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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

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

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

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

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

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

. . . 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.

Link Jule Styne's I'm Getting Married

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