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'{{Infobox Musical | name = Walking Happy | image = Walking Happy.jpg | caption = | music = [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] | lyrics = [[Sammy Cahn]] | book = [[Roger O. Hirson]] <br> [[Ketti Frings]] | basis = ''[[Hobson's Choice (play)|Hobson's Choice]]'' by [[Harold Brighouse]] | productions = 1966 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] }} '''''Walking Happy''''' is a musical with music by [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], lyrics by [[Sammy Cahn]] and book by [[Roger O. Hirson]] and [[Ketti Frings]]. The story is based on the play ''[[Hobson's Choice (play)|Hobson's Choice]]'' by [[Harold Brighouse]]. The musical was nominated for six [[Tony Awards]], including Best Musical. The title song "Walking Happy" was originally meant to be used in the 1963 film ''[[Papa's Delicate Condition]]'', with [[Jackie Gleason]] singing it, but it was dropped before the film's release. ==Production history== The production opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on November 26, 1966 and ran for 161 performances. Directed by [[Cy Feuer]] with choreography by Danny Daniels, the cast included [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] as Henry Hobson, [[Norman Wisdom]] as Will Mossop, Louise Troy as Maggie Hobson, and Ed Bakey as George Beenstock. Conductor [[Herbert Grossman]] served as Music Director. The original cast recording was released by [[Angel Records]] in 1966.<ref> [http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1229 Cast album database] castalbumdb.com</ref> ==Plot synopsis== In [[Lancashire]], England in 1880 the men of the town gather in the local pub, with much drinking. The widower Henry Hobson, owner of a boot shop, has three daughters, and he wishes them to marry. The local leader of the temperance league, George Beenstock, has two sons. The two younger Hobson daughters flirt with the Beenstock sons, while Hobson tells his eldest daughter Maggie that her time has passed. Maggie decides to make a match with Will, a skilled shoemaker, even though Will is engaged to another. Will and Maggie establish their own boot shop. Meanwhile, Hobson's drinking continues, his young daughters try to take Maggie's place at his shop, and Will and Maggie marry. Hobson and Beenstock settle on a dowry for the young ladies. Hobson realizes that he needs Maggie and Will, and they become partners. ==Songs== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ; Act 1 * "Think of Something Else" * "Where Was I" * "How D'ya Talk to a Girl" * "Clog and Grog" * "If I Be Your Best Chance" * "A Joyful Thing" * "What Makes It Happen" * "Use Your Noggin'" {{col-break}} ; Act 2 * "You're Right, You're Right" * "I'll Make a Man waof the Man" * "Walking Hap Pppp walkingJhappppy" * "I Don't Think I'm ❤️In Love" * "Such a Sociable Sort" * "It Might As Well Be Her" * "People Who Are Nice" * "You're Right, You're Right" (reprise) * "I Don't Think I'm In Love" (reprise) {{col-end}} ==Critical response== [[Walter Kerr]] reviewed the musical for the ''[[New York Times]]''. He wrote that the musical was "easygoing, unpretentious, minor-league...a light, slight, occasionally charming pastime." The "principal asset" is Norman Wisdom, a "zany original".<ref>Kerr, Walter. ''Review'', "New York Times", November 28, 1966, p. 47</ref> ==Awards and nominations== ===Original Broadway production=== {| class="wikitable" width="95%" |- ! width="5%"| Year ! width="20%"| Award ! width="40%"| Category ! width="25%"| Nominee ! width="10%"| Result |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 1967 | rowspan="6"| [[Tony Award]] | colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Composer and Lyricist]] | [[Sammy Cahn]] and [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]] | [[Norman Wisdom]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]] | [[Louise Troy]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]] | Gordon Dilworth | {{nom}} |- | [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]] | [[Danny Daniels]] | {{nom}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{ibdb show|9145}} *[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_w/walking_happy.htm Production information and plot at guidetomusicaltheatre.com] *[http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/249.html musicalheaven] [[Category:1966 musicals]] [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:Musicals based on plays]] [[Category:Plays by Roger O. Hirson]] [[Category:Works by Ketti Frings]] [[Category:1880 in fiction]]'