The Most Happy Fella - Definition

The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. The story is based on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard.

Songs

• "Abbondanza"
• "Aren't You Glad?"
• "Benvenuta"
• "Big D"
• "Don't Cry"
• "Fresno Beauties"
• "Goodbye, Darlin'"
• "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance"
• "Hoedown"
• "How Beautiful the Days"
• "I Don't Like This Dame"
• "I Know How It Is"
• "I Like Everybody"
• "I Love Him"
• "I Made a Fist"
• "Joey, Joey, Joey"
• "The Letter"
• "Like a Woman Loves a Man"
• "Love and Kindness"
• "Mama, Mama"
• "The Most Happy Fella"
• "My Heart Is So Full of You"
• "Ooh, My Feet"
• "Please Let Me Tell You That I Love You"
• "Plenty Bambini"
• "Rosabella"
• "Seven Million Crumbs"
• "She's Gonna Come Home with Me"
• "Somebody, Somewhere"
• "Song of a Summer Night"
• "Soon You Gonna Leave Me, Joe"
• "Special Delivery"
• "Sposalizio"
• "Standing on the Corner"
• "Tony's Thoughts"
• "Warm All Over"
• "Young People"

Broadway production

The show opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 3, 1956 and ran for 676 performances. It was directed by Joseph Anthony.

Cast:

• Robert Weede as Tony
• Jo Sullivan as Rosabella
• Art Lund as Joey
• Susan Johnson as Cleo
• Shorty Long as Herman
• Mona Paulee as Marie
• Zina Bethune as Tessie

London production

The show opened at the London Coliseum on April 21, 1960 and ran for 288 performances. It was directed by Jerome Eskow.

Cast:

• Inia Wiata as Tony
• Helena Scott as Rosabella
• Art Lund as Joey
• Libi Staiger as Cleo
• Jack De Lon as Herman
• Nina Verushka as Marie

Other productions

The show was produced for television in 1980. It starred Giorgio Tozzi as Tony, Sharon Daniels as Rosabella and Richard Muenz as Joe.

A Broadway revival opened at the Booth Theatre on January 13, 1992 and ran for 229 performances. It was directed by Tim Stella.

Cast

• Spiro Malas as Tony
• Sophie Hayden as Rosabella
• Charles Pistone as Joe
• Claudia Catania as Marie
• Liz Larsen as Cleo