Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a musical with music by Frank Churchill and Jay Blackton, lyrics by Larry Morey and Joe Cook, and book by Joe Cook. Adapted from Walt Disney Productions' 1937 animated musical film of the same name – which in turn had been based on the classic 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – about a princess banished from her kingdom by her vain stepmother, and she comes to live with seven dwarfs in their woodland home.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Music
Lyrics
BookJoe Cook
BasisDisney's animated film
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Productions

First produced in 1969, the show carries much of the film's score over, by Churchill and Morey, along with four new songs by Blackton and Cook. It ran a total of 106 performances.

Productions

The stage adaptation was originally created at The Muny in St. Louis in 1969 and was repeated there in 1972.

A production opened at the Radio City Music Hall on October 18, 1979, and closed a month later, after 38 performances, in order for Radio City to put on the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (went up November 25, 1979, to and closed after 91 performances on January 6, 1980).

Snow White went on a brief tour with stops in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and then re-opened on January 11, 1980, and closed after 68 performances on March 9, 1980, a total of 106 performances.

A live video recording was briefly available on VHS and Betamax from Walt Disney Home Video in 1981.

Cast and crew

The show was directed and choreographed by Frank Wagner, produced by Robert F. Jani, executive musical director Donald Pippin, scenery by John William Keck, costumes by Frank Spencer, lighting by Ken Billington, conducted by Don Smith, orchestrations by Philip J. Lang, Queen's presentation music arrangement by Ronald Melrose, masks and animal costumes by Joe Stephen, choral arrangements Jay Blackton, Don Pippen, production stage manager Jeff Hamlin, stage manager Neil Miller, and press by Gifford/Wallace, Deborah Morgenthal.

Cast

CharacterActor
Snow WhiteMary Jo Salerno
Prince CharmingRichard Bowne
The QueenAnne Francine
The WitchCharles Hall
DocDon Potter
GrumpyBenny Freigh
HappyRichard Day
BashfulJay Edward Allen
SneezyLouis Carry
SleepyJerry Riley
DopeyMichael E. King
HuntsmanBruce Sherman
The MirrorCharles Hall
The KingThomas Ruisinger
LunaYolande Bavan
GretaHeidi Coe
MotherLauren Lipson
ChamberlainDavid Pursley

Musical numbers

References
  • "The Best Plays of 1979–1980". Dodd, Mead & Company, 1980, pp. 367–369. ISBN 0-396-07907-5.
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