The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Vocal Selections 1978 BROADWAY SHOW SONGBOOK

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas : Vocal Selections
BROADWAY MUSICAL SHOW 1979 SONGBOOK PVG
56 PAGES SONGBOOK PUBLISHED IN 1979 IS IN VG CONDITION OUTER WHITE COVER SHOWS MILD HANDLING WEAR AND VERY MINOR SOILING
BINDING IS SOUND PRIOR OWNER'S NAME WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT COVER INTERIOR PAGES ARE WHITE AND BRITE FABULOUS COLOR PHOTOS
RARE 1979 THEATRICAL PRINTING, 1ST EDITION, 13 SONGS THE MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME CAME OUT IN 1982
FROM WIKIPEDIA ABOUT THIS BROADWAY SHOW:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
is a
musical
with a book by Texas author
Larry L King
and
Peter Masterson
and music and lyrics by
Carol Hall
It is based on a story by King that was inspired by the real-life
Chicken Ranch
in
La Grange, Texas
Synopsis
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 It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner
While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd When crusading
television
reporter
Melvin P 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
Production history
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
opened on
Broadway
at the
46th Street Theatre
on June 19, 1978, and ran for 1,584 performances
The production was directed by
Peter Masterson
and
Tommy Tune
and
choreographed
by Tune and
Thommie Walsh
The opening cast included
Carlin Glynn
,
Henderson Forsythe
,
Jay Garner
, Joan Ellis,
Delores Hall
, and
Pamela Blair
..........
.