PIPPIN and my iPod

Guys, I had the strangest thing happen yesterday. I recently ripped the PIPPIN cast album to my iPod.

[Background: PIPPIN was the first B'way show I ever saw, and I absolutely loved it. When I got home, I got the cast album (an actual record album, LOL) and memorized the whole thing.]

I haven't listened to PIPPIN in years...I mean, YEARS. But yesterday, sitting at my desk, Irene Ryan starts her rendition of "No Time At All", and I, like a big ol' goober, start to cry. FREAKIN'CRY!!!! Thank God for office doors, huh?

I know that Ryan died during the run of PIPPIN; I think she had a stroke onstage during a matinee, and then died a few weeks later. Question: Does anyone know how that all went down?

And Question #2: Are there any songs/shows for any of you that bring back these kind of visceral memories, that literally reduce you to tears?

Weird post, I know. So sue me. Just let me get my hanky.

You're not alone. Pippin brings back memories for me as well. I wan't alive to see it's broadway run, but I was Pippin my Junior year of High school, and my girlfriend at the time was Catherine. So we just loved singing "Love song" together.

unfortunately, she was horribly injured in a car accident one week before the opening, and was in the hospital for about two months or so. We had a get a replacement Catherine, a girl with a very annoying church lady-type voice. you know- one that warbles for days. We all got through the show, and to this day, My ex (who is now my greatest and oldest friend) can't listed to Pippin, and I get a little weepy when listening to the album, but especially "love song"

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