Sandhog.
Sandhog is a stage muscal based on the story St. Columba and the River by Theodore Dreiser.
Cast[]
- Jack Cassidy - Johnny O'Sullivan
- Paul Ukena - Fred Burger
- Michael Kermoyan - Joe Novak
- David Brooks - Tim Cavanaugh
- Betty Oakes - Katie O'Sullivan
- Gordon Dilworth - Sharkey
- Alice Ghostley - Sheela O'Sullivan
- Rodester Timmons - Andy Cayton
- Mordecai Bauman - Henderson
- Leon Bibb - Sam on the Stick
- Mary Kane - Mary Novak
- Mareda Gaither - Ginny Cayton
- Betty Ageloff - Girl With a Ball
Plot[]
The plot follows the tunnel workers, known as "sandhogs," who built the first tunnel under the Hudson River.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Come Down" - Chorus
- "Some Said They Were Crazy" - Chorus
- "Stand Back" - Policeman
- "Hey Joe" - Kids
- "Johnny's Cursing Song" - Johnny O'Sullivan
- "Come and Be Married" - Girl with a Ball
- "Johnny O" - Johnny O'Sullivan and Katie O'Sullivan
- "Good Old Days" - Sharkey and Kids
- "Song of the Bends" - Tim Cavanaugh, Fred Burger, Joe Novak and Andy Cayton
- "By the Glenside" - Sheela Cavanaugh
- "High Air" - Chorus
- "Work Song" - Tim Cavanaugh, Fred Burger and Sam on the Stick
- "28 Men" - Chorus
Act II
- "Sandhog Song" - Henderson, Chorus and Kids
- "Sweat Song" - Tim Cavanaugh
- "Fugue on a Hot Afternoon in a Small Flat" - Tim Cavanaugh, Johnny O'Sullivan, Sheela Cavanaugh and Katie O'Sullivan
- "T-w-i-n-s" - Tim Cavanaugh, Fred Burger, Andy Cayton and Joe Novak
- "Katie O'Sullivan" - Tim Cavanaugh, Fred Burger, Andy Cayton, Joe Novak, Sharkey and Kids
- "Johnny O" (Reprise) - Johnny O'Sullivan and Katie O'Sullivan
- "28 Men" (Reprise) - Chorus
- "High Air" (Reprise) - Chorus
- "Some Said They Were Crazy" (Reprise) - Chorus
- "Sing Sorrow" - Chorus
- "You Want to Mourn" - Sheela Cavanaugh and Sandhogs' Wives
- Act III
- "Ma, Ma, Where's My Dad?" - Kids
- "Greathead Shield" - Bill Clayton and Kids
- "Waiting for the Men" - Sheela Cavanaugh, Mary Novak and Ginny Cayton
- "28 Men" (Reprise) - Chorus
- "Greathead" Shield (Reprise) - Sam on the Stick
- "Ring Iron" - Chorus
- "Johnny's Cursing Song" (Reprise) - Johnny O'Sullivan
- "Stand Back" - Chorus and Policeman
- "Johnny O" (second reprise) - Johnny O'Sullivan and Katie O'Sullivan
- "Oh, Oh, Oh, O'Sullivan" - Fred Burger, Andy Cayton, Joe Novak and Bill Clayton
- "Sandhog Song" - Chorus