The Most Happy Fella

Based on Sidney Howard’s 1924 play They Knew What They Wanted, Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella revolves around the complications that arise when Tony, an aging Italian vineyard owner, proposes by mail to Rosabella, a young waitress who once served him in a San Francisco restaurant. Rosabella has no recollection of Tony, but accepts his proposal, largely because he has sent her a picture of Joe, his handsome ranch hand. Broadway legend George Hearn stars as Tony in this classic American musical.