Before My Fair Lady and Camelot there was Brigadoon, Lerner & Loewe's transcendent romantic fantasy about the past, the present, and what it means to (almost) be in love. The classic 1947 musical, celebrating its 70th anniversary, follows Tommy Albright (Wilson), a jaded New Yorker who gets lost in the Scottish Highlands and stumbles into an idyllic town that only appears for one day every century. He quickly becomes smitten with the headstrong Fiona MacLaren (O'Hara) and makes an enemy of the rebellious Harry Beaton (Fairchild), bringing about a chain of events that could spell doom for the entire town.
New York City Center thanks The Frederick Loewe Foundation for its lead sponsorship in support of this special production of Brigadoon, which was originally presented November 15-19, 2017.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
little_sally said: "I'm so happy! I've been dying to hear Ross Lekites' "Come to Me, Bend to Me" again."
Seriously! I remember seeing that and realizing he was ENSEMBLE in Frozen and getting mad. No diss to any ensemble members, but that guy deserves to be LEAD of a Broadway show. Magnificent talent!
Elegance101 said: "little_sally said: "I'm so happy! I've been dying to hear Ross Lekites' "Come to Me, Bend to Me" again."
Seriously! I remember seeing that and realizing he was ENSEMBLE in Frozen and getting mad. No diss to any ensemble members, but that guy deserves to be LEAD of a Broadway show. Magnificent talent!"
I felt the exact same way!
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
This production was SO lovely-- I'm very excited. I wish we could get a recording of Grand Hotel as well (the voices were wonderful and there's just so much cut from the original cast recording).
What a thrill. I wish it would transfer, though of course there’s no chance of that for the next year or two with O’Hara in Kiss Me, Kate and Block in The Cher Show. But it was one of the best things I’ve seen in the past year. Truly thrilling. And I’ve never been a huge fan of the piece (which I admittedly only knew from the film and cast recordings).
Wonderful news! I wish The New Yorkers had received the same treatment. I don't think that score has ever even been recorded and I thought for sure one of the labels would take it on. It's Cole Porter!
CATSNYrevival said: "Wonderful news! I wish The New Yorkers had received the same treatment. I don't think that score has ever even been recorded and I thought for sure one of the labels would take it on. It's Cole Porter!"
Here's to that!! I'm happy to have a new Brigadoon, but The New Yorkers was a great reconstruction of an unrecorded show. PLEASE!!!
Encores released an album of Pipe Dream that came from a live recording of one of the performances, but here they say that they are going to record it. I guess that implies not using something that's already recorded.
I, too, wish we could get a recording of “Grand Hotel” - and now I’m not giving up hope completely yet. Though I still think it’s unlikely unfortunately.
So excited about this recording. I’m so happy to know that there will be a version of this score that I love in the world.
They/them.
"Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."
Overjoyed at this news. Almost as overjoyed as I became watching this show.
Thrilled but not surprised that I'm not the only one longing to hear Ross's "Come to Me, Bend to Me" again. Though I wish I could see it again. The choreography of that number was breathtaking.
Love the show (one of my all time favorites; the other is "Carousel"
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