Overview

Synopsis

"Pipe Dream" is a tale of hard times and star-crossed love on Cannery Row. The musical is populated with longshoremen and "ladies of the evening", who weave a poignant story of the friendship and romance that blossoms among the loners and runaways searching for their dreams on the Monterey wharf. The show focuses on a marine biologist, Doc, and his relationship with a downtrodden defiant waif, Suzy.

Show Information

Book
Oscar Hammerstein II
Music
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics
Oscar Hammerstein II
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast Size
large
Licensor
Concord Theatricals
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Large Cast

Context


Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Doc

Lead

Male

Baritone

Suzy

Lead

Female

Soprano

Hazel

Supporting

Male

Bass

Mac

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Fauna

Supporting

Female

Soprano

Jim Blaikey

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Joe

Supporting

Male

Pancho

Featured

Male

Ray Busch

Featured

Male

Pedro

Featured

Male

Sumi

Featured

Female

Johnny Carriaga

Featured

Male

Sonya

Featured

Female

Millicent Henderson

Featured

Female

Weirde

Featured

Female

Slick

Featured

Male

Hilda

Featured

Female

Fred

Featured

Male

Esteban

Featured

Male

Sonny Boy

Featured

Male

Dizzy

Featured

Male

Bubbles

Featured

Female

Basha

Featured

Female

Slim

Featured

Male

Harriet

Featured

Female

Kitty

Featured

Female

George

Featured

Male

Herman

Featured

Male

Bill

Featured

Male

Alec

Featured

Male

Eddie

Featured

Male

Whitey

Featured

Male

Red

Featured

Male

Agnes

Featured

Female

Mabel

Featured

Female

Beulah

Featured

Female

Emma

Featured

Female

Becky

Featured

Female

Marilyn

Featured

Female

Cho

Featured

Female

Majorie

Featured

Female

Songs

  • All Kinds of People – Doc and Hazel
  • The Tide Pool – Doc, Hazel, Mac and Suzy
  • Everybody's Got a Home but Me – Suzy
  • All Kinds of People (Reprise) – Jim Blaikey
  • A Lopsided Bus – Mac, Hazel, Kitty, Sonya and chorus
  • Bums' Opera – Fauna, Joe, Pancho and chorus
  • The Man I Used to Be – Doc
  • Sweet Thursday – Fauna
  • Suzy Is a Good Thing – Fauna and Suzy
  • All at Once You Love Her – Doc, Suzy and Esteban
  • The Happiest House on the Block – Fauna and chorus girls
  • The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night – Mac and company
  • Thinkin' – Hazel
  • All at Once You Love Her (Reprise) – Fauna
  • How Long? – Fauna, Doc, and chorus
  • The Next Time It Happens – Suzy and Doc
  • Sweet Thursday (Reprise) – Entire company
  • Finale – Entire company

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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