Anyone Can Whistle
Book by Arthur Laurents
The Notion
"A fanciful story about a small economically depressed American town whose venal Mayoress gets the bright idea of arranging a fake miracle to attract tourists. The tourists arrive, but they become intermixed with the inmates of the local Cookie Jar, a rest home for non-conformists. Farcical complications ensue."
- Stephen Sondheim in Finishing the Hat -
Songs
Act One
Overture
I'm Like the Bluebird
Me and My Town
Miracle Song
There Won't Be Trumpets*
Simple
*cut from original Broadway production but frequently restored in later productions
Act Two
Entr'acte
The A-1 March / Hooray for Hapgood
Come Play Wiz Me
Anyone Can Whistle
A Parade in Town
Everybody Says Don't
Don't Ballet
Act Three
I've Got You to Lean On
See What It Gets You
The Cookie Chase
With So Little to Be Sure Of
Finale
Cut Songs
The Natives Are Restless (replaced with "Me and My Town")
The Lame, the Halt, and the Blind
A Hero Is Coming (replaced with "There Won't Be Trumpets")
There's Always a Woman (sometimes restored in later productions)
Cross Questions
Albums
Video
The following are unofficial video recordings, and as such, they are subject to being taken down at any time. Not all videos are the complete show.
Productions & Casts
Awards
1964 Original Broadway Production
Gower Champion won the Tony Award for Choreography (Hello, Dolly!)
Tony Awards
1 Nomination
0 Wins
1995 Carnegie Hall Concert
Jerry Leiber, Arif Mardin, & Mike Stoller won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album (Smoky Joe's Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller)
Awards from All Productions
Tony Awards: 0 wins from 1 nomination
Grammy Awards: 0 wins from 1 nomination