Ardmore Little Theatre

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas





Book by Larry L King & Peter Masterson
Music & Lyrics by Carol Hall

Directed by Doris Simpson


Auditions January 17-18, 2011
Perfomances March 3-6 & 10-13, 2011

at the Goddard Center




Inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, don’t let the title keep you away from this enjoyable and timely tale of two-faced politicians and hypocritical moralists.  Set in the 1970s, this is the rollicking story of a little brothel that has been operating in rural Texas for more than a century and is now under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, a close friend of local sheriff Ed Earl Dodd.  When crusading television reporter Melvin P. Thorpe makes an issue out of the goings-on, the place is threatened to be shutdown by powerful politicians.  Stomp your feet and holler out loud, this down home charmer is a funfest.  The Broadway production was nominated for six Tony Awards (winning two) and eight Drama Desk awards (winning three, including best lyrics and best music).
Courtsey of Samuel French

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