Sail Away — with Tony winner Stritch — Hits Stores July 22 - playbill.com

Interesting! I was just trying to find a copy of this for my "Broadway Time Capsule" sewgment on the show today. Guess I'll get this and play it later!
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Any thoughts on this for a community theater production? Is the dancing difficult? Songs shouldn't be too hard -- after all, Coward was no Sondheim when it comes to chords with 5 notes in them.

Coward wrote the musical for Stritch, so it was tailored to her talents.

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I saw the concert version of this show at Carnegie Hall a few years ago. I liked it very much.

Coward really didn't write this show with Strich as the lead. She was a secondary character in the original version. An opera singer was the romantic lead. However, during the out-of-town try-outs, it became obvious Stritch was stealing the show, so the opera singer got axed and her role was combiined with Stritch's. The rest, as they say, was history.

The score is nice enough. I like "The Wrong People Travel" and "Little Ones' A-B-C's"

Please note that when this show originally ran, a Grade "B" show could run for 6 months and recoup its cost. It was also presented at a time when there were at least 5 openings on Broadway each week.

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