THE MOST HAPPY
FELLA
FELLA
Based on Sidney Howard's "They Knew What They Wanted." Tony Esposito, an old vineyard owner proposes marriage to Rosabella by mail. She accepts thinking that the picture Tony had sent her is truly him, in reality it was a picture of his handsome ranch foreman Joe. Rosabella is so upset at finding Tony so ugly, that on her wedding night she sleeps with Joe and ends up pregnant. Tony is upset because of his wife's affair and pregnancy but in the end, Tony offers to raise the child as his own.
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1956 Theatre World Award
Susan Johnson
1992 Tony Award
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
(Scott Waara)
1992 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
(Scott Waara)
1992 Theatre World Award
Spiro Malas
BROADWAY PREMIERE
May 3, 1956, played 676 performances
REVIVAL
February 10, 1959
October 11, 1979, played 53 performances
February 13, 1992, played 229 performances
May 3, 1956, played 676 performances
REVIVAL
February 10, 1959
October 11, 1979, played 53 performances
February 13, 1992, played 229 performances
COMPOSER, LYRICIST, & LIBRETTIST
Frank Loesser
Frank Loesser
ORIGINAL CAST
Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan, Art Lund, Susan Johnson, Shorty Long, and Mona Paulee
DIRECTOR
Joseph Anthony
CHOREOGRAPHER
Dania Krupska
Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan, Art Lund, Susan Johnson, Shorty Long, and Mona Paulee
DIRECTOR
Joseph Anthony
CHOREOGRAPHER
Dania Krupska
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