Husband-wife duo actress Carlin Glynn and writer and director Peter Masterson have decided to donate a collection of materials relating to their careers and their work on the original Broadway production and film of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
The musical was directed by Masterson while Carol Hall wrote the lyrics. The stage musical starred Glynn as Mona Stangley, the owner of a brothel in the fictional town of Gilbert, Texas. The show was a huge hit. It ran for more than 1,500 performances on Broadway, toured extensively and was adapted to film in 1982.
Glynn won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway production, and the show was nominated for best musical, best book of a musical, best direction and best choreography.
source UT