Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” Starring Groucho Marx Now Available
It’s hard to over-estimate the impact that Gilbert & Sullivan had on early 20th Century American popular culture. In 1960, the Bell Telephone Hour produced a beautiful, hour-long adaptation of The Mikado starring Groucho Marx as Ko Ko alongside Robert Rounseville, Stanley Holloway, Barbara Meister, Dennis King and Helen Traubel. The Mikado was described as […]
“The Most Happy Fella” 58th Anniversary
This week marks the 58th Anniversary since the 1956 Broadway cast recording of The Most Happy Fella! In today’s video , Seth Rudetsky deconstructs “Ooh My Feet” performed by Susan Johnson in her waitress role as “Cleo” from writer Frank Loesser’s musical. Seth notes that this 1956 classic was one of his favorite childhood Broadway […]
Stephen Oremus on Cyndi Lauper
In today’s new video, Tony and Grammy winner Stephen Oremus discusses working with working with Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper. Stephen Oremus just picked up another Grammy for producing Kinky Boots original Broadway cast album. A limited number of signed Cyndi Lauper CDs still available, exclusively in the Masterworks Broadway store .
“Annie Get Your Gun” With Doris Day & Robert Goulet Resurfaces
It was Irving Berlin himself who described Annie Get Your Gun as an “old-fashioned smash” and Doris Day as Annie Oakley, and Robert Goulet’s 1963 studio recording is no exception to this rule. Annie Get Your Gun features the spirited Doris Day as the buckskin star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and Camelot star […]
