Trivia: Lerner and Loewe wrote ''Brigadoon,'' ''My Fair Lady'' and ''Camelot,'' but ''Gigi'' represented their one and only Tony win for Best Score.
That's because the Tonys didn't start giving out a Best Score award regularly until 1962. (''Camelot'' was in 1961, and not even up for Best Musical!)
However, ''My Fair Lady'' won Best Musical in 1957, and that prize went to Lerner and Loewe and producer Herman Levin.
Getting back to ''The Contract'' in ''Gigi,'' I love that witty, nearly 9-minute number, and Agnes Moorehead's talk-singing is so delightful.
What a shame the 2015 ''Gigi'' revival, starring Vanessa Hudgens, cut down ''The Contract'' by a third and rewrote some of its lyrics. Boo! |
