Pump Boys And Dinettes
by John Foley, Debra Monk, Mark Hardwick, Jim Wann, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel

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Highlights

105 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes British

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Tony Award

Nominee: 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical Nominee: Four 1982 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music

Synopsis

The 'Pump Boys' sell high octane on Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country and the 'Dinettes', Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner next door.

Together they fashion an evening of country western songs that received unanimous raves on and off Broadway.

With heartbreak and hilarity, they perform on guitars, piano, bass and, yes, kitchen utensils.

Press Reviews

"Both musically and theatrically, a triumph of ensemble playing. It doesn't merely celebrate the value of friendship and life's simple pleasures, it embodies them."

— The New York Times

"Totally terrific… It is such fun."

— The New York Post

"A gasser, with buoyant, earthy humor."

— New York Daily News

"When the inevitable ‘closing time’ comes along, you'll wish you could stay a while longer."

— Christian Science Monitor

Characters

Character
L.M.

Piano/Accordian

Prudie Cupp

Percussion

Rhetta Cupp

Percussion

Eddie

Bass

Jim

Rhythm Guitar

Jackson

Lead Guitar

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Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1983
Binding Paperback
Pages 54
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573681769
ISBN-10 0573681767
LCC ML50.F67
DCC 782.81/2

Pump Boys And Dinettes is a British play written by John Foley and published by Samuel French in New York (1983).

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