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My Favorite Year The Musical

Music by Stephen Flaherty, Book by Joseph Dougherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

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Plot Summary & Audition Tips

List of Characters in My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year (1992 Original Broadway Cast Recording)

My Favorite Year (1982 Film Version on DVD)

Various Artists - My Favourite Year My Favorite Year Cast Recording 

Based on the hit film, My Favorite Year is the story of young Benjy Stone, a freshman writer on early TV’s “Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade”. Assigned the daunting task of baby-sitting a boozing Hollywood swashbuckler (played in the movie by Peter O’Toole), Benjy learns about human frailty, comedy, love – and what made 1954 his favorite year.

Audition Preparation Suggestions for My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year is an old fashioned show, so take this into consideration when choosing audition material.

Alan Swann
Handsome, fading movie star who uses alcohol to deal with the guilt of abandoning his daughter. Errol Flynn type - very charming.
Benjy Stone (mid 20s)
fledgling sketch writer - a big fan of movies and Swann in particular, eager & alert. Acts as character narrator.
King Kaiser (30s)
a "big bear of a man", physical, loud. Former Catskill Comic turned TV host
K.C. Downling
Benjy's girlfriend, and assistant to the producer. A bright, pretty career girl. A "straight man" role.
Belle May Steinberg Carroca
Benjy's extremely vulgar but kind hearted mother. A beacon of Brooklyn society. Generous of nature and proportion.
"Rookie" Carroca (Filipino, 40s)
Benjy's stepfather. Former bantam weight champion.
Alice Miller (comic role)
King Kaiser's only female writer - Lois Lane with a better sense of humor. Fearless.
Sy Benson
Head writer - bullies everyone except King, and takes credit for everyone elses work
Herb Lee
A rumpled, silent but expressive writer. Alice communicates for him.
Leo Silver
The gray-haired, well-dressed, antacid chewing producer of the Comedy Cavalcade. Physically smaller than King, but the only one who can come close to controlling him.
Tess (16)
Swann's estranged daughter. Very pretty Grace Kelly type.
Uncle Morty
Benjy's uncle, Belle's brother. Typical funny uncle - round, thick, and bald.
Aunt Sadie
Morty's wife
Chorus Girls, Male Dancers, Sketch Actors, Stage Hands, Floor Manager, Grips, Cameramen, Wardrobe People, Secretaries, Assorted Denizens of Manhattan, Tess's Classmates, Brooklyn Neighbors, and a Doorman.

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List of Songs in My Favorite Year

  • Twenty Million People (Benjy, Company)
  • Larger Than Life (Benjy)
  • Musketeer Sketch (King, Sy, Benjy, Leo, Alice, K.C., Herb)
  • Rookie In The Ring (Belle)
  • Manhattan (Swann, Company)
  • The Gospel According To King (King, Swann, Company)
  • Funny/The Duck Joke (K.C., Alice)
  • Welcome To Brooklyn (Morty, Rookie, Belle, Sadie, All)
  • If The World Were Like The Movies (Swann)
  • Exits (Swann)
  • Shut Up And Dance (K.C., Benjy)
  • Professional Showbizness Comedy (King, Alice)
  • The Lights Come Up (Swann)
  • My Favorite Year (Benjy, Company)

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