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No, No, Nanette - The New 1925 Musical (1971 Broadway Revival Cast)

Search: Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn-Susan Watson
by: Vincent Youmans, Ruby Keeler, Jack Gilford

Release Date May 18, 1999
This 1971 revival/reworking of "No, No, Nanette" evokes memories of the earlier days of Broadway musicals (which I never experienced personally, but have heard on some vintage recordings). The show was loaded with pre-production problems. Cast members were replaced; replacements were replaced; the director was replaced; the book adapter was replaced; one coproducer was forced out; the choreographer was inadequate for the job and had to be bailed out by others more capable than he (and he won a Tony, basically for the work others had done); new songs were dropped; the remaining producer tried unsuccessfully to have her daughter cast in the title role. Still, the whole thing worked. The professional reviewers liked it; three rave reviews, ... Read More:

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Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

Search: Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn-Susan Watson
from: Sony

Release Date October 19, 2004
Of course there should have been much more. I remember there been a Metropolian Opera series called CAST ALBUMS- 100 YEARS that was put out for a limited time only and had like five volumes.
As Peter Filichia noted they left out SHE LOVES ME, BRIGADOON and SWEENEY TODD. Also nothing from PACIFIC OVERTURES, BIG RIVER, CHESS, CRAZY FOR YOU, JEKYLL & HYDE, TITANIC, THE SCARLET
PIMPERNEL, FOOTLOOSE- THE MUSICAL, THE FULL MONTY, URINTOWN...
But they couldn't have put it all. I would have done without Lee Remick's
"Anyone Can Whistle", because the show was a flop. I guess because it was Sondheim's first "serious" show...