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Weil and Mann were based at Aldon Music, located at 1650 Broadway, New York City, and the song as written by Mann/Weil was originally recorded by the Cookies (although the Crystals' version beat them to release) and featured an upbeat lyric in which the protagonist is still on her way to Broadway and sings "I got to get there soon, or I'll just die".
A brief review in Billboard suggests to retailers that this album will be a "sure-fire hit LP" with "smooth performances". [4] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album 2.5 out of five stars, with critic Andrew Hamilton considering this album a failed experiment that Motown should have stopped, but calling the cover of "Make Someone Happy" "an endearing rendition". [5]
As of January 2019, the show has not been officially released on home video. [3] Various clips are available for viewing online by streaming media sites, including YouTube. [4] In 2017, the vinyl LP soundtrack album has been remastered and reissued on CD in the U.S. (Motown, MS699). [5]
The show played on Broadway from February 15, 1964 to June 12, 1965 at the 54th Street Theater, running for 540 performances. It was directed by Abe Burrows. Steve Lawrence starred as Sammy Glick, with Robert Alda as studio boss Al Manheim and Sally Ann Howes as Sammy's love interest, Kit Sargent. Graciela Daniele played Rio Rita.
As a former actor (and lifelong theater nerd), my list of favorite musicals features some seriously stiff competition.I’m talking Gypsy.I’m talking Little Shop.I’m talking Music Man (I know ...
Springsteen on Broadway is a live album by the American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It features the complete audio of Springsteen's solo Broadway performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York, recorded live on July 17 and 18, 2018, and filmed for Netflix .
Broadway Video also held the rights to much of the pre-1974 Rankin-Bass library and Lassie from 1988 to 1996 before they sold the rights to Golden Books Family Entertainment (now owned by NBCUniversal/Universal Pictures via DreamWorks Animation/Classic Media). Broadway Video was founded at The Brill Building, located at 1619 Broadway.
The last song of the first act between the two stars is, surprisingly, fabulous—leaving me very confused at intermission as to why it took so long to get some true drama and emotion up on the stage.