Whoop-Up

Musical - Original

Shubert Theatre

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  • Opening Date: December 22, 1958
  • Closing Date: February 7, 1959
  • Previews: 0
  • Performances: 56

Lyrics: Norman Gimbel

Book: Dan Cushman, Cy Feuer, Ernest H. Martin

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    • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
    • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
 

Synopsis

The complications in the romance between a part-Native American rodeo performer and his girlfriend, who runs a saloon on a Native American reservation in Montana, are the subject of this musical adaptation of Dan Cushman's novel Stay Away, Joe.

 

Opening Night Cast

Mari Arnell Reservation Resident
Asia Billie Mae Littlehorse
Ann Barry Marlene Standing Rattle
Reservation Resident
Edward Becker Reservation Resident
First Stranger
Jeanna Belkin Reservation Resident
Socrates Birsky Second Stranger
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Opening Night Production Credits

  Cy Feuer Book
  Ernest H. Martin Book
  Dan Cushman Book
  Mark Charlap Music
  Norman Gimbel Lyrics
  Cy Feuer Director
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Inside the Playbill (12)

  • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
  • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
  • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
  • Inside the Playbill - Whoop-Up
Whoop-Up! - November 1958
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Shows That Opened That Season: 1958 - 1959

 
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Awards


Tony Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1959 Choreography Onna White Nominee
1959 Featured Actress in a Musical Julienne Marie Nominee
 
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