| Too Darn Hot |
Kiss Me, Kate (OC, 1948) |
Lorenzo Fuller, Eddie Sledge, Fred Davis |
Opened 12/30/1948, ran 1,070 perf.; book by Sam & Bella Spewack, authors of popular plays including My Three Angels; collaborated w/Porter 10 yrs earlier on Leave It to Me!; Drake's 1st starring role on b'way |
| Overture |
Kiss Me, Kate (OC, 1948) |
Orchestra |
Later recording of expanded overture by Lehman Engel, 1959 |
| Another Op'nin, Another Show |
|
Anabelle Hill, company |
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| So In Love |
|
Patricia Morrison |
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| I Hate Men |
|
Patricia Morrison |
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| Brush Up Your Shakespeare |
|
Harry Clark, Jack Diamond |
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| Overture |
My Fair Lady (London OC, 1959) |
Orchestra |
Original b'way cast was in mono; London recording was in stereo. Minor cast changes, slightly brisker tempi. B'way opened 3/15/1956, 2,717 perf.; Drury Lane opened 4/30/1958, 2,281 perf. |
| Why Can't the English? |
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Rex Harrison, Robert Coote, Julie Andrews |
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| With a Little Bit of Luck |
|
Stanley Holloway, Company |
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| I Could Have Danced All Night |
|
Julie Andrews |
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| The Street Where You Live |
|
Leonard Weir |
Not in the original b'way cast |
| Embassy Waltz |
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Orchestra |
Mono recording by Percy Faith, date unknown; music accompanies ballroom scene in Act I which is recounted by Higgins and Pickering in "You Did It". |
| A Hymn to Him |
|
Rex Harrison, Robert Coote |
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| Overture |
Camelot (OC, 1960) |
Orchestra |
Opened 12/2/1960, 873 perf., orig. title Jenny Kissed Me; reunited much of My Fair Lady production team; largest advance sale in history at the time; Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave in ponderous 1967 film version |
| March (Parade) |
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Orchestra |
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| I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight |
|
Richard Burton |
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| C'Est Moi |
|
Robert Goulet |
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| The Lusty Month of May |
|
Julie Andrews, Company |
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| The Seven Deadly Virtues |
|
Roddy McDowell |
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| Gueneviere |
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Company |
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| Finale Ultimo (Camelot Reprise) |
|
Richard Burton |
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| Tomorrow Belongs to Me |
Cabaret (OC, 1966 ) |
Robert Sharp, Joel Grey, waiters |
Opened 11/20/1966, 1,166 perf.; based on I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and on Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories sans the sexual ambiguity of the narrator |
| Married |
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Jack Gilford, Lotte Lenya |
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| Berlin Songs |
|
John Kander, Fred Ebb |
Date and location of recording unknown, but sounds like small studio, primitive equipment; songs dropped from show before B'way |
| I Don't Care Much |
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John Kander, Fred Ebb |
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| Roommates |
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John Kander, Fred Ebb |
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| Goodtime Charlie |
|
John Kander, Fred Ebb |
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| It'll All Blow Over |
|
John Kander, Fred Ebb |
|
| Opening: I Hope I Get It |
A Chorus Line (OC, 1975) |
Company |
Opened 4/15/1975, 6,137 perf (longest running show in this group); started and Joe Papp's Public Theatre, moved to the Shubert; Director/choreographer Michael Bennett's biggest and last hit before his premature death; based on tapes of life stories of gy |
| Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love |
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Cameron Mason, Baayork Lee, Ron Kulhman, Patricia Garland, Michel Stuart, Ronald Dennis |
Unedited version, includes material cut from original LP, for time considerations & because it's less clear on recording than on stage |
| One (Reprise)/ Finale |
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Company |
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