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Originally called Cat and Mouse, this spoof of late-Victorian melodrama has at its core Alice Van Guilder, who wants to be a career girl at a time when nice young ladies marry well instead of having careers. Frustrated by the obstacles standing in her way, she becomes a cat burglar and plunders the homes of Manhattan's high society in the 1890s. Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... Upper class refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ...

After 11 previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Joe Layton, opened on October 10, 1965 at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for only eight performances. The cast included Lesley Ann Warren, Elliott Gould, Charles Durning, Jane Connell, and Beth Howland. Warren won the Theatre World Award for her performance, and the show was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... Joe Layton (May 3, 1931 - May 5, 1994) was a Tony Award-winning American director and choreographer known primarily for his work on Broadway. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Martin Beck Theatre is a notable Broadway theatre in New York. ... Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946), is an Oscar nominated American stage, film and television actress and singer. ... Elliot Gould on the cover page of TIME magazine. ... Charles Durning Charles Durning (born February 28, 1923 in Highland Falls, New York) is an American actor of stage and screen, born to an impoverished Irish American Catholic family, which he left as soon as possible to ease the financial pressure on his mother. ... Jane Connell is an American actress of film, stage and television. ... Elizabeth Beth Howland (born May 28, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, best known as Vera on the TV show Alice. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...

Shortly after the show closed, Blue Pear issued an original cast album from a recording surreptitiously made during a live performance. Gould's wife at the time, Barbra Streisand, had a hit with her recording of "He Touched Me," a gender-reversal version of one of the show's tunes. In 1997, Varese Sarabande released a studio recording featuring Susan Egan, Judy Kaye, Bryan Batt, Jonathan Freeman, and Elaine Stritch. A cast recording or original cast recording is a recording of a musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Varèse Sarabande is a record label, which specialises in soundtrack record releases, and reissues of hard-to-find (sometimes long- or previously-unavailable) albums, and singles collections. ... Susan Egan (b. ... Appeared with the Santa Fe Opera (1985, 1990), the NYC opera (1989), NY Philharmonic (1990), Boston Pops Orchestra (1990) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1990). ... Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actor known mostly for his theater work, but he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Elaine Stritch (born on February 2, 1925) is an Irish-American actress and singer. ...

Song list

Act I

• "Drat! The Cat!"
• "My Son, Uphold the Law"
• "Holmes and Watson"
• "She Touched Me"
• "Wild and Reckless"
• "She's Roses"
• "Ignoble Theft of the Idol's Eyes"
• "Dancing With Alice"
• "Drat! The Cat!" (reprise)
• "Purefoy's Lament"

Act II

• "A Pox Upon the Traitor's Brow"
• "Deep in Your Heart"
• "Let's Go"
• "It's Your Fault" - Lucius, Matilda
• "Wild and Reckless" (reprise)
• "The Upside-Down Thief"
• "Today is a Day for a Band to Play"
• "She Touched Me" (reprise)
• "I Like Him"
• "Justice Triumphant"
• "Today is a Day for a Band to Play" (reprise)

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing