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| Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? | |
| Posted by: Mike 07:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| "The show Mr. Alden is staging as part of the Bard SummerScape festival at Bard College, starting June 28 and running through July 22, is not the Mary Martin blockbuster of his youth but an earlier adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s play with a wonderful, undeservedly obscure score by Leonard Bernstein, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. That production — which starred the unlikely combo of Jean Arthur as Peter and Boris Karloff as Captain Hook — closed in 1951 after a respectable 321 performances, but then essentially disappeared." | |
| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/arts/music/leonard-bernstein-peter-pan-bard.html |
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| re: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical: some recorded songs | |
| Posted by: Gregg Culling 12:16 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? - Mike 07:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Linda Eder and Harolyn Blackwell sing DREAM WITH ME (also sung by Judy Kaye) and Eder also sings SPRING WILL COME AGAIN, all from Bernstein's Peter Pan. Eder also sings BUILD MY HOUSE from the score. Blackwell's are included on her Bernstein CD and Eder on the Studio recording of PP. Judy's song is on Aria and Barcarolles. | |
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| re: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical: some recorded songs | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:49 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical: some recorded songs - Gregg Culling 12:16 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Hey, Greg. "Spring Will Come Again" is a bonus track on the Koch recording of the Bernstein Peter Pan, but it was written for the musical version of The Skin of Our Teeth on which Bernstein, Comden and Green worked in the fall of 1964, not producing, as far as anyone knows, much material. The music for the other song that has been performed (in By Bernstein), "Here Comes the Sun," was recycled by LB into his Chichester Psalms. The music for "Spring Will Come Again" was also utilized for the Chichester Psalms. I don't think "Spring WIll Come Again" is included in the materials for Peter Pan. Jo Sullivan and Kim Criswell have also recorded "Dream With Me," and perhaps there are some other recordings. And, of course, some of the songs that did appear in the Broadway production, notably "Who Am I?" and "Build My House," have each been recorded several times, the first most famously by Nina Simone. |
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| No, not really. Times headline mischaracterizes it. | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 11:02 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? - Mike 07:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| As noted by others below and even in the article itself, Bernstein wrote were some songs, far from a full score for a musical (and none of the songs were for Peter) and some incidental music, and Trude Rittman made contributions to the music as well (which I think is not noted in the article, but Times articles are now difficult for me to read, even though I'm a subscriber). If you do buy the more recent recording, the booklet has major errors regarding the history of the piece. |
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| My 1981 edition of Bernstein On Broadway | |
| Posted by: wisebear 01:55 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: No, not really. Times headline mischaracterizes it. - AlanScott 11:02 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| This songbook has a chapter on Peter Pan, including some photos and the sheet music to four songs (Who Am I, My House, and Peter, Peter, all written for Wendy, and Never-Land, written for the mermaids. It also note two choral numbers - Pirate Song and Plank Round. Also referenced is Captain Hook's Soliloquy, per the book written for the road company but unperformed until the revue By Bernstein in 1975. | |
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| re: My 1981 edition of Bernstein On Broadway | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:29 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: My 1981 edition of Bernstein On Broadway - wisebear 01:55 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I can't tell if you're just adding info or if you're also suggesting that perhaps it is a musical. | |
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| Spotify link | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:07 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? - Mike 07:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Link | Spotify | Studio cast recording (Linda Eder) of Leonard Bernstein's PETER PAN |
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| It's so cute when the young discover the past | |
| Posted by: aleck 07:59 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? - Mike 07:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Spoiler alert: "Back in the day" -- that vague phrase that now seems to define anything that happened prior to one's own memory -- holds some great treasures and disappointments. All of which can be enlightening and/or entertaining. As I recall, there is a recording of this Bernstein Peter Pan, although I'm not sure it ever found a medium other than its original vinyl. Jean Arthur, with her distinctive voice, sounds great on it. Further news: There are even EARLIER versions of Peter Pan created by other artists. |
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| It's actually the only one I knew about | |
| Posted by: mikem 12:48 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: It's so cute when the young discover the past - aleck 07:59 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| When NBC did Peter Pan Live, I went to the library to get a CD of the score beforehand, having never seen the show. The only version they had was the Bernstein one, and I did not realize until much later that this was not the version that most people are familiar with. According to the library, it was released on CD in 2005. |
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| The snark is unwarranted. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 11:03 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: It's so cute when the young discover the past - aleck 07:59 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I'm 52 and have been spent more than forty of those years immersing myself in musical theatre trivia and arcana. I'm far from the most devout practitioner but I have a lot of factoids crammed in my noggin. I'd never realized that Bernstein wrote a score for PETER PAN. I did know that Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff had done a famous production but was not aware of the Bernstein connection. Give the OP a break. Whether or not s/he is young or not. I have long stopped getting irked by stuff like this. If they are not aware that, before Alison Williams, there were Cathy Rigby, Sandy Duncan, Mia Farrow, Mary Martin, Maude Adams and Nina Boucicault, then just pass the info along without scold or judgement. |
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| re: The snark is unwarranted. | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:26 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: The snark is unwarranted. - portenopete 11:03 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| It's not the OP's subject line -- it's the title of the NY Times article he is quoting. | |
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| re: It's so cute when the young discover the past | |
| Posted by: Cabfan 09:47 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: It's so cute when the young discover the past - aleck 07:59 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I thought "back in the day" meant when someone was a child and life was rosy because their parents protected them from (covered up) the horrors of real life. No, wait, is that the definition of "the good old days"? Cabfan -- happy to be living now and looking forward to Spencer Liff choreographing on Broadway, even if it is a jukebox musical. He would have been a great Peter Pan! |
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| re: It's so cute when the young discover the past | |
| Posted by: AC126748 08:47 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: It's so cute when the young discover the past - aleck 07:59 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I'm not sure Liz Vincentelli qualifies as "the young"... | |
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| re: It's so cute when the young discover the past | |
| Posted by: bmc 09:39 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: It's so cute when the young discover the past - AC126748 08:47 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| The 'Jean Arthur PETER PAN, that was released on LP in the early 5o's has a few songs, but the incidental music was by Alec Wilder.The album listed above has a complete 'background score" by Bernstein. Songs not on the first album are "Dream With Me Tonight", which had been dropped from ON THE TOWN, a mermaid song, and 'aria for Capt Hook, a new song. It's a wonderful album, I play it all the time. There's even a brief musical fragment borrorowed from ON THE TOWN | |
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| re: It's so cute when the young discover the past | |
| Posted by: duckylittledictum 09:46 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: It's so cute when the young discover the past - bmc 09:39 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| It was released on CD years ago, but think it's out of print. | |
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