Mame
PHOTOS FROM "MAME" CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
The Minerva Club was proud to present Jerry Herman's hit Musical "MAME" for only the second time in the club's history, the first time being 25 years earlier.
"MAME" opened on Broadway on May 24 1966, at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 1508 performances. It starred Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell and Charles Braswell and contains memorable songs including "It's Today" "Open A New Window" "The Man In The Moon" "We Need A Little Christmas" "Bosom Buddies" and of course that rip-roaring showstopper, its title song "MAME"
When Auntie Mame - a well to do in Twenties New York - receives a "wonderful present" of her 10 year old nephew Patrick, she resolves to bring him up with the fullest possible experience of the world! This involves her "bosom buddy, Vera Charles - a multi-Martini Grande-dame of the legitimate theatre who hates children. The boy's nanny, Agnes Gooch, does not approve.
During The Depression, Mame loses everything - including jobs - as quickly as she finds them. As a manicurist she meets Beau - a wealthy Southerner. Beau introduces her to his family, who disapprove of her, however Beau proposes marriage.
Patrick grows up. Beau dies suddenly and Mame is persuaded to write her memoirs, aided by Gooch who, inspired by Mame, has experimented in a liberated life with "outstanding results".
When Patrick becomes engaged to a blonde "with the IQ of a dead flashlight battery" Mame decides to rescue him from a future of boring snobbery - just as he rescued her from the trap of the Twenties.
Needless to say, she succeeds, and the story ends with "great-auntie Mame" rescuing Patrick's SON from boring conformity.
PHOTOS
BACKSTAGE PHOTOS
(Courtesy of Joe McMonagle)
| Varied Age Group |
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Vanity |
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Motley Crew |
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| Bevy of Beauties |
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Vera En-Route To The Bar |
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Star Debut |
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| A Show With The Minerva Can Be A Religious Experience |
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Another Bevy Anyone |
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And More |
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| Stalwarts |
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Speech! |
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And More Speeches |
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ONSTAGE PHOTOS (Dress Rehearsal)
Courtesy of David Mills
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Mame Dennis |
Chriss Mills |
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Patrick Dennis (Age 10) |
Gordon Galbraith / Ross Hamilton |
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Agnes Gooch |
Susan B. Russell |
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Vera Charles |
Anne Allan |
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Ito |
Alan Orr |
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Ralph Devine |
Joe McMonagle |
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M Lindsay Woolsey |
David Fyfe |
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Dwight Babcock |
Tom Russell |
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Doorman |
Donald Barton |
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Elevator Boy |
Philip Topping |
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Messenger |
William Poland |
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Artist |
Martyn Jones |
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Artist's Model |
Lorraine Inglis |
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Dance Teacher |
Betty Kirkland |
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Moon Man |
Joe McMonagle |
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Stage Manager |
Donald Barton |
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Madame Branislowski |
June Watson |
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Gregor |
Martyn Jones |
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Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside |
Sean McQueen |
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Uncle Jeff |
Stephen McDonald |
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Cousin Fan |
Eleanor Docherty |
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Sally Cato |
Caroline Galbraith |
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Mother Burnside |
Amanda McCulley |
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Patrick Dennis (Age 19—29) |
David Cameron |
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Junior Babcock |
Peter Hannah |
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Doris Upson |
Audrey Howie |
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Claude Upson |
Wilson Paterson |
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Gloria Upson |
Maxine Paterson |
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Pegeen Ryan |
Elaine Graham |
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Peter Dennis |
David McDonald / Aidan Hannah |
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Ensemble |
Gemma
Barton, Nicola Cosgrove, Eleanor
Docherty, Sharon Duncan, Deirdre Frazer, Caroline Galbraith, Elaine Graham, Elaine Holdstock, Audrey Howie, Betty Kirkland, Amanda McCulley, Kirsten Maclean, Deirdre Mairs, Pauline Mitchell, Elaine O’Neill, Maxine Paterson, Marion Ritchie, Liz Sherry, June Watson, Graeme Anderson, Donald Barton, David Cameron, Billy Dickson, Michael Golfis, Peter Hannah, Martyn Jones, Michael McCracken, Stephen McDonald, Joe McMonagle, William Poland, Alex Scanlon, Iain Stewart, Philip Topping. |
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Dancers |
Hazel
Grant, Lynsay Grieve, Vicky Hamilton, Lorraine
Inglis, Nikita Johnson,
Emma McGuire, Dawn McKerracher, Lynsey Marshall, Gemma Masson, Emmaline O’Neill |
