Overview
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.
Show Information
- Book
- N. Richard Nash
- Music
- Harvey Schmidt
- Lyrics
- Tom Jones
- 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
- Licensor
- Tams Witmark Music Library
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Late Teen, Young Adult, Mature Adult, Child Characters, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Baritone |
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Baritone |
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Baritone |
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Mezzo-Soprano |
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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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