Also known as "TAKE A SMILE" The Musical
this story of the stage career of Laurel and Hardy has something that can be described in one word - potential"
The Stage and Television Today
(from the review of the professional run in Manchester)
(from the review of the professional run in Manchester)
The Advertiser
| "Hey, how is everybody? It's me again, just writing to tell the cast of "Take A Smile," AWESOME JOB. I loved the show and so did my Dad and everyone else in the audience (unless they were dead)! It was funny and serious at the same time, and it was acted out very well. That last song really got me, I was on the verge of tears, because it's perfectly fine for boys to cry at very sad and/or happy moments. Y'all are really lucky to have been the first people ever to perform the show in America, I really wish I could've done it." 2006 Harlem High Drama's Dreambook http://www.harlemdrama.com |
| "A Boy With A Dream" (Stan Laurel backstage as a boy) |
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| "Good Morning America" (Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel on a ship from England arriving in America - They were both in Fred Karno's music hall troup) |
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| "Good Morning America" (Another recording, performed by Hartland School, Worksop, England) |
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| "Take a Smile" (Scene set in cinema in Georgia where Ollie works as a manager) |
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| "Take a Smile" (Another recording made in 2005, sung by Rachel Ashley and arranged by Lol Harris). |
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| "Karno's The Name" (Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel tour America with Fred Karno's Music Hall Troupe) |
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| "Call Me Babe" (Oliver Hardy gets his nickname - "Babe" in an Italian barber's shop) |
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| "This Time's The Last Time" (Stan and his girlfriend break up) |
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| "1926" (Stan laurel and Oliver Hardy meet up!) |
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| "We Live For Laughter" (Laurel and Hardy's Oscar speech, this version performed by Tony Stones) |
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| "California's Calling" (Laurel and Hardy are on tour, but they are getting homesick for Hollywood) |
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| "Co-Stars Song" (Laurel and Hardy's tribute to all the co-stars) |
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| "Co-Stars Song" (Another recording of the co-stars song.) |
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| "No More Goodbyes" (The war years, Chaplin sings as he takes the left road, Lourel and Hardy decide laughter is the right road. performed by John Perry). |
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| "25 Years" (and still together! Laurel and Hardy celebrate 25 years in show business) |
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| "25 Years" (Another version of the song performed by Hartland School England) |
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| "Birds Of A Feather" (On stage for the last tour of the UK) |
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| "Goodbye Babe" (sung by Pedro.) |
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| Finale - "Stan And Ollie" (performed by Hartland School England, thank you all, especially John Perry and John Regler.) |
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| "Reprise" (also performed by Hartland School.) |
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