Book by Joseph Dougherty. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Based on the motion picture My Favorite Year courtesy of Turner Entertainment Company. Screenplay by Norman Steinberg & Dennis Palumbo. Story by Dennis Palumbo

A classic farce with a heart - and fencing - this adaptation of the film introduces Benjy Stone, a naive young television writer during the Golden Age of live 50's US television, to Alan Swann, a hard-drinking, swash-buckling movie star from Hollywood. Assignment: keep the star sober for his guest spot on a live show, learn some lessons about life and love and, of course, get the girl. Simple. Cast: 8 men, 5 women, chorus Instrumentation: Reed I (piccolo/flute/clarinet/alto sax), Reed II (flute/clarinet/bass clarinet/alto sax), Reed III (oboe/cor anglais/clarinet/tenor sax), Reed IV (flute/clarinet/bass clarinet/baritone sax/ bassoon), horn, Trumpet I (trumpet/flugelhorn), Trumpet II (trumpet/piccolo trumpet), Trumpet III (trumpet/flugelhorn), 2 trombones, 2 percussion, Keyboard I (piano/synthesizer), Keyboard II (synthe-sizer), 3 violins, viola, cello, double bass