Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:34pm

It opened 50 years ago this week, on April 4, 1964, running 9 performances.

Here are some production photos.

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:36pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

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#8

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:39pm

I was just listening to this yesterday!

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:41pm

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#15

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 4:02pm

Love these! Love the Harvey Evans pics. Thanks!

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#16

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 5:19pm

If only JAY records would finally get the funds to release their complete recording after, what 15 years now? (They just finally released the complete One Touch of Venus, so...) In the mean time we can just keep listening to their posting of the complete Don't Ballet from it I guess... https://soundcloud.com/jayrecords/everybody-says-dont-dont

Happy Birthday AYC!

#17

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 5:27pm

^ THIS!

I wish (and hope!) the Encores! performance a few years ago was recorded...if only for posterity purposes. That was possible my favorite Encores! to date.

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 6:55pm

'Anyone Can Whistle' is one of my all time favorite SONDHEIM songs...infact i love the whole score...from beginning to end...it's pure magic...

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/9/14 at 11:33pm

I have not seen most of these pictures before. Thank you SO much for posting! I love this show!! As if my avatar didn't already tell you that.

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/10/14 at 7:33am

These are wonderful. Thank you so much for posting them, Mr. Nowack!

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/11/14 at 6:24am

Excellent. Thank you for sharing. Plenty here I haven't seen before.

Some of the backdrops remind me of Top Cat (Boss Cat?).

And thrilled, 50 years later, to be seeing Dame Angela still on stage, tomorrow, in Blithe Spirit.

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 4/11/14 at 6:51am

What a wonderful post celebrating a glorious, under-appreciated musical. It may have its flaws, and there are a lot of them, but I love it from start to finish!

Happy Birthday, ACW!!

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 7/10/14 at 1:58am

Listening to the cast album for the first time, back when all I knew of Sondheim was "Sweeney", "Merrily" and "Company", I had a classic WTF moment hearing "Simple" for the first time. I remember looking over at my stereo in disbelief.

Does anybody know what sort of reviews the two act reduction of the show got?

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 7/10/14 at 3:50pm

Truly underrated Sondheim show. I love the OBC, I will give it a spin in honor of its anniversary! Those pics are great!

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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Posted: 7/11/14 at 3:35pm

Mr.Nowack...you're the best. I just loved your HIGH SPIRITS spread last March as well as the FADE OUT! FADE IN! anniversary photos (did I miss SHE LOVES ME last April?). These are just as great. Just when I thought I'd seen all there is to see you pop up with more. Much appreciated!