Dear World

is there anything particularly good about this score? i just sat thru it for the first time and found it recycled and forgettable. Even the lyrics were embarassing.

easy to see why its not done often. In fact I've never heard of a regional or community theatre doing this show. I'm sure they have, but I've never heard of it.

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I LOVE Dear World. "The Tea Party" is Jerry Herman's best work ever! I also love "Each Tomorrow Morning," "I Don't Want To Know," and "I've Never Said I Love You." The title song is god awful though. I hope they do this at Encores soon. It deserves recognition.

I agree that Herman's best material is "The Tea Party." It's pretty brilliant.

I saw the original production of DEAR WORLD and it remains one of my favorite flops. Lansbury was marvelous and I truly loved the score. I also liked the title song--in its time. The country was trying to heal from the Vietnam conflict and somehow the Hallmark-type lyrics were a soothing balm. Upon hearning them today, they sound infantile.

You should note that the show has been revised ans the titels song was cut from the new version. I believe the show is now called THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

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I love the score.

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The main reason DEAR WORLD failed and the reason why it is so seldom done is that it has a truly horrible script. A couple of the songs are duds ("Garbage", "Dear World") but several of them are wonderful yet they are all wrong for the characters Giraudoux wrote. The score has been grafted onto a delicate play and succeed in destrying all its charm. Divorced from the script, the songs make an enjoyable cast album which leads many to believe the show was an unappreciated masterpiece. But anyone who has seen it will tell you the script just doesn't support the score.

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