Peter Pan, part 5 December 28, 2007
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The titles for this telecast of Peter Pan (most of which are cut out of this tape), were designed by Sherman Labby, the late husband of my good friend Katherine Orrison. They were based on the design of the original 1904 novel of the James M. Barrie play.
Peter Pan, part 4 December 27, 2007
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Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) played the roles of Mr. Darling and Captain Hook; the latter was his best-known role, for which he won a Tony award.
Besides Captain Hook, he may today be best remembered as Sir in The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, the 1965 Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley musical. Here’s an excerpt of his best-known song, “A Wonderful Day Like Today”.
Peter Pan, part 3 December 26, 2007
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Mary Martin (1913-1990) was, along with Ethel Merman, one of the last performers to make a lifetime star career for themselves almost exclusively on Broadway and television, while making almost no movies in Hollywood.
Peter Pan, part 2 December 25, 2007
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The 1954 Broadway production of Peter Pan got mixed reviews and only ran 152 performances, although both Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard won Tony awards. Some people have claimed that the show was deliberately closed so that it could be shown on television. However, the first TV showing on March 7, 1955 was the highest-rated television show up to that time, and Martin won an Emmy.
Peter Pan, part 1 December 24, 2007
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Sometime in the summer of 1960, my parents took me to my first Broadway musical, live in a theater: The Sound Of Music with Mary Martin. Six months later, I saw my second Broadway musical, also live, with the same star — but it wasn’t in a theater …
Show Boat, part 1 December 20, 2007
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This month marks the eightieth anniversary of the original production of Show Boat, the work that ushered in the Golden Age of the Broadway musical and defined the genre for two generations. In honor of which, the non-blog does not present the movie that remains the defining Hollywood version.
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