DEAR ANYONE - 1983 London Musical

Just found some clips from this show online and am absolutely loving the score. Really gorgeous tunes and the lyrics are pretty good too. It was a collaboration between Don Black and Geoff Stephens.

Did anyone see it? How was it overall? I can't seem to find any info about what it was actually about online.

Updated On: 8/24/16 at 03:47 AM

So long ago, but yes I saw it at the Cambridge. I absolutely loved it.. Terrific score as I recall. I think it was based on an ITV series about an agony aunt (but I may be wrong) The set was based around a huge glass globe which almost filled the stage. There is an album, if you can find one. It's not an OLC (I don't think they recorded one), but an original concept album with an all star cast.

Updated On: 8/24/16 at 12:50 PM

Had no clue it was based on a TV show! I guess the knotted pencil poster art is representative of the letter writing and her unsorted personal life. Some light research reveals that the male lead Peter Blake had a role on the original TV series.

Too bad there was never a proper cast album, the arrangements on the concept album are not very palatable compared to the live in performance tapes, more of a "Finding Neverland" treatment than a "Waitress" to use two recent examples. Would love to hear the single, wonder if there's an MP3 floating around.