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| Posted by: | bwaynut 09:00 am EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | I've heard Richard Rodgers' "Androcles ..." recording to be released - Ann 08:49 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| I really enjoy this score! Any Richard Rodgers score released on CD is welcome! The performances of Noel Coward, Ed Ames, Norman Wisdom, Inga Swenson, John Cullum, and Patricia Routledge are delightful! It may not be top-drawer Rodgers, but, nevertheless, it's a TREAT !!! | |
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| Posted by: | mamaleh 09:19 am EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | Great news! - bwaynut 09:00 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Wasn't that part of the old STAGE 67 way too short-lived TV series? I remember enjoying that musical very much, especially the fun interplay between Ed Ames and Norman Wisdom in "Strength is My Weakness/Weakness is My Strength." I also have fond memories of OLYMPUS 7-0000 starring Donald O'Connor. Haven't seen either since my adolescent years, so my viewpoint might be different now, but I'd love to hear (or better yet, see) both again. | |
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| It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. | |
| Posted by: | keikekaze 05:48 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Great news! - mamaleh 09:19 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| The often great ABC series ABC Stage 67 lasted just one TV season, from the fall of 1966 through the spring of '67. Richard Rodgers' musical version of Androcles and the Lion aired on November 15, 1967, as a one-off special on NBC. The original musicals that Stage 67 aired included (as noted by you and below) Stephen Sondheim's Evening Primrose, Richard Adler's Olympus 7000, Bock and Harnick's The Canterville Ghost, Bacharach and David's On the Flip Side, and one with a score by Comden, Green, and Styne whose title I can't for the life of me remember. Does anyone? | |
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| re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. | |
| Posted by: | BroadwayTonyJ 06:04 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. - keikekaze 05:48 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Styne collaborated on 2 TV musicals with Bob Merrill: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol and The Dangerous Christmas of Little Red Riding Hood. Some years earlier he and Leo Robin did the score for Ruggles of Red Gap, but I don't recall that he ever did a TV musical with Comden and Green, unless you are referring to Peter Pan, which had 3 separate TV productions but, of course, originally was presented on stage and eventually went to Broadway. | |
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| re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. | |
| Posted by: | keikekaze 06:12 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. - BroadwayTonyJ 06:04 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
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| No, I definitely don't mean Peter Pan! The show I'm thinking of was definitely part of the Stage 67 season, it aired in March of that year, and I remember watching it. There was a song in it called "Venezia," but that's the only song title I remember. Comden and Green were the lyricists, although it's possible the composer was someone other than Styne, and that I just "remembered" Styne because of Comden and Green. But if not Styne, who else might it have been? | |
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| re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 07:28 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. - keikekaze 06:12 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
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| It was called I'm Getting Married. See link. | |
| Link | I'm Getting Married |
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| re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. | |
| Posted by: | keikekaze 09:46 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. - AlanScott 07:28 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Yes, thank you, AlanScott, I'm sure that's it. Oddly, I don't remember either Anne Bancroft or Dick Shawn--nor do I have the slightest memory of what the show was about! (I only remembered that one song title because it's a little unusual.) But that's the right date, so that must be it. It's too bad the IMDb credits are so sketchy--i.e., non-existent, except for the two stars. I'm sure Comden and Green wrote the lyrics, and I'm pretty sure that it was Stybe's music. But--talk about an obscurity! : ) | |
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| After a little more research . . . | |
| Posted by: | keikekaze 10:02 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: It's from 1967, but not part of ABC STAGE 67. - keikekaze 09:46 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
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| . . . I've found out that it was Comden, Green, and Styne. (My memory isn't completely gone yet, I guess.) I'm Getting Married is listed on the Jule Styne website. | |
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| Regarding Stage 67 | |
| Posted by: | BroadwayTonyJ 05:33 pm EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Great news! - mamaleh 09:19 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Stage 67 featured several musical programs, including some original musicals. The best by far was Sondheim's Evening Primrose with Anthony Perkins, Charmian Carr, and Dorothy Stickney. Sondheim's score is quite good -- Kritzerland released a complete soundtrack recording on CD a few years ago. The program itself is on DVD. Unfortunately the other musicals were not in the same class although I did enjoy Olympus 7-0000 because of its cast and some catchy songs -- it did get a cast album LP as did On the Flip Side, which starred Rick Nelson and featured a Bacharach-David score. | |
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| re: Great news! | |
| Posted by: | bwaynut 09:40 am EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Great news! - mamaleh 09:19 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| There were, regrettably, only 26 episodes of Stage 67. Even though some of the musicals appearing there may not have been the most satisfying, they were guilty pleasures that I, along with you, enjoy to this day! I'm also a big fan of "Olympus 7-0000," which starred Donald O'Connor as Hermes, Eddie Foy, Jr. as the football coach, and Larry Blyden and Phyllis Newman as the central couple. Even Broadway Joe Namath was in the cast! And there were some enjoyable numbers like "The Three of Us" and "Better Things to Do." Even though Richard Adler never again met with his early success (after the tragic loss of writing partner Jerry Ross), I find many of his later solo works fine, if not flawed. I especially admire the score to "Kwamina," whose subject matter and tribal-inspired rhythms may have been well before its time. | |
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| re: Great news! | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 09:30 am EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Great news! - mamaleh 09:19 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Not part of Stage 67, which was on ABC and was always an hour. This was 90 minutes on NBC. | |
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| Thanks | |
| Posted by: | mamaleh 09:56 am EDT 04/03/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Great news! - AlanScott 09:30 am EDT 04/03/14 |
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| Thanks for de-fogging my brain. Didn't remember the format/network. I guess I just associated TV musicals with STAGE 67. Interesting to contemplate that NBC would never redo something like ANDROCLES as its next big TV musical. The mass appeal of PETER PAN--and I'm not putting that lovely show down--and other sure things are what's greenlit now. | |
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