Pump Boys and Dinettes

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Pump Boys and Dinettes is a musical written by a performance group of the same name. The performance group, "Pump Boys and Dinettes" consists of John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann. Not only did the members of this group write the musical, they starred in the Broadway production and directed it as well. The musical premiered at the Chelsea West Side Arts Theatre in 1981, moving to the Colonnades Theatre (Greenwich Village) in October 1981. The show played in London's West End at the Piccadilly Theatre from September 20, 1984 to June 8, 1985 and transferred to the Albery Theatre from June 11, 1985 to September 2, 1985. The production starred, amongst others, Paul Jones, Clodagh Rodgers, Joe Brown and Kiki Dee.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Paul Ditchfield, Jenny de Lenta, Tonia Selley, Bryan Schimmel, Terence Reis, Greg Plotz starred in a production presented by Richard Loring at the Sound Stage Supper Theatre.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Wikipedia [1].

Tucker, 1997.

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