It Happened in Tanjablanca
Peter Pinne
(composer),
1968
2004
Z1510430
1968
single work
musical theatre
Chamber musical.
A musical spoof of 1940s Hollywoods movies, the story concerns a group of people who are trapped in a seedy, run-down hotel in the imaginary city of Tanjablanca, find themselves suspected of the murder of one Hugo DeWitt.
Songs written for the musical include : 'Come to the Casbah,' 'Tanjablanca,' 'I'm Glad We Met,' 'Wave Your Flag' (Miss Fotherington and company), 'She's Coming to Town Today' (Chuck and company), 'Down South America Way' (Viya and company), 'Wouldn't You Like to Love Me' (Countess and Ali), 'Heaven Bound Choo Choo' (Chuck and company), 'Leicester Square' (Miss Fotherington), 'Wichita Kansas' (Viya), 'The Nicest People are Spies,' 'Wouldn't You Like a Bourbon' (Viya, Miss Fotherington and Countess), 'Shot, Strangled and Stabbed' (Chuck and company), 'Take Me' (Miss Fotherington and Ali) and 'Woman of the World' (reprise).
It Happened in Tanjablanca was later substantially rewritten and re-staged in 1973 under the title of Red, White and Boogie. [see separate entry in AustLit for further details]