The Sting (musical)

The Sting
Music	Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, with Harry Connick Jr.
Lyrics	Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, with Harry Connick Jr.
Book	Bob Martin
Basis	1973 film The Sting
Premiere	March 29, 2018: Paper Mill Playhouse
Productions	2018 Paper Mill Playhouse

The Sting is a musical with a book by Bob Martin and music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis, and Harry Connick Jr., based on the 1973 film The Sting.

The musical is expected to make its premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse in March 2018 and is expected to open on Broadway in 2019.

Productions

The Paper Mill Playhouse is presenting the musical in a limited engagement from March 29 until April 29, 2018. The score will contain music by Scott Joplin including "The Entertainer." John Rando is set to direct with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by Fred Lassen.

Synopsis

Chicago. 1936. Get ready to enter a smoke-filled world of cons and capers, where nothing is what it seems and no one is who they appear to be. Based on the 1973 Academy Award-winning film, The Sting tells the tale of a pair of con men, small town grifter Johnny Hooker and big-time hustler Henry Gondorff (Harry Connick, Jr.), who plot to bring down the city’s most corrupt racketeer. The Sting takes you back to an era where jazz reigns, the stakes are high, and the dice are always loaded.

Musical numbers

Act I

"You Can't Trust Nobody" – Luther, Hooker, The Erie Kid, and Ensemble
"The Thrill of the Con" – Hooker, Luther, The Erie Kid, and Ensemble
"Lonnegan's Revenge" – Lonnegan
"Ragtime Rip" – Gondorff and Hooker
"We're Back" – Gondorff, Billie, Kid Twist, Singleton, and Ensemble
"Some Say" – Hooker and Loretta
"The Chase" – Orchestra
"The Card Game" – Gondorff, Lonnegan, and Poker Players
"I Roll Bones with the Devil" – Hooker
"The First Race" – Singleton, The Erie Kid, Hooker, Lonnegan, and Ensemble

Act II

"This Ain't No Song and Dance" – Gondorff and Ensemble
"Don't Treat Your Friends Like Marks" – Gondorff and Hooker
"Nighttime is Better" – Loretta
"Show Me the Man" – Billie, The Erie Kid, and Mr. Harmon
"Confidence" – Hooker and Luther
"Tough Times" – Gondorff
"Sometimes" – Billie
"This Ain't No Song and Dance" (Reprise) – Gondorff
"Ain't Nothing" – Gondorff
"The Second Race" – Company
"The Thrill of the Con" (Reprise) – Hooker and Gondorff

The score of The Sting features "The Entertainer", "The Easy Winners", "Solace", "The Strenuous Life", "The Chrysanthemum", "The Cascades", "A Breeze from Alabama", "Rose Leaf Rag", and "The Ragtime Dance" composed by Scott Joplin, and "Heliotrope Bouquet" by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin.^[1]

Cast

Character	Paper Mill (2018)
The Erie Kid	Peter Benson
Henry Gondorff	Harry Connick Jr.
Loretta	Janet Dacal
J.J. Singleton	Christopher Gurr
Johnny Hooker	J. Harrison Ghee
Doyle Lonnegan	Tom Hewitt
Kid Twist	Richard Kline
Luther	Kevyn Morrow
Billie	Kate Shindle
Lt. Snyder	Robert Wuhl

References

↑ Taken from the Paper Mill Playhouse program April 4, 2018

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[1] Taken from the Paper Mill Playhouse program April 4, 2018