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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - November 1989 - York House TwickenhamOverview, reviews, images and cast lists...

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - November 1989

Overview

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical, based on a story by Larry L. King.

Drawing from the true-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, the original play addresses the issue of private behavior in conflict with public law.

The real events adapted for the musical involved a zealous reporter (Marvin Zindler), whose coverage led to the closing of the Chicken Ranch.

The stage musical, co-directed by Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune and co-choreographed by Tune and Thommie Walsh, opened on Broadway in 1978, with songs by Carol Hall; the original cast starred Carlin Glynn and Henderson Forsythe.

Released in 1982, the movie version - which starred Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, Jim Nabors, Charles Durning, and Dom DeLuise - retained some of Hall's songs and also added two others by Parton herself, most notably a two-stanza version of the immensely popular number "I Will Always Love You".

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Past Shows from BROS...

2011 - Dick Whittington

2011 - When Midnight Strikes

2011 - Guys and Dolls

2010 - Crazy for you

2010 - What you will

2009 - Cinderella

2009 - I love you, you're perfect, now change

2008 - BROS Centenary Gala

2008 - Mr Cinders

2008 - Flora The Red Menace

2008 - Thoroughly Modern Millie

2007 - I'm on a See-Saw

2007 - Man of La Mancha

2006 - Oh, Kay!

2005 - Hot Mikado

2005 - Kiss Me Kate

2004 - Stepping Out

2004 - Singin' in the Rain

2003 - Closer Than Ever

2003 - Calamity Jane

2002 - Sweet Charity

2002 - Daisy Pulls It Off

2002 - Little Shop of Horrors

2002 - Hello, Dolly!

2001 - Half A Sixpence

2001 - In The Mood

2000 - Divorce Me Darling

2000 - The Pirates Of Penzance

1999 - A Slice Of Saturday Night

1999 - Tomfoolery

1999 - Ruthless

1999 - Fiddler On The Roof

1998 - Anything Goes

1998 - Dames At Sea

1998 - Tarantara! Tarantara!

1997 - Under Milk Wood

1997 - Me And My Girl

1996 - The Boy Friend

1996 - My Fair Lady

1995 - Kiss Me Kate

1994 - A Little Night Music

1994 - Guys and Dolls

1993 - Through The Years

1993 - Mr Cinders

1992 - The Boy Friend

1992 - A Chorus Of Disapproval

1991 - Annie Get Your Gun

1991 - Masquerade

1991 - Mr Cinders

1991 - Pal Joey

1990 - H.M.S Pinafore / Trial By Jury

1989- The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas

1989 - Cowardy Custard

1988 - The Mikado

1988 - The Music Man

1987 - Little Mary Sunshine

1987 - Broadway Pirates

1986 - The Beggar's Opera

1986 - Habeas Corpus

1986 - Half A Sixpence

1985 - Trial By Music

1985 - Oklahoma!

1984 - Sweet Charity

1984 - Patience

1983 - Still Entertaining

1983 - My Fair Lady

1982 - Salad Days

1982 - The Gondoliers

1981 - Magic of Musicals

1981 - The Pajama Game

1980 - Cowardly Custard

1980 - Iolanthe

1979 - The Sound of Music

1979 - Kiss Me Kate

1978 - H.M.S. Pinafore & Trial by Jury

1978 - Carousel

1977 - Trial by Music

1977 - The Arcadians

1976 - Love from Judy

1976 - The Mikado

1975 - A Victorian Music Hall

1975 - Milestones of Melody 1909-

1975 - Fiddler on the Roof

1974 - Hello, Dolly!

1974 - Anne of Green Gables

1973 - The Merry Widow

1973 - Salad Days

1972 - Half A Sixpence

1972 - Oklahoma!

1971 - The Desert Song

1970 - Little Mary Sunshine

1970 - Jorrocks

1969 - White Horse Inn

1968 - Robert and Elizabeth

1967 - The Gondoliers

1967 - Song of Norway

1966 - Carousel

1965 - The Most Happy Fella

1964 - South Pacific

1963 - Carousel

1962 - Merrie England

1961 - Lilac Time

1961 - Cox & Box / The Sorcerer

1960 - Bless the Bride

1960 - The Merry Widow

1959 - The Mikado

1958 - The Pirates of Penzance

1958 - Pink Champagne

1957 - The Beggar's Opera

1957 - Patience

1956 - Derby Day

1956 - The Student Prince

1955 - Ruddigore

1955 - The Gondoliers

1954 - Les Cloches de Corneville

1954 - H.M.S. Pinafore & Trial by Jury

1953 - La Vie Parisienne

1953 - The Mikado

1952 - Iolanthe

1952 - A Country Girl

1951 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1951 - Merrie England

1950 - The Arcadians

1950 - The Geisha

1949 - Ruddigore

1949 - The Pirates of Penzance

1949 - The Gondoliers

1948 - H.M.S. Pinafore

1948 - The Mikado

1947 - Iolanthe

1939 - A Country Girl

1938 - Patience

1938 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1937 - Ruddigore

1936 - The Arcadians

1936 - H.M.S. Pinafore & Trial by Jury

1935 - Merrie England

1935 - The Gondoliers

1934 - Iolanthe

1934 - The Pirates of Penzance

1933 - Princess Ida

1933 - The Mikado

1933 - The Rose of Persia

1932 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1931 - Paul Jones

1931 - Cinderella

1930 - Ruddigore

1930 - Dick Whittington

1929 - Les Cloches de Corneville

1929 - The Gondoliers

1928 - The Duchess of Dantzic

1928 - The Sorcerer

1928 - Cox and Box

1928 - The Emerald Isle

1927 - The Mikado

1926 - Iolanthe

1926 - H.M.S. Pinafore

1925 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1924 - A Greek Slave

1924 - Eliza Comes to Stay

1924 - Patience

1923 - Merrie England

1922 - The Mikado

1922 - The Pirates of Penzance

1921 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1921 - The Gondoliers

1920 - Iolanthe

1920 - Billeted

1915 - Beauty and the Barge

1914 - The Geisha

1913 - Les Cloches de Corneville

1913 - Tom Jones

1913 - The Duchess of Dantzic

1912 - The Emerald Isle

1912 - The Mikado

1911 - The Pirates of Penzance

1911 - Merrie England

1910 - The Gondoliers

1910 - The Yeomen of the Guard

1909 - H.M.S. Pinafore

1909 - The Mikado

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Saturday 12th May 2012
Come and support BROS at the Richmond May Fair Saturday 12th May 2012
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene and The Green, Richmond, Surrey. Starts at 10:30

There is a full programme of entertainment including vintage carousel and helterskelter, crowning of the May Queen and Maypole Dancing.

Curtains Production Team announce Musical Director.

Musical Director and Venues confirmed for October production of Curtains.

For full details follow the link below.

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