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The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical (labelled an opera by various commentators (External Link

)) with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. The story is based on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard. The show, directed by Joseph Anthony, opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York City on May 3, 1956 and ran for 676 performances. The cast included Robert Weede as Tony, Jo Sullivan as Rosabella, Art Lund as Joey, Susan Johnson as Cleo, Shorty Long as Herman, Mona Paulee as Marie, and Zina Bethune as Tessie. (The show was featured in an episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Lucy's Night In Town," which aired on March 25, 1957.)
   The West End production, directed by Jerome Eskow, opened at the London Coliseum on April 21, 1960 and ran for 288 performances. The cast included Inia Wiata as Tony, Helena Scott as Rosabella, Art Lund as Joey, Libi Staiger as Cleo, Jack De Lon as Herman, and Nina Verushka as Marie.
   The show was produced for television in 1980. It starred Giorgio Tozzi as Tony, Sharon Daniels, as Rosabella, and Richard Muenz as Joe. A Broadway revival opened at the Booth Theatre on January 13, 1992 and ran for 229 performances. It was directed by Gerald Guttierrez, with musical direction by Tim Stella. The opening night cast included Spiro Malas as Tony, Sophie Hayden as Rosabella, Charles Pistone as Joe, Claudia Catania as Marie, Liz Larsen as Cleo, and Scott Waara as Herman.
   Baritone Rod Gilfry starred as Joe in a recent Los Angeles production, and in the spring of 2006 New York City Opera presented the show with Paul Sorvino as Tony and Lisa Vroman as Rosabella.

Songs

Act I

Ooh! My Feet! - Cleo
I Know How It Is - Rosabella and Cleo
Seven Million Crumbs - Cleo
I Don't Know (The Letter) - Rosabella
Maybe He's Kind of Crazy - Cleo
Somebody, Somewhere - Rosabella
The Most Happy Fella - Tony and Company
A Long Time Ago - Marie and Tony
Standing on the Corner - Herman, Jake, Clem and Al
Joey, Joey, Joey - Joe
Soon You Gonna Leave Me, Joe - Tony
Rosabella - Tony
Abbondanza - Pasquale, Giuseppe and Jake
Plenty Bambini - Tony
Sposalizio - Giuseppe, Jake, Pasquale and Company
Special Delivery! (I Seen Her at the Station) - The Postman
Benvenuta - Pasquale, Jake and Giuseppe
Aren't You Glad? - Rosabella
No Home, No Job - Rosabella
Don't Cry - Joe
Act II
Fresno Beauties / Cold and Dead - Ensemble, Joe and Rosabella
Love and Kindness - The Doctor
Happy to Make Your Acquaintance - Tony, Rosabella and Cleo
I Don't Like This Dame - Marie and Cleo
Big D - Herman, Cleo and Ensemble
How Beautiful the Days - Tony, Rosabella and Joe
Young People - Marie, Tony and Ensemble
Warm All Over - Rosabella
Old People Gotta - Tony
I Like Everybody - Herman and Cleo
I Love Him / I Know How It Is - Rosabella and Cleo
Like a Woman Loves a Man - Rosabella and Tony
My Heart Is So Full of You - Tony and Rosabella
Hoedown - Tony, Rosabella and Ensemble
Mamma, Mamma - Tony
Act III
Abbondanza (Reprise) - Pasquale, Giuseppe and Ciccio
Goodbye, Darlin' / I Like Everybody (Reprise) - Cleo and Herman
Song of a Summer Night - The Doctor and Ensemble
Please Let Me Tell You - Rosabella
Tell Tony and Rosabella Goodbye for Me (Tony's Thoughts) - Joe
She Gonna Come Home Wit' Me - Tony
Nobody's Ever Gonna Love You - Marie and Tony
I Made a Fist - Cleo and Herman
Finale - Tony, Rosabella and Ensemble

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