23 Minutes With Alfred Drake

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/3/14 at 8:05pm

In case you don't know him. He was the original star of Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate and Kismet.

A 23-minute British TV broadcast from the late 1950s.

http://youtu.be/iCOblpkH8WE

[Nydiva2]

Posted: 7/4/14 at 12:05am

There's also a pretty darn amazing DVD available of a show which aired on television in 1956: The Adventures of Marco Polo (with Doretta Morrow). In some ways, it's sort of a Kismet knockoff, but well worth having.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 7/4/14 at 3:13am

My God, he was incredible! That man had charisma to spare!

[Finch]

Posted: 7/4/14 at 8:26am

Thank you.

[wonkit]

Posted: 7/4/14 at 9:18am

A wonderful record of a great performer at his prime. I cannot imagine anyone, before or since, singing "My Wandering" any more expressively. He was offered a contract by the Metropolitan Opera but said he wanted to sing and act, and so turned it down. I have always thought his voice was one of the most beautiful baritone voices ever recorded. Thank you, a thousand times.