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THE MUSIC MAN [musical show]
- Title
- THE MUSIC MAN [musical show]
- Opening Date
- December 19, 1957
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- Orig prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Meredith Willson. ORCH: Don Walker. COND: Herbert Greene. CAST: Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton, Paul Reed, the Buffalo Bills, Eddie Hodges, Iggie Wolfington. (Cap SWAO-990; CD/Cap CDP-746633; CD/Naxos(E) 8.120886, with addl material. Excerpts: Preston: "Trouble" (ALB-830, ALB-1522, ALB-1755) "Seventy-Six Trombones" (ALB-1180, ALB-2181) Cook, Preston: "Till There Was You" (ALB-1522).)
- 1958 album. COND: Fred Waring. VOCALS: Gordon Goodman, Chuck Nelson, Jeanne Steel, Patti Beems, Eleanor Forgione, chorus. (Cap ST-989)
- 1958 album conducted by Meredith Willson, composer. ORCH: Sidney Fine. No vocals. (Cap ST-991. Excerpts: "Iowa Stubborn," "Goodnight My Someone," "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little," "Marian the Librarian," "Till There Was You," "Seventy-six Trombones" (CD/Naxos(E) 8.120886, with the orig prod).)
- 1959 album. PIANO: Meredith Willson (composer). VOCALS: Meredith Willson & Rini Willson (his wife). (Cap ST-1320)
- 1961 London prod. COND: Gareth Davies. CAST: Van Johnson, Patricia Lambert, Bernard Spear, Denis Waterman, Ruth Kettlewell, Michael Malnick. (HMV(E) CSD-1361; Stanyan 10039. Incomplete: CD/LaserLight 12447.)
- 1962 film soundtrack. COND: Ray Heindorf. CAST: Robert Preston, Pert Kelton, & the Buffalo Bills of orig cast; Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Ronnie Howard. (Warner Bros 1459; CD/Warner Bros 1459-2. "Special Soundtrack Music Theatre Spot": Warner Bros SP-1937.
- 1965 studio prod. COND: Fritz Wallberg. VOCALS: Frances Boyd, Ann Gordon, Rudy Cartier, Paul Mason, chorus. (Saga(E) SOC-1005)
- 1975 record by Barbara Cook of orig prod. "My White Knight" (ALB-689)
- 1991 studio prod, incl material dropped from the show & a song added to the film. COND: Erich Kunzel. CAST: Timothy Noble, Kathleen Brett, Doc Severinsen, Patsy Meyer, James Thomas Hodges, chorus. (CD/Telarc CD-80276)
- 1996 studio prod. COND: Martin Yates. CAST: Brian Cox, Catherine Porter, Teri Ralston, Brian Greene, Meg Johnson. (CD/TER(E) MUS-CN70)
- 2000 prod. ORCH: Doug Besterman. COND: David Chase. CAST: Craig Bierko, Rebecca Luker, Katherine McGrath, Michael Phelan, Max Casella. (CD/Q Records 92915-2)
- Soundtrack of 2003 TV prod. ORCH: Danny Troob, others. COND: Michael Kosarin. CAST: Matthew Broderick, Kristen Chenoweth, Debra Monk, David Aaron Baker, Victor Garber, Molly Shannon. (CD/Walt Disney 60077-7)
- Studio prod. COND: Enoch Light. CAST: Lois Winter, Artie Malvin, Jerry Duane, Willie Winkle, chorus. (Waldorf MHK-1248)
- Studio prod. ORCH & COND: Thomas M Davis, Hans Hagan. CAST: Ken Harp, Donna Cook, Connie Conway, Don Grilley, Patti Steele. (Crown CST-102)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19571219
Last Updated: 08-23-2012