Whoop-Up

Whoop-Up

Infobox Musical
name= Whoop-Up
subtitle=


caption= Page from sheet music (cropped)
music= Mark Charlap
lyrics= Norman Gimbel
book= Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin
basis=”Stay Away, Joe” by Dan Cushman
productions= 1958 Broadway
awards=

"Whoop-Up" is a musical with a music by Mark Charlap, lyrics by Norman Gimbel, and book by Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin, based on “Stay Away, Joe” by Dan Cushman. It was directed by Cy Feuer, with settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner and choreography by Onna White. Produced by Feuer and Martin, the Broadway production, opened on December 22, 1958 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Cast included Sylvia Sims, Paul Ford, Susan Johnson, and Romo Vincent.


=Songs=col-begincol-2Act I
* Glenda’s Place
* When the Tall Man Talks
* Nobody Throw Those Bull
* Rocky Boy Ceremonial
* Love Eyes
* Men
* Never Before
* Caress Me, Possess Me Perfume
* Flattery
* The Girl In His Arms
*The Best of What This Country’s GotAct II
* I Wash My Hands
* Quarrel-tet
* Sorry for Myself
* ‘Til the Big Fat Moon Falls Down
* What I Mean to Say
* Montana
* She or Her

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