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Description / My Opinion
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Amazon.com - Ordered 02/02/99 - Shipped 02/06/99 - Received 02/12/99 Producers: Harry Rigby, Albert W. Selden, Jerome Minskoff. Additional Lyrics and Music by Charles Gaynor and Otis Clements. Production and Costumes designed by Raoul Pene Dubois, Debbie Reynolds's Costumes designed by Irene Sharaff, Lighting Design by David F. Segal, Music and Vocal Direction by Jack Lee, Orchestrations by Ralph Burns, Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music by Wally Harper, Sound Designed by Tony Alloy, Music Consultant and Coordinator Joseph A. McCarthy, Hairstyles Designed by Ted Azar, Debbie Reynolds's Hairstyles by Pinky Babajian, Associate Producer: Steven Beckler, Production Associate: Constance Montgomery, Musical Numbers Staged by Peter Gennaro, Directed by Gower Champion Irene opened March 13, 1973 at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City. It closed September 7, 1974 after 605 performances. The booklet contains 9 full page B&W pictures of the cast members either on stage or in the studio, and a two pages B&W picture of the cast on stage. There is a 3 pages text by Ken Mandelbaum, followed by a one and a half page synopsis. Those are followed by their respective translations in German, French and Italian.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 5:39 | Overture | Orchestra, Jeanne Lehman, Penny Worth, Meg Scanlon |
| 2 | 2:20 | The World Must Be Bigger Than An Avenue | Debbie Reynolds |
| 3 | 2:15 | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? | Chorus |
| 4 | 2:00 | The Family Tree | Ruth Warrick, Chorus |
| 5 | 3:04 | Alice Blue Gown | Debbie Reynolds |
| 6 | 2:23 | They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me | George S. Irving |
| 7 | 4:05 | An Irish Girl | Debbie Reynolds, Chorus |
| 8 | 3:36 | Mother, Angel, Darling | Debbie Reynolds, Patsy Kelly |
| 9 | 1:58 | The Riviera Rage | Orchestra |
| 10 | 3:51 | I'm Always Chasing Rainbows | Debbie Reynolds |
| 11 | 2:43 | The Last Part Of Ev'ry Party | Chorus |
| 12 | 1:38 | We're Getting Away With It | Carmen Alvarez, Janie Sell, George S. Irving, Ted Pugh |
| 13 | 4:19 | Irene | Monte Markham, Male Ensemble |
| 14 | 3:15 | The Great Lover Tango | Monte Markham, Carmen Alvarez, Janie Sell |
| 15 | 2:14 | You Made Me Love You | Monte Markham, Debbie Reynolds |
| 16 | 1:20 | You Made Me Love You (Reprise) | Patsy Kelly, George S. Irving |
| 17 | 1:48 | Finale | Monte Markham, Debbie Reynolds, Company |
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The Cast
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| | Irene O'Dare | Debbie Reynolds | | | Donald Marshall | Monte Markham | | | Madame Lucy (Liam O'Dougherty) | George S. Irving | | | Emmeline Marshall | Ruth Warrick | | | Mrs. O'Dare | Patsy Kelly | | | Ozzie Babson | Ted Pugh | | | Helen McFudd | Carmen Alvarez | | | Jane Burke | Janie Sell | | | Jimmy O'Flaherty | Bruce Lea | | | Clarkson | Bob Freschi | | | Arabella Thornsworthy | Kate O'Brady |
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