It doesn't fit KingSpeed's criteria, but ''Rags'' released an ''Original Broadway Cast Recording,'' starring Julia Migenes, and not Teresa Stratas.
Stratas got a Tony nomination and won a Drama Desk Award for ''Rags,'' even though it ran for only 18 previews and 4 performances in 1986.
And even tho' it closed Aug. 23, 1986, it seems to be the rare long-shuttered musical that got to perform live at the following Tonys.
Trivia: Wikipedia says Working Title Film acquired film rights to ''Rags'' in 1996, but it's been in ''development hell'' ever since.
And to bring this full circle, guess who was reportedly in talks to play Saul and Bella? Daniel Day-Lewis and Beanie Feldstein (!). |
