GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS
THE SHOW
CAST
LYRICS
MUSIC
PLAYBILL
SET DESIGN
ARTICLES/REVIEWS
MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS
There was no cast recording made for the original production of GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED! In 1985, Susanna Moross Tarjan, Jerome Moross’s daughter collaborated with conductor and music director Mark Mitchell to produce a demo recording of selections from GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED! Maestro Mitchell assembled a cast and produced 18 abbreviated tracks of the 22 numbers from the musical.
The cast includes: Herndon Lackey, Wardell Woodard, Dennis Perren, Loretta Holkmann, Nancy Callman, Tripp Hanson, and Barbara Walsh.
THE GRAND MARCH
THE FREEDOM TRAIN
WALTZING IN THE SHADOWS
FARE YOU WELL
THE DOME
‘MANCIPATION
THIS ISN’T A GENTLEMAN’S WAR
THE CONTRABAND BALL
BALLAD OF BELLE BOYD
PICNIC AT MANASSAS
MOCKINGBIRD
SHILOH
ALL QUIET ON THE POTOMAC
BALLAD OF STONEWALL JACKSONÂ
I CAN’T REMEMBER
WHAT HAS BECOME OF BEAUTY?
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
GRAND FINALE
GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
Gentlemen, Be Seated! is an anti-war, anti-racist musical history of the War Between the States. Music was composed by Jerome Moross with lyrics by Edward Eager. It was completed in 1956 and produced and presented by New York City Opera in 1963. This is the complete vocal score.
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WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.