Half a Sixpence
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 6, 2008
Closed Sep 19, 2008
Opened Aug 6, 2008
Closed Sep 19, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Half a Sixpence is the musical story of Arthur Kipps, a Cockney shop clerk who inherits a fortune, loses it and winds up happier without it. The musical is based on a novel by H.G. Wells.
Music and lyrics are by David Heneker, book by Beverly Cross from the H.G Wells novel Kipps.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Goodspeed Musicals - East Haddam
6 Main St
East Haddam, CT 06423
Goodspeed Musicals is dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre, producing six musicals each season at the historic Goodspeed Opera House and The Norma Terris Theatre, opened in Chester, Conn. in 1984 for the development of new [...] Read More
6 Main St
East Haddam, CT 06423
Goodspeed Musicals is dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre, producing six musicals each season at the historic Goodspeed Opera House and The Norma Terris Theatre, opened in Chester, Conn. in 1984 for the development of new [...] Read More
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With its broad music-hall humor and sentimental trappings, Half a Sixpence might not suit today's Broadway audiences as well as it did back in 1965. It is, however, a perfect fit for the charming old Goodspeed Opera House, which was built by a shipping tycoon in 1876 for the amusement of his cronies. You can practically hear their ghosts giggling in the rafters.
Very loosely adapted by Beverley Cross (Boeing-Boeing) from a semi-autobiographical 1905 novel by H. G. Wells, and featuring a none-too-memorable score by David Heneker, the show tells the rags-to-riches (and back again) tale of a plucky clerk at a ladies' dressmaking shop in a fashionable seaside resort town. The opening number, "[...]