lee Calhoun - the son of a rich Southern Colonel
Beauregard Calhoun - his little brother
The Gang - Boys and Girls of the Ensemble
Dan LaMar - Val's dad, a vaudevillian
Maizie LaMar - Val's mom, a vaudevillian
Nat Blackstone - Marshall's dad, a vaudevillian
Emma Blackstone - Marshall's mom, a vaudevillian
Sheriff Reynolds - Dolores' father
Rene Flambeau - a French aviator
Phil McCabe - a radio announcer
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
The LaMars' House in Seaport, Long Island
The Oscar W. Hemmingway Post of the American Legion
The Clubhouse
The Living Room of the Calhoun mansion
The Old Red Barn
A Barn on the Work Farm
The LaMar's Field