''Cindy'' is a musical with music and lyrics by

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, and a book by

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and

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. It ran

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at the Gate, Orpheum, and Cricket Theatres (not simultaneously) in 1964 and 1965. It is an adaptation of the story of

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. It was produced by Chandler Warren and Philip Temple, by arrangement with Stuart Wiener and Jerry Grace.

Productions

''Cindy'' opened at the

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on March 19, 1964, and closed June 21. On September 24, it reopened at the Orpheum Theatre. It transferred to the

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on January 19, 1965, and closed on May 2, 1965.

Cast and characters

Original cast

Cricket cast replacements

*Cindy Kreller: Isabelle Farrell *Lucky: Tommy Karaty, Rick Landon *Papa: David Howard *Mama: Milly Weitz *Della Kreller: Alice Beardsley *Chuck Rosenfeld: Joe Bellomo *Ruth Rosenfeld: Evelyn Bell, Elizabeth Parrish *Storytellers: Charles Abbate, Michael Loman

Musical numbers

;Act I *"Once Upon a Time" – Storytellers *"Let's Pretend" – Cindy and Lucky *"Is There Something to What He Said?" – Cindy *"Papa, Let's Do It Again" – Mama, Papa and Storytellers *"A Genuine Feminine Girl" – Cindy *"Cindy" – Lucky *"Think Mink" – Golda and Della *"A Genuine Feminine Girl" (Reprise) – Cindy *"Tonight's the Night" – Storytellers *"Who Am I?" – Cindy and Chuck ;Act II *"Act II Opening" – Storytellers *"If You've Got It, You've Got It" – Golda, Della, Mama and Papa *"The Life That I Had Planned for Him" – Mrs. Rosenfeld *"If It's Love" – Cindy and Chuck *"Got the World in the Palm of My Hand" – Chuck *"Call Me Lucky" – Lucky *"Got the World in the Palm of My Hand" (Reprise) – Storytellers *"Laugh It Up" – Cindy, Mama, Papa and Boy Storyteller *"Once Upon a Time" (Reprise 1) – Storytellers *"Let's Pretend" (Reprise) – Cindy and Lucky *"Cindy" (Reprise)/"Who Am I?" (Reprise) – Cindy and Lucky *"What a Wedding" – Mama, Papa, Golda, Della, Mr. Rosenfeld, Mrs. Rosenfeld and Chuck *"Once Upon a Time" (Reprise 2) – Storytellers *"Finale" – Company

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210138/http://www.thevillager.com/villager_114/villagarea.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20070917135037/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4147 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070917170759/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4059 1964 musicals Off-Broadway musicals Works based on Cinderella {{musical-theat-stub