So the best thing that we'll do for the people is adjourn tonight at midnight." "No man's life, liberty or property is safe when the Texas legislature's in session. "It's been a good session because we haven't passed a lot of bad bills," Washington said, allowing as how holding damage to the minimum constitutes victory in Austin.
Plot summary & character descriptions from StageAgent.Craig Washington, a black member of the Texas House from Houston, summed up the Texas state legislature's most recent session with a sardonic bit of hyperbole that isn't far off the mark:.Licensing Information from Samuel French, Inc.Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Internet Broadway Database.Vocal selections from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. "Actors' Fund's 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Benefit Concert Presented Oct. "Nothin' Dirty: Ann-Margret Opens 'Whorehouse' Feb. ^ "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982 Listing".^ "Introduction: A Hundred Years of London Musicals".^ "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas".^ "Internet Broadway Database: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas-1979 US Tour Schedule".Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: New cast recording.The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: original cast.Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical "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.Īwards and nominations Original Broadway production Yearīest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musicalīest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical "Good Old Girl" – Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and the Aggies."No Lies" – Mona Stangley, Jewel and the Girls."The Sidestep" – The Governor of Texas & Company."The Bus from Amarillo" – Mona Stangley."Angelette March" – Angelette Imogene Charlene and the Angelettes."Texas Has a Whorehouse in It" (Reprise) – Melvin P."Watch Dog Theme" (Reprise) – The Dogettes."Twenty Four Hours of Lovin'" – Jewel and the Girls.Thorpe, the Thorpe Singers and the Dogettes "Texas Has a Whorehouse in It" – Melvin P."Girl, You're a Woman" – Mona Stangley, Shy, Jewel and the Girls."A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place" – Mona Stangley and the Girls."Prologue" – The Rio Grande Band Leader and the Rio Grande Band.The cast included Terrence Mann (as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd), Emily Skinner, and Jennifer Hudson.
Ī benefit concert took place on October 16, 2006, to benefit the Actor's Fund. National Tour starring Ann-Margret opened on February 14, 2001. "The Aggie Song" was performed on the Tony Awards broadcast, but was heavily censored because of the nature of the lyrics and choreography.Ī U.S. Ī short-lived sequel entitled The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public was staged on Broadway in 1994. The cast featured Carlin Glynn and Delores Hall. 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. It included Sally Ann Triplett and Robert Meadmore and ran for 204 performances. Produced by Bernard Delfont, it again starred Carlin Glynn and Henderson Forsythe, with Miquel Brown as Jewel and Betsy Brantley as Angel. The West End production opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on February 26, 1981. 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. The Sydney production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on 13 September 1980. National Tour, September 1979 through February 1981, with stops in major cities from Boston to Los Angeles. Alexis Smith starred as Miss Mona in the first U.S. Glynn was replaced by Fannie Flagg and Anita Morris later in the run. The opening cast included Carlin Glynn, Henderson Forsythe, Jay Garner, Joan Ellis, Delores Hall, and Pamela Blair. The production was directed by Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune and choreographed by Tune and Thommie Walsh. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on June 19, 1978, and ran for 1,584 performances. 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.
When crusading television reporter Melvin P. While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner. 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.