The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
by Larry L King, Carol Hall, Larry King, Peter Masterson
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Awards & Recognition
Winner! 1978 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Lyrics & Outstanding Music Nominee! 1979 Tony Awards: Best Musical & Best Book of a Musical Nominee! 1981 Olivier Award, Best New Musical
Synopsis
Musical Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson.
Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall.
Characters: 13 male, 14 female, extras.
Unit set This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas.
Governors, senators, mayors and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan neme
Press Reviews
"A font of fun and friendliness, engagingly rich in regional nostalgia and spiced with delicate bawdry. The country and western score is a delight."
— Time
"Best Broadway musical of the season."
— WABC-TV
"Humorous and good-natured."
— New York Post
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a British play written by Larry L King and published by Samuel French in New York (1983).
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Samuel French · 1983 · 93 pp
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