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"PROMISES, PROMISES"

The musical is based on the 1960, Oscar-winning film "The Apartment". The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon, and was first performed in 1968. Chuck is young, ambitious, likable, charming and a bachelor who works for the Consolidated Life Insurance Company whose chief executives use his apartment for extra-marital affairs. Mr Dobitch - Mortgages and Loans Dept - borrows Chuck's keys and apartment against the promise of rapid promotion within the company. But it is not only Mr Dobitch who borrows the apartment: one executive after another also borrows it - and all with the same promise of advancement within the company.

Fran Kubelik, a waitress in the company dining room and a girl whom Chuck has admired from a distance has an assignation with J.D. Sheldrake, personnel director. Fran is dumped by Sheldrake and she tries to commit suicide in Chuck's bedroom. A neighbor, Dr. Dreyfuss, saves her life, but suspects that Chuck was the cause of the suicide attempt. Meanwhile, Dr. Dreyfuss mistakenly believes that the parade of women visiting Chucks apartment are all there for him. Miss Olsen, Sheldrake's former mistress, decides to acquaint his wife about his affairs when Sheldrake tries to resume his affair with Fran. But, when he meets Chuck to sort things out, the tables are turned. This fun musical includes: Ill Never Fall in Love Again, Promises, Promises, I Say a Little Prayer and the dance Turkey Lurkey Time.