The story follows John P. Wintergreen's campaign for President until his triumphant election on the slogan "Put Love In The White House." As the chairman explains. "What you need for an issue is something that everybody can get excited about and yet something that does not really make any difference." It is decided the candidate shall marry the winner of a beauty contest after proposing to her in every state. Wintergreen, however, falls in love with pretty and demure Mary Turner instead. Interwoven are the comic adventures of Alexander Throttlebottom, the new Vice President seeking recognition. Political and legal complications add to the merriment of the finale where the graybeards of the Supreme Court dance and sing their way through important decisions to one of the most absurd and delightful climaxes seen on Broadway. Revived at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
(In Alphabetical Order)
Senator Candace Jones – Nadine Borngraeber
Alexander Throttlebottom – Ed Carroll
Emily Benson – Amanda Collis
French Ambassador – Glen Fink
Justice/Senator/Ensemble – Barbara Grabowski
Diana Devereaux – Taryn Heller
Contestant/Senator/Ensemble – Jill Hollander
Mary Turner – Karla Hughes
Justice/Police/Reporter/Senator/Ensemble – Steve Jasso
Sam Jenkins – Danny Katz
Justice/Reporter/Senator/Ensemble – Ed Klosowski
Clerk/Justice/Photographer/Waiter/Ensemble – Matthew Koester
Contestant/Senator/Ensemble – Sarah Kordsmeier
Matthew Fulton – Bruce Lynch
John Wintergreen – ┬áEric Madson
Louise Lippman – Stacy Madson
Guide/Justice/Senator/Ensemble – Bonnie Marquardt
Contestant/Senator/Ensemble – Natasha Mortazavi
Justice/Senator/Ensemble – Trish O’Brien
Francis Gilhooley – David O’Day
Contestant/Justice/Scrubwoman/Senator/Ensemble – Jolita Rappa
Justice/Photographer/Police/Senator/Ensemble – Shawn Roberts
Senator Robert E. Lyons – Gene Schuldt
Chief Justice/Contestant/Senator/Ensemble – Mary Beth Tell
Chambermaid/Contestant/Doctor/Senator/Ensemble – Emily Wacker
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Director/Choreographer – John Cramer
Set Designer/Technical Director – J. Michael Desper
Lighting Designer – Marty Wallner
Music Director – Sue Stanley
Music Sequence – Donna Kummer
Assistant Director – Sarah Koehler
Prop Coordinator – Amy Peter
Costume Coordinators – Pat Boeck, Betty Nordengren, & Ruth Schmidt
Sound Designer – Jan Pritzl
Stage Managers – Laura Beth Marek, Jan Szczepanski, & Jenny Walkowiak
