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Release Date: Saturday 2 February 2002
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical with music and lyrics written by Richard and Robert Sherman and a book by Jeremy Sams. It is sometimes referred to as Chitty the Musical to distinguish it from the 1968 film of the same name on which it is based, written by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, and Richard Maibaum. The 1968 film was based in turn on the book of the same name by Ian Fleming. The show premiered at the London Palladium on April 16, 2002, directed by Adrian Noble before opening on Broadway in 2005. (Wiki)
The musical premiered in the West End at the London Palladium on April 16, 2002, with six new songs by the Sherman Brothers who wrote the original Academy Award-nominated title and song score as well. The West End production was directed by Adrian Noble (at the time the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company) with musical staging and choreography by Gillian Lynne.
Act 1
Overture - Orchestra
Prologue - Company
"You Two" - Caractacus, Jeremy & Jemima
"Them Three" - Grandpa Potts
"Toot Sweets" - Caractacus, Truly, Lord Scrumptious & Ensemble
"Think Vulgar" - Boris and Goran
"Hushabye Mountain" - Caractacus
"Come to the Funfair" - Company*
"Me Ol' Bamboo" - Caractacus & Ensemble
"Posh!" - Grandpa Potts, Jeremy & Jemima
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - Caractacus, Truly, Jeremy & Jemima, & Grandpa Potts
"Truly Scrumptious" - Jeremy, Jemima & Truly
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Nautical reprise) - Caractacus, Truly, Jeremy & Jemima
"Chitty Takes Flight" - Company
Act 2
"Entr'acte" - Orchestra
"Vulgarian National Anthem" - Company
"The Roses of Success" - Grandpa Potts & Inventors
"Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies" - Childcatcher*
"Teamwork" - Caractacus, Toymaker, Truly & Juvenile Ensemble
"Chu-Chi Face" - Baron & Baroness Bomburst
"The Bombie Samba" - Baroness, Baron & Ensemble
"Doll on a Music Box"/"Truly Scrumptious" (Reprise) - Truly & Caractacus
"Us Two"/"Chitty Prayer" - Jeremy & Jemima*
"Teamwork" (Reprise) - Toymaker & Company
"Chitty Flies Home (Finale)" - Company