The Encores! production was produced on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. Previews started March 3, 2008, with the official opening March 27. The production closed on January 11, 2009 after 332 performances and 27 previews/span, and featured strongPatti LuPone/strong (Rose), strongBoyd Gaines/strong (Herbie),strong Laura Benanti/strong (Louise) and strongLeigh Ann Larkin/strong (Dainty June), with Arthur Laurents directing and strongBonnie Walker/strong reproducing the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.They are joined by Tony Yazbeck as Tulsa,Marilyn Caske as Electra, strongAlison Fraser as Tessie, and Lenora Nemetz as Mazeppa with Sami Gayle as Baby June and Emma Rowley as Baby Louise. The set is designed bystrong James Youmans, costumes by Martin Pakledinaz and lighting by Howell Binkley.On the eve before the final curtain call, Patti Lupone made news when she literally stopped the show to scold a patron for taking illegal photographs during the matinee performance.
Tracklisting:
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1 Overture
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2 May We Entertain You
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3 Some People
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4 Seattle to Los Angeles
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5 Small World
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6 Baby June and Her Newsboys/Let Me Entertain You
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7 Have An Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone
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8 Little Lamb
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9 You'll Never Get Away from Me
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10 Dainty June and Her Farmboys
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11 Broadway
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12 If Momma Was Married
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13 All I Need Is the Girl
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14 Everything's Coming Up Roses
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15 Entr'acte
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16 Together Wherever We Go
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17 You Gotta Get a Gimmick
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18 The Strip
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19 Rose's Turn
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20 Act II Curtain
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21 Exit Music
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22 Tomorrow's Mother's Day
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23 Small World/Momma's Talkin' Soft
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24 Nice She Ain't
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25 Smile, Girls
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26 Who Needs Him?
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27 Three Wishes for Christmas
