Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Hester Prynne
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#0Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 3:59pm
Michael Rupert has posted tracks from the 1968 show THE HAPPY TIME on his MySpace page. Including a demo performed by John Kander & Fred Ebb. According to his blog, it's only going to be deleted tomorrow, so listen while you can.
Michael Rupert's MySpace page
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no.
But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
Updated On: 1/18/06 at 03:59 PM
BroadwayDoc
Stand-by Joined: 9/17/05
#1re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 5:57pmThanks for the link. I never saw the show, as I wasn't born yet. But this one on of my late father's favorite shows.
Flahooley
Leading Actor Joined: 11/17/05
#2re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 6:59pmGreat Score! I DON'T REMEMBER YOU is perfect.
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#3re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:26pm
Love the score to THE HAPPY TIME...Thanks for the link, I was going to post it, but you beat me to it.
Does anyone know if that's Kander or Ebb singing on the demo track?
Hester Prynne
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#4re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 8:48pmI don't know and it doesn't state in the blog.
MassOfMen on 5/17/07: "and lastly, I have no vested interest in LB. I have seen the show, I paid my money (a lot of money for that tix) I didn't watch it on a bootleg, yes I saw the flesh and bone of the people up there working their tails off. But do I really have to explain myself to you? are you the judge jury and executioner of Bwyworld.com message board? no.
But I digress, I will leave this subject as I am bored of the rebuttals anyway, and go back to "wasting my time" with the job of building buildings. We have chat boards for architects as well, ya know."
BroadwayDoc
Stand-by Joined: 9/17/05
#5re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:04pmIt sounds like the late Fred Ebb.
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#6re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:28pmThanks Doc!
#7re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:29pmThere is a cast album you know...
"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#8re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:31pmI know, one of the tracks on the player is from the cast album, we were talking about the composer demo.
BroadwayDoc
Stand-by Joined: 9/17/05
#9re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:39pmThat's strange. What's he talking about?
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#10re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 9:40pmI don't know...If we are all saying we love the score, then obviously we've heard the CD...Even in Michael's blog for MySpace it talks about the Broadway Cast CD.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#11re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 10:44pm
This show was a family favorite. I saw it about 6 times when I was a kid. Mike Rupert wasn't that much older than I was. He was amazing. (And I guess I was just "amazed"!) Robert Goulet was also great. David Wayne, too...and George S. Irving. I think Lou Jacobi was in it as well. We listened to (and sang and danced along with) the LP hundreds of times while growing up. I still know all the songs by heart. I met Mike Rupert once and he had very nice things to say about Mr. Goulet. 
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 10:52pm
Irving was in it but not Jacobi. In addition , Charles Durning was in it. Whatever happened to Julie Gregg ?
Opened 1/18/68 ( exactly 37 years ago - that is scary ) @ the Broadway & closed after 285 performances. Should definitely be revived at an off broadway house. It was too big for the Broadway . K & E I heard wanted to originally do this as a smaller show. I would love to hear those songs that were dropped along the way.
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#13re: Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME demo and other tracks from the show online
Posted: 1/18/06 at 11:14pmWow! Charles Durning! He must have been pretty young. I think I get George S. Irving and Lou Jacobi confused sometimes. I don't know why. I love them both though!!!!
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