42ND STREET
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Durbin
Book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble
Based on the Novel by Bradford Ropes
Summer Theatre Production
Featuring performers who are incoming sophomores in high school with no age limit, and is by “AUDITION ONLY.” Not all who audition will be cast.
This show is Rated PG.
Performances
July 31 – August 8, 2026
Harris Center at Folsom Lake College
Director/
Choreographer: Debbie Wilson
Vocal Director: Jennifer Wittmayer
Choreographer: Kat Craig
Costume Designer: Karen McConnell
Producer: Zoi Jones
SHOW OVERVIEW
Come along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway! 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square and the magic of show biz with wit, humor and pizzazz. At the height of the Great Depression, aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer comes to the big city from Allentown PA, and soon lands her first big job in the ensemble of a glitzy new Broadway show. But just before opening night, the leading lady breaks her ankle. Will Peggy be able to step in and become a star? The score is chock-full of Broadway standards, including “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me,” “Dames,” “We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “Forty-Second Street.”
42ND STREET
is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
www.concordtheatricals.com
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Dorothy Brock – An established Broadway star
Peggy Sawyer – Young, talented and hopeful
Maggie Jones – Co-author of Pretty Lady
Ann Reilly “Anytime Annie” – Chorus girl, sub-principal of Pretty Lady
Julian Marsh – Broadway director/producer
Billy Lawlor – Juvenile lead of Pretty Lady
Bert Barry – Co-author of Pretty Lady
Phyllis Dale — chorus girl
Lorraine Flemming — chorus girl
Gladys — chorus girl; singer, non-speaking
Andy Lee — dance director
Pat Denning — former vaudeville partner of Dorothy’s
Abner Dillon — “angel” for Pretty Lady
Diane Lorimer — chorus girl
Ethel — chorus girl
Oscar — rehearsal pianist
Mac — stage manager
Frankie — stagehand
Young Man with Clipboard — stagehand
2 Thugs — employees of gangster Nick Murphy; one of them non-speaking
Doctor — Philadelphia theatre physician
Waiter — Gypsy Tea Kettle employee
Millie — dancer; non-speaking
Willard — theatre electrician; non-speaking
Robin — dancer; non-speaking
2 Policemen — dancers; non-speaking
Pickpocket/Thief — dancer; non-speaking
Young Soldier — dancer; non-speaking
Gangster — dancer; non-speaking
Conductor — the music director of the theatre pit orchestra; non-speaking
Various Kids’ Voices
Theatre Personnel
Singers and Dancers of the Chorus
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act I
1. Overture & Opening Act One – Orchestra & Dancers
2. “Young And Healthy” – Peggy & Billy
3. In Four: “Shadow Waltz” – Maggie
3a. In Three: “Shadow Waltz” – Dorothy
3b. Production: “Shadow Waltz” – Dorothy & Girls
3c. Reprise: “Shadow Waltz” – Dorothy
4. Scene Change: Go Into Your Dance – Orchestra
5. “Go Into Your Dance” – Maggie, Peggy, Annie, Phyllis, Lorraine & Andy
5a. Tag: Go Into Your Dance – Orchestra
6. “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me” – Dorothy
6a. Scene Change: You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me – Orchestra
6b. Incidental: You’re Getting to Be A Habit With Me – Orchestra
7. “Getting Out Of Town” – Maggie, Bert, Pat & Chorus
8. “Dames” – Billy & Chorus
9. Scene Change/Underscore: You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me & Young and Healthy – Orchestra
10. “I Know Now” – Dorothy, Billy & Chorus
11. Intro/Underscore: We’re In the Money – Orchestra
11a. “We’re In The Money” – Annie, Phyllis, Lorraine, Peggy, Billy & Chorus
11b. Playoff: We’re In The Money – Orchestra
12. Act One Finale: Forty-Second Street – Orchestra
12a. Act One Finale Continued: “Forty-Second Street” – Dorothy
Act II
13. Entr’acte – Orchestra
14. “There’s A Sunny Side To Ev’ry Situation” – Annie & Chorus
14a. Incidental/Scene Change: There’s A Sunny Side To Ev’ry Situation – Orchestra
14b. Underscore: There’s A Sunny Side To Every Situation – Orchestra
14c. Scene Change: There’s A Sunny Side To Every Situation – Orchestra
15. “Lullaby Of Broadway” – Julian, Billy, Andy, Bert, Annie, Phyllis, Lorraine, Gladys, Maggie, Abner & Chorus
15a. Playoff: Lullaby of Broadway – Orchestra
16. Montage – Orchestra
17. Playoff: Dames – Orchestra
18. Scene Change: About A Quarter To Nine – Orchestra
19. “About A Quarter To Nine” – Dorothy & Peggy
19a. Playoff: About A Quarter To Nine – Orchestra
20. Pretty lady – Scene Change: Dames – Orchestra
21. “Shuffle Off To Buffalo” – Bert, Maggie, Annie & Girls
22. “Forty-Second Street” – Peggy & Dancers
23. Finale Act Two: “Forty Second Street” – Julian
24. Bows – Full Company
25. Exit Music – Orchestra
