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…Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, opened on Broadway in December 1957, won six Tony Awards® including Best Musical, and ran for a hefty 1,375 performances until April 1961. Its Original…

…when he appeared with Stacy Keach, Paul Hecht, and Rue McClanahan at The Village Gate in MacBird, Barbara Garson’s controversial (but very successful at 386 performances) Shakespearean take-off on LBJ’s…

…broadcast in 1958 with Red Buttons and Barbara Cook in the title roles; Risë Stevens was the Mother and Hans Conried played the Witch. The same year, Richard Adler (famed…

…Life (1961, later titled The High Life) starring Barbara Cook. Hobbled by a leading man who, in Dietz’s words, “couldn’t act, dance, or speak English,” the show ran for 113…

…Peachum’s outfitting establishments for beggars, the Peachums are aghast that Polly has married Macheath. Polly explains (“Barbara Song”) that a girl’s emotions sometimes don’t let her say “no.” Mrs. Peachum…