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5 unusual facts about The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


Fannie Flagg

Her acting credits include the Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the films Some of My Best Friends Are..., Five Easy Pieces, Stay Hungry, Grease and Crazy in Alabama, as well as minor roles in various television shows.

Fayette County, Texas

Fayette County is the location of the real Chicken Ranch, which was the basis of the musical and feature film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Hard Candy Christmas

"Hard Candy Christmas" is a song written by composer/lyricist Carol Hall for the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

Ostensibly a sequel to the creative team's 1978 hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, it is more a series of burlesque-style sketches and musical interludes than a traditional book musical.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.


Jeannie Seely

She played "Miss Mona" in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas play as well as playing Jean Shepard's daughter and Lorrie Morgan's mother in the Country music musical Takin' It Home.

John Stephen Hill

Hill's West End work include his leading role debut in Deathtrap (Garrick Theatre), Ladies in Retirement (Fortune Theatre), and a tap-dancing Aggie footballer choreographed by Tommy Tune in the original UK production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane).

Lara Teeter

His regional directing credits include My Fair Lady (Opera Pacific), The Pirates of Penzance (San Bernardino Civic Light Opera and Light Opera Works of Chicago), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Hollywood Cinegrill), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Fullerton Civic Light Opera), Ragtime (Light Opera Works of Chicago), and Candide (Light Opera Works of Chicago).

Straight Talk

Her previous starring films were 9 to 5 (1980), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Rhinestone (1984), and Steel Magnolias (1989).


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Carol Hall

For a national tour of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" starring the entertainment icon Ann-Margret, Hall recorded a final (extra) track on the 2001 cast album—the song "A Friend to Me," written expressly for Ann-Margret in the show.

Emily Skinner

She has played leading roles in such Broadway productions as Side Show, James Joyce's The Dead, The Full Monty, Dinner at Eight, Billy Elliot, as well as the acclaimed Actor's Fund Broadway concerts of Dreamgirls and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.