(L) L-R Greyson Chadwick, Lindsey Schuberth, Rachel Hirshee, Greg Baldwin; Actors Co-op – 2015. Photo by Lindsay Schnebly (R) Lenny Wolpe and Ensemble; Paper Mill Playhouse – 2015. Photo by Jerry Dalia.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Joseph Stein
Based on the film La Femme de Boulanger
by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono
Chanson
If It Wasn’t For You
Merci, Madame
Bread
Gifts Of Love
Proud Lady
Serenade
Meadowlark
Any Day Now Day
The World’s Luckiest Man/ Feminine Companionship
If I Have To Live Alone
Romance
Where Is The Warmth?
Finale
Set in a small French provincial village in the 1930’s, THE BAKER’S WIFE is a gently comic and bittersweet fable of life, love and bread. An amiable older baker and his beautiful wife come to a small town replete with petty feuds and comically calcified relationships. When the wife runs off with a handsome young chauffeur, the town is changed forever.
Original London Cast
Original 1976 Cast
The New York City Library for the Performing Arts has a video recording of the Paper Mill Playhouse production. Directors may inquire about viewing this archived recording. It is not available outside the library.
Q&A for prospective Directors and Performers of THE BAKER’S WIFE
Stephen Schwartz Fan Site