The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Synopsis: Founded in 1910 just outside of the city limits of Gilbert located in Lanville County, Texas, the Chicken Ranch has for generations been known as the best whorehouse in Texas for its wholesome fun, strict moral code and cleanliness, all perpetuated by its original owner, Miss Wulla Jean. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas script. (Universal, 1981) Vintage original studio bound and bradded 126-page Revised Final Draft Screenplay written by Colin Higgins and dated August 21, 1981 on the cover. Studio cover is also numbered, '02139'. Exhibiting age and light handling.
We would suggest that the great success of this musical – 1584 shows – was due to the blatant appearances of actresses that played in it – because they all were dressed up as women of easy virtue – with all outwardly or barely hidden charms. This is probably one of the few – if not the only – musicals where husbands dragged their women to watch it, not vice versa.
Its premiere took place on Broadway in 1978 in the 46th Street Theatre. The director was Peter Masterson together with Tommy Tune, and choreography held by Thommie Walsh, along with Tommy Tune. The actors were as follows: J. Garner, P. Blair, J. Ellis, C. Glynn, A. Morris, D. Hall, H. Forsythe & F. Flagg.
More than a year representations continued in different cities of America, and its completion was in LA, where the musical went for 7 more months. Overall, a very successful performance, both on Broadway standards, and on the standards of off-town.
Eugene O'Neill Theatre hosted the show in 1982, when it was performed as a resurrection, but maybe it has not been originally designed for a long play this time, or for some other reasons, however, it was closed after only 63 performances and 9 previews.
Of course, such a success would be incomplete without featuring on The West End’s Theatre Royal that hosted a musical in 1981, where it stayed for modest 204 performances. In 1994, Broadway saw a second resurrection, only this time its name has been added with “Goes Public” at the end.
The second national tour on the United States began in 2001, and 10 years later, in 2011, there was the third revival of the musical, this time in London – The Union Theatre settled it. It played there for one season, in the fall.
Finally, in 2015, it took fourth and so far last revival, on Broadway, where the director and choreographer was Rob Ashford.
Release date: 1978
Last Update:December, 10th 2015
It was the nicestlittle whorehouse
you ever saw.
It lay about a mile outside the city limits,
so everybodycould feel real friendly.
Sheriff Jack Roy Wallacepicked it out
for Miss Wulla Jean in 1910,...
...and she movedthere with her girls from
over the hardwarestore on main street.
# Oh, the littlehouse lay
# In a greenTexas glade
# Where the trees were as coolin'
# As fresh lemonade
# Soft summer wind
had a trace of perfume
# And a fan was turnin' in every room
# Twenty fans were turnin',
they were turnin'
# Twenty fans were turnin' in every room
# Fevers were a-burnin',
they were burnin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
Right from the beginning,
the littlehouse was special,...
...like a home away from home.
Miss Wulla Jean put a Pianola
in the parlour to sorta help break the ice.
A fellacould ask a girl to dance
or, if he held back a little, she'd ask him.
And pretty soon they'd get
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Script
a littlebusiness goin'.
Two dollars' worth.
Yahoo!
It wasn't long before it became one of the
better-known pleasurepalaces in Texas.
So much so that the fellas
who visitedduringWorld War I...
...sent their sons back in World War I I.
The hospitality and friendliness
never changed,...
...and neither did Miss Wulla Jean's
strict set of rules.
She liked her ladies, as she called 'em,...
...to treat her customers real good,
but never in an unladylike way.
And she insisted that each girl
check her gentleman for the clap...
...and wash him off
with soap and warm water.
Some of the fellasclaimed that
that was the best part!
Oo-ee!
It was only durin' the Hoover Depression
that the littlehouse had tough times.
Miss Wulla Jean put in a jukebox
to spark up business.
But it wasn't always easy in them days
to come up with hard cash.
Well, you just keep that in the bag...
...and I'll take it out back
as soon as we're finished.
So for a while, as the story goes,...
...the girlsbegan acceptin'
poultry in trade.
One bird, one lay.
And that's how the place got its name.
The Chicken Ranch.
Course, if you grew up
anywhere in Texas,...
...you knew at an early age
they was sellin' somethin' out there,...
...and it wasn't poultry.
# Twenty fans were turnin',
they were turnin'
# Twenty fans were turnin' in every room
# Fevers were a-burnin',
they were burnin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
# Twenty fans were hummin',
they were hummin'
# Twenty fans were hummin'
in every room
# Customers were comin',
they were comin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
# Twenty fans were turnin',
they were turnin'
Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Script
# Twenty fans were turnin' in every room
# Fevers were a-burnin',
they were burnin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
# Twenty fans were hummin',
they were hummin'
# Twenty fans were hummin'
in every room
# Customers were comin',
they were comin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
Y'all come back now, you hear?
Yahoo!
# Twenty fans were turnin',
they were turnin'
# Twenty fans were turnin' in every room
# Fevers were a-burnin',
they were burnin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
# Twenty fans were turnin',
they were turnin'
# Twenty fans were turnin' in every room
# Fevers were a-burnin',
they were burnin'
# And they had to have
a way to cool down
- # Hallelujah
- # Hallelujah
For three generations, the Chicken Ranch
went peacefullyabout its business...
...while the people in Gilbert
went about theirs.
That is, untilaboutsevenyears ago.
I was a deputy back then,
workin' for Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd.