Piano Bar
by Doris Willens, Rob Fremont

Name: Piano Bar
Brand: Doris Willens
SKU: 9780573680885

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

105 mins1970sInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican

Synopsis

"It's a rainy Tuesday and the four customers in Sweet Sue's Piano Bar enjoy a lyrical trip through their lives and feelings."--Patrons.

Press Reviews

"A wonderfully engaging show...the songs are clever, sophisticated stuff, falling lyrically between Porter and Sondheim."
— WABC-TV

"If there's any musical this season that I'd really like to have a cast album of, it's this one."
— Cue

"...attractive score, attractive lyrics."
— The New Yorker

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Walt in his 30s, a guy with a line, trying hard to make it in the Big Apple, dresses a bit flashily. You think you'll dislike him, but in the end you can't.	male	30s	in his 30s, a guy with a line, trying hard to make it in the Big Apple, dresses a bit flashily. You think you'll dislike him, but in the end you can't.
Ned in his late 40s, wears three-piece business executive suit; clearly successful, also attractive, unassuming, restless, introspective	male	40s	in his late 40s, wears three-piece business executive suit; clearly successful, also attractive, unassuming, restless, introspective
Prince a gnomish and wry, perhaps slightly seedy, piano player who wears turtle-neck shirt and jacket; controls the mood of the evening	—	—	a gnomish and wry, perhaps slightly seedy, piano player who wears turtle-neck shirt and jacket; controls the mood of the evening
Bartender does not speak or sing during the Play, but is important in creating the reality of the bar with his activities (serving drinks, polishing glasses, cutting fruit), which also must be unobtrusive	male	—	does not speak or sing during the Play, but is important in creating the reality of the bar with his activities (serving drinks, polishing glasses, cutting fruit), which also must be unobtrusive
Debbie in her early 20s, spunky, lovable, wears designer jeans and silk blouses, but is casual, not spiffy	female	20s	in her early 20s, spunky, lovable, wears designer jeans and silk blouses, but is casual, not spiffy