Synopsis
The musical tells the tale of the working class Nolan clan at the turn of the 20th century. The father, Johnny, is an optimistic but undependable singing waiter who spends his paycheck in the neighborhood saloon. His hard-working wife Katie is a disappointed realist weary from years of broken promises, daughter Francie idolizes her father, and Aunt Sissy is the victim of a string of romantic misadventures with common-law husbands, each of which she insists on calling 'John' after her first lover.
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