Williamson Ltd, it starred Lorraine Bayly as Miss Mona and Alfred Sandor as Sherriff Ed Earl Dodd, with Mona Richardson as Jewel, Judi Connelli as Doatsy Mae and Peter Whitford as the Governor.
The Sydney production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on 13 September 1980. National Tour, September 1979 through February 1981, with stops in major cities from Boston to Los Angeles.
Alexis Smith starred as Miss Mona in the first U.S. Glynn was replaced by Fannie Flagg and Anita Morris later in the run. The opening cast included Carlin Glynn, Henderson Forsythe, Jay Garner, Joan Ellis, Delores Hall, and Pamela Blair. The production was directed by Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune and choreographed by Tune and Thommie Walsh. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on June 19, 1978, and ran for 1,584 performances. Thorpe (based on real-life Houston news personality Marvin Zindler) decides to make the illegal activity an issue, political ramifications cause the place to be closed down. When crusading television reporter Melvin P.
While taking care of her girls, she is also on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, having been left to her by the original owner. It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas (subbing for real locale La Grange) for more than a century.
