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|name=The Penny Friend
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|music= [[William Roy]]
|lyrics= [[William Roy]]
|book= [[William Roy]]
|basis= [[J.M. Barrie]]'s ''A Kiss for Cinderella'' 
|productions= 1966 [[Off Broadway]]
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'''''The Penny Friend''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with music, lyrics, and book by William Roy based on a play by [[J. M. Barrie]], ''A Kiss for Cinderella''. It featured [[Bernadette Peters]] in her first [[Off-Broadway]] role. William Roy later worked with Peters as a writer, arranger and conductor for her nightclub act.<ref>Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81470.html "William Roy, Songwriter and Pianist Who Collaborated With Julie Wilson, Dead at 75"], playbill.com, September 4, 2003</ref>

==Production history==
''The Penny Friend'' opened [[off-Broadway]] at Stage 73 on December 26, 1966, and closed on January 22, 1967, after 32 performances. The director was Benno D. Frank, and musical numbers were staged by Lou Kristofer. The producer was Thomas Hammond (Bernadette Peters' manager).<ref name=penny>{{cite news 
  | last = Sullivan
  | first = Dan
  | title = Theater: 'Penny Friend'
  | pages = 46
  | work = The New York Times
  | date = December 27, 1966
  | url = 
  }}</ref>
 
==Plot summary==
The story involves a girl who thinks that she is [[Cinderella]], and whose friends go along with her story.  After talking about attending a ball, she actually appears to be at the ball.  However, it is soon evident that her story is all fantasy. In reality Cinderella is lying unconscious in a snow bank. She is brought to a hospital where she dies.<ref name=penny/>

==Characters and cast==
*Cinderella -- [[Bernadette Peters]]
*Mrs. Maloney—Georgia Creighton
*Mr. McGill—Bill Drew
*Kate Bodie—Charlotte Fairchild
*Maudie—Terry Forman
*George—Dewey Golkin
*Lady—Sherill Price
*Invite—Jimmy Rivers
*Policeman -- [[Jamie Ross]]
*Mr. Jennings—John Senger
*Charles Bodie -- [[Michael Wager]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3843 Lortel Database]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017033/ "A Kiss for Cinderella" on Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:Off-Broadway musicals]]
[[Category:1966 musicals]]
[[Category:J. M. Barrie]]
[[Category:Musicals based on plays]]
[[Category:Musicals based on Cinderella]]