The Nifty Fifties     The Nifty Fifties


Book by Tim Kelly
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur

Cast:  Flexible cast of 21 (roughly 9M, 12F), plus optional chorus/ensemble
Set:  Simple interior set
Time:  About 90 minutes

Script:  $6.25           Move your mouse here to see additional items Piano score:  $20.00
Vocal score:  $8.00
Production/rehearsal CD set:  $65.00
CD sampler J:  $4.00
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00
Orchestral Parts [Alto sax/tenor sax, Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trombone, Bass, Percussion]:  $6.00

Royalty:  $90 First performance/$80 Each additional performance

Gracie Stanley has gotten herself in hot water by promising to deliver her distant cousin, rock star Ziggy Springer, for the high school Hippity Hop at Louise's Luncheonette.  Ziggy's manager doesn't want his client performing anywhere without pay, so Gracie and her friends have to produce a double — and fast!  They use a singing soda jerk and plan to have him perform in the dark!  It won't be easy for Gracie to get away with this one with her rival, snooty Muffin Mansfield, waiting for her to flop.  Meanwhile, Louise has her own problems.  The building's owner forbids the dance and plans to turn the eatery into a dry cleaner.  With all of this happening, Gracie's brother is living in terror because he's smashed up a Harley belonging to Sinbad Gallucci, a bad dude.  There are fun roles to play, with everything from students to beatniks.  This is a one set, easy to stage musical comedy that will have your audiences cheering.  Included in the sensational Francoeur fifties score:  "Bop-A-Lu-Bop Dance Party," "Teen Queen," "It's Tough To Be a Teenager In Love," the hilarious "It Was The Blob," and, of course, the toe-tapping title tune.


Song samples
Bop-A-Lu-Bop Dance Party

It's Tough To Be a Teenager in Love

Rock Around the Block

Teen Queen

The Nifty Fifties

It Was, "The Blob"

Oh, Baby!

Rebel With a Cause

Edsel

Hippety Hop

Different versions of the same or similar story:
Rock Around the Block


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