The Letter People Follies

The Letter People Follies

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Common opening credits order

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While there are numerous variations most opening credits use some variation of the basic order. In the absence of opening credits, these roles will often be credited in reverse order at the beginning of the closing credits.

• Universal Pictures PRESENTS

• New Dimensions In Education

• STARRING
  • King Hall – Mister M, Various
  • Tom Ray – Mister ?, Various
  • Patrick Clear – Mister H, Mister J, Mister R, Various
  • Lynn Cohen – Miss I, Various
  • John Cothran – Mister N, Mister L, Various
  • Allan Trautman – Mister C (voice), Mister K, Various
  • Gregg Berger – Mister Z, Mister T, Mister V, Various
  • Don Boevingloh – Monty Swell, Various
  • Cheryl Brown – Miss ?, Various
  • Jane Deeken – Miss O, Various
  • Pam Dunn – Miss ?, Various
  • John Erickson – Mister ?, Various
  • David Herzog – Mister T (sometimes), Various
  • Bert Hinchman – Mister ?, Various
  • Bob Kramer – Mister F, Various
  • Nancy Swet – Miss ?, Various
  • Genevieve Bierman – Miss ?, Various (voice)
  • Sally Eaton – Miss ?, Various (voice)
  • Shelley Heeley – Miss ?, Various (voice)
  • Joneal Joplin – Mister S, Mister G, Various (voice)
  • Barbara Marentette – Miss ?, Various (voice)
  • Nancy Margulies – Miss ?, Various (voice)
  • Thomas K. McDonough – Mister ?, Various (voice)
  • Bob Miller – Mister ?, Various (voice)
  • James Scott – Mister ?, Various (voice)
  • Will Shaw – Mister ?, Various (voice)
  • Gail Simmons – ?, Various (voice)
  • Dick Teneau – ?, Various (voice)
  • Gayle Waxman – ?, Various (voice)

• FEATURING

• CASTING
  • Gina Miller

• MUSIC
  • Joe René and Jacquelyn Reinach
  • Clayton Frohman
  • Miles Goodman

• VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER or VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
  • Alan Pratt, Ph.D. – Curriculum Consultant
  • Ruth Lerner Perle – Editorial Supervisor

• COSTUME DESIGN and PUPPET DESIGN
  • Nia Novella Travilla
  • Trish Summerville (loosely based of Irene Sharaff, Miles White and Walter Plunkett)
  • William Ivey Long
  • Joan Robinson (loosely baseon of Helen Rose, Gregory A. Poplyk and William Travilla)
  • Tom Tichenor
  • King Hall – Head Puppeteer, Set Designer, Puppet Designer
  • Tom Ray – Assistant Head Puppeteer, Puppet Designer

• PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER
  • Peter Bretz
  • John Muench

• DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Art FitzSimmons

• PRODUCER
  • Thomas K. McDonough
  • Jeffrey Jones
  • Don Jeffries
  • Gary Twitchell

• BASED ON THE CHARACTERS BY
  • Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman

• (SCREEN) STORY or STORY BY
  • Kelly Hines

• WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY or SCREENPLAY or SCREENPLAY BY
  • Thomas K. McDonough
  • Jeffrey Jones
  • Gary Twitchell
  • William F. Bailey (Posthumous)
  • Gayle Waxman
  • Harry John Luecke
  • Patrick Clear
  • Ron Cohen
  • James Scott
  • Ralph St. William
  • Ralph DiGuglielmo

• DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY
  • Thomas K. McDonough
  • Jeffrey Jones
  • Gary Twitchell
  • William F. Bailey (Posthumous)

Plot

because I was thinking that in the beginning it would be all black then someone (maybe Monty Swell) would come on stage singing about all the Letter People while the Letter People stand in the background but you can’t see them because the only person that is lit up is the one singing. The person singing will sing about each Letter Person and their personalities in the same song while he/she walks towards that specific Letter Person (but a light doesn’t shine on the person). I was thinking that they stood in 4 different places: Mister M, Mister T, Mister F, Mister H, Mister N, and Miss A on the far left of the stage (pretty hard to see them); Mister B, Mister Z, Mister P, Mister S, Mister V, and Miss E on the right; Mister L, Mister D, Mister G, Mister C, Miss I, Miss O, and Mister K in the middle (standing close to Mister B, Mister Z, Mister P, Mister S, Mister V, and Miss E); and there’s is a balcony type thing (kind of like the thing the Mayor was standing on in Spongebob on Broadway) and on the balcony there’s Mister W, Mister Y, Mister R, Mister J, Miss U, Mister X, and Mister Q (the balcony is also behind Mister L, Mister D, Mister G, Mister C, Miss I, Miss O, and Mister K). And once the person stops singing and the song ends, the stage gets lit up so you can see the Letter People. And in the end all the Letter People line in a horizontal and hold hands (order: M, T, F, H, N, A, B, Z, P, S, V, E, L, D, G, C, I, O, K, W, Y, R, J, U, X, Q) and each one comes up to the stage to take their own type of bow (order: Q, X, U, J, R, Y, W, K, O, I, C, G, D, L, E, V, S, P, Z, B, A, N, H, F, T, M) and then they all run towards the front of the stage to take a bow and sing one last grand finale song.

Songs

Episode 1

Song	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics
New York, New York
The Ragtime Violin			The Ragtime Violin Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Play a Simple Melody		1942	Play a Simple Melody Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Mr. Monotony		1953	Mr. Monotony Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Titanic Melody	Mister D	1912	Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag/Alexander's Ragtime Band Music by Felix Powell and Irving Berlin Lyrics by George Henry Powell and Irving Berlin
Alexander's Ragtime Band		1930	Alexander's Ragtime Band Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Episode 2

Song	Location Set	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics
Puttin' On the Ritz				Puttin' On the Ritz Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Let's Face the Music and Dance				Let's Face the Music and Dance Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Presentation of Miss Turnstiles	Circus			Presentation of Miss Turnstiles Music and Lyrics by Leonard Bernstein
Cheek to Cheek				Cheek to Cheek Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Episode 3

Song	Location Set	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics
New York, New York				New York, New York Music and Lyrics by Leonard Bernstein
You'd Be Surprised				You'd Be Surprised Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It				After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
If You Believe				If You Believe Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
I Got Rhythm

Episode 4

Song	Location Set	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics

Episode 5

Song	Location Set	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics
A Man Chases a Girl				A Man Chases a Girl Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Lazy				Lazy Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
A Sailor's Not a Sailor				A Sailor's Not a Sailor Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Episode 6

Song	Location Set	Starring	Set in year	Music and Lyrics
There's No Business Like Show Business				There's No Business Like Show Business Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

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