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Synopsis

Based on the hit play and movie The Rainmaker, 110 in the Shade focuses on one unmarried woman named Lizzie living in a small western town besieged by a long drought. Lizzie is dealing with another type of drought: her love life. Intelligent yet plain, she is worried that she will soon become an old maid with no one to love her. When a charismatic man named Starbuck arrives and claims the ability to make rain, Lizzie believes he is a con man with no abilities whatsoever. Little does she know that this man will change her life forever. A beautiful musical in the vein of Rodgers and Hammerstein, 110 in the Shade centers on Lizzie’s quest for self-acceptance and her choice between two suitors: the rainmaker Starbuck and the divorced Sheriff File.

110 in the Shade

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Lyrics
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1963
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Time & Place
early 1900s, a small western town
Cast Size
large
Dancing
Some Dance
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Late Teen, Young Adult, Mature Adult, Child Characters, Large Cast

Characters

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Character Portrayals

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Songs

Act One

  • "Another Hot Day" - File and Townspeople
  • "Lizzie's Coming Home" - H.C. Curry, Noah Curry, and Jimmy Curry
  • "Love, Don't Turn Away" - Lizzie Curry
  • "Poker Polka" - File, H.C. Curry, Noah Curry, and Jimmy Curry
  • "The Hungry Men" - Lizzie Curry and Townspeople
  • "The Rain Song" - Bill Starbuck and Townspeople
  • "You're Not Foolin' Me" - Bill Starbuck and Lizzie Curry
  • "Cinderella" - Vivian Lorraine Taylor and Lizzie Curry
  • "Raunchy" - Lizzie Curry
  • "A Man and a Woman" - File and Lizzie Curry
  • "Old Maid" - Lizzie Curry

Act Two

  • "Evenin' Star" (added for the 2007 revival) - Bill Starbuck
  • "Everything Beautiful Happens at Night" - Lizzie Curry and Townspeople
  • "Melisande" - Bill Starbuck
  • "Simple Little Things" - Lizzie Curry
  • "Little Red Hat" - Snookie and Jimmy Curry
  • "Is It Really Me?" - Lizzie Curry
  • "Wonderful Music" - Bill Starbuck, File, and Lizzie Curry
  • "The Rain Song" (Reprise) - Townspeople

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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