Episode 159. Forgotten Broadway II
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The follow-up episode to my previous Forgotten Broadway episode is an epic one, chock full of fascinating composers, lyricists, performers and shows. We begin with a tribute to birthday boy Leonard Bernstein, a song from Peter Pan sung by gay Broadway icon Larry Kert. From there we encounter shows by Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Strouse and Adams, Jerry Herman, Stephen Sondheim, Schmidt and Jones, Vernon Duke, Mary Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Harold Rome and Leroy Anderson, among others, performed by Jane Powell, Pat Suzuki, Melba Moore, Rita Gardner, Jack Cassidy, Rebecca Luker, Cesare Siepi, Susan Johnson, Dody Goodman, Pearl Bailey, Ezio Pinza, Elaine Stritch, Shannon Bolin, and others. Diverse topics discussed include the Broadway revue, queer subjects and performers, and the place of performers of color on Broadway. This is a long episode that I recommend listening to in segments! And please be aware that an equally mammoth third segment on Forgotten Broadway will be published this weekend for my Patreon supporters!
RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE
Leonard Bernstein: My House (Peter Pan). Larry Kert, Orchestra conducted by Richard Weiss [1960]
Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner: How Can I Wait (Paint Your Wagon). Jane Powell, Johnny Green, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra [1958]
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Love, Look Away (Flower Drum Song). Pat Suzuki, Orchestra conducted by George Siravo [1959]
Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields: Pink Taffeta Sample Size 10 (Sweet Charity). Sylvia Syms, Dick Hyman [1976]
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke: Here’s that Rainy Day (Carnival in Flanders). Ethel Ennis, Jimmy Jones [1964]
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke: For a Moment of Your Love (Carnival in Flanders). Rebecca Luker, Orchestra conducted by Lanny Meyers [1995]
Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones: Thousands of Flowers (I Do! I Do!). Rita Gardner, Ron Raines, Orchestsra conducted by James Stenborg [1994]
Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones: Bored (Celebration). Ted Thurston, Orchestra conducted by Rod Derefinko [1969]
Charles Strouse, Lee Adams: So Long, Big Guy (It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman). Jack Cassidy, Orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings [1966]
John Kander, Fred Ebb: I Don’t Remember You (The Happy Time). Robert Goulet, Orchestra conducted by Oscar Kosarin [1968]
Walter Marks, arr. Ernst Simon: I’ve Gotta Be Me (Golden Rainbow). William Ray, Orchester Harry Pleva [ca. 1969]
Harold Rome: Love Is a Very Light Thing (Fanny). Ezio Pinza, Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel [1955]
Milton Schafer, Ronny Graham: Breachy’s Law (Bravo, Giovanni). David Opatoshu, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra conducted by Anton Coppola [1962]
Sigmund Romberg, Leo Robin: My Heart Won’t Say Goodbye (The Girl in Pink Tights). David Atkinson, Orchestra conducted by Sylvan Levin [1954]
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: No Other Love (Me and Juliet). Donald Gramm, Sarah Fleming, Orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson [radio broadcast 28.VI.54]
Johnny Burke: Sad Was the Day (Donnybrook). Susan Johnson, Orchestra and Ensemble conducted by Clay Warnick [1961]
Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash: Just Like a Man (Two’s Company). Shannon Bolin, Milton Kaye and His Orchestra [1955]
Leroy Anderson, Joan Ford, Walter and Jean Kerr: Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair? (Goldilocks). Elaine Stritch, Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel [1958]
Jerry Herman: Save the Village (Parade). Dody Goodman, Jerry Herman [1960]
Mary Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim [as Esteban Rio Nido]: The Boy from… (The Mad Show). Linda Lavin, Sam Pottle, Danny Epstein [1966]
Gary Geld, Peter Udell, orchestral arrangements by Luther Henderson: I Got Love (Purlie). Melba Moore, Orchestra conducted by Joyce Brown [1970]
Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady: Mama, a Rainbow (Minnie’s Boys). Pearl Bailey, Louie Bellson and His Orchestra [1971]
Stephen Sondheim: With So Little To Be Sure Of (Anyone Can Whistle). Lee Remick, Harry Guardino, Orchestra conducted by Herbert Greene [1964]