Cindy is a musical with music and lyrics by Johnny Brandon

Johnny Brandon

Johnny Brandon is an English singer and songwriter, popular during the 1950s, who recorded for a number of labels. His perennial backing group was known as The Phantoms. His early hits included "Tomorrow" and "Don't Worry"...

, and a book by Joe Sauter and Mike Sawyer. It ran Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 at the Gate, Orpheum, and Cricket Theatres (not simultaneously) in 1964 and 1965. It is an adaption of the story of Cinderella

Cinderella

"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...

. It was produced by Chandler Warren and Philip Temple, by arrangement with Stuart Wiener and Jerry Grace.

Characters

• Cindy Kreller
• Della Kreller
• Golda Kreller
• Mama Kreller
• Papa Kreller
• Chuck Rosenfeld
• Ruth Rosenfeld
• David Rosenfeld
• Lucky
• Three Storytellers

Productions

Cindy opened at the Gate Theatre on March 19, 1964, and closed June 21. On September 24, it reopened at the Orpheum Theatre. It transferred to the Cricket Theatre on January 19, 1965, and closed on May 2, 1965.

Role	Gate Original Cast	Cricket Original Cast	Cricket Replacements
Cindy Kreller	Jacqueline Mayo	Kelly Wood	Isabelle Farrell
Della Kreller	Dena Dietrich	Mary Betten	Alice Beardsley
Golda Kreller	Amelia Varney	Amelia Varney
Mama Kreller	Sylvia Mann	Nancy Carroll	Milly Weitz
Papa Kreller	Frank Nastasi	Frank Nastasi	David Howard
Chuck Rosenfeld	Joe Masiell	Joe Masiell	Joe Bellomo
Ruth Rosenfeld	Lizabeth Pritchett	Lizabeth Pritchett	Evelyn Bell, Elizabeth Parrish
David Rosenfeld	Mike Sawyer	Mike Sawyer
Lucky	Johnny Harmon	Jerry Wilkins	Tommy Karaty, Rick Landon
Storytellers	Tommy Karaty, Thelma Oliver, Mark Stone	Rick Landon, Thelma Oliver, Mark Stone	Charles Abbate, Michael Loman

Musical Numbers

• Once Upon a Time
• Let's Pretend
• Is There Something to What He Said
• Papa, Let's Do It Again
• A Genuine Feminine Girl
• Cindy
• Think Mink
• Tonight's the Night
• Who Am I?
• Ballroom Sequence
• If You've Got It, You've Got It
• The Life That I've Planned for Him
• If It's Love
• Got the World in the Palm of My Hand
• Call Me Lucky
• Laugh It Up
• What a Wedding