Overture/Bless This Land/Little Old New York/Dr Brock/Artificial Flowers/What’s In It For You/ Reform/Tommy Tommy/The Picture Of Happiness/Dear Friend/The Army Of The Just/How The Money Changes Hand/Good Clean Fun/My Miss Mary/My Gentle Young Johnny/The Trial/Reform (Reprise)/Finale
The Broadway musical Tenderloin starred Maurice Evans and Ron Husmann. It opened at the 46th Street Theatre in October 1960 and ran for 216 performances. Plot centres on a clergyman who tries to clean up a red light district in Manhattan. Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. (US:15)
“I know it wasn't a huge success, but the score is wonderful, especially Little Old New York, How The Money Changes Hands and Artificial Flowers, which should be in all lovers of Broadway musical collections.”
“One of my favourite shows by this great team. Not a throwaway number in the whole lot. A must for lovers of Broadway musicals.”
“The long lost musical Tenderloin made its debut on Broadway in 1961, from the pens of Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, famous for Fiddler On The Roof. It has a great score with numbers such as Artificial Flowers, and How The Money Changes Hands.”
“It is the weakest Bock and Harnick show, with too many songs capturing a period flavour without adding any passion of feeling.”
“Jerry Bock's score and Sheldon Harnick's lyrics can be schmaltzy, but they invite one to sing along. Some of that schmaltz is satirical. The Picture Of Happiness is a politically incorrect assessment of prostitution. Artificial Flowers, while satirizing the pulp fiction of the day, still manages to be sentimental. And My Gentle Young Johnny combines satire and sentiment in the yearning of a prostitute for one special man.”
“I did not have high hopes for it. However, once I got past the insanely long overture, I was hooked. This is a very varied score from My Miss Mary to the sweet Tommy Tommy and the rousing The Money Changes Hands, this is totally delightful. I don't care much for the story - the 'what's wrong with a whorehouse?' idea is stupid and basically not funny.”
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