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Gigi

Music by Frederick Loewe
Lyrics and Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Based on the Novella by Colette
First New York performance: November 13, 1973

Time and place: Paris, 1900

The Articles
Synopsis
Notes
Frederick Loewe
Alan J. Lerner
Lerner and Loewe
Production History
  Colette
Novella, Film and Stage
The Songs
Paris and France
Courtesans
Teachers' Resources

The Cast
In order of speaking appearance
Honoré Lachaille, an elderly gentleman
Gaston Lachaille, his nephew
Liane D'Exelmans, a courtesan
Gigi (Gilberte)
Inez Alvarez (Mamita), her grandmother
Aunt Alicia, Mamita's sister
Charles, Alicia's butler
Manuel, Honoré's man
Head Waiter, Receptionist, A Telephone Installer, a Maitre D'Hotel, Waiters
Sandomir (an ice skating instructor) , a Dancing Teacher
Maitre Du Fresne and Maitre Duclos, lawyers
Two Law Clerks
Juliette, Honoré's date
Jacques and Jean-Paul, guests at Maxim's

NonSpeaking and Offstage
Four girls, Jacqueline (Honoré's date)
Gigi's Mother Andrée
Liane's Dance Partners: a Man, an Artist and a Count
Fiddle Player, Other Dancers
Porters and Hotel Staff, Guests

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Revised August 2010
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