Original Broadway Cast – 1963
/ Songs by Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn & Charles Aidman
Starring: Betty Garrett, Joyce Van Patten, Robert Elston,
Charles Aidman, Hal Lynch
Rate: ? (from 1 to 10)
Review: This play with music based on Edgar Lee Master’s
“collection of short free-form poems” isn’t a musical. So the original cast recording
has more talk than music, something that never appeals to me. I know many
theater fans like to listen to recorded plays, but I’m not one of them. So,
although I listened to this one, I guess that to be fair to it I shouldn’t review
it. I’m not the right person to do it.
The songs, practically all
sung by Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, sound too much alike and I guess it has to do
with the spirit of the play. I confess I was expecting to hear the great Betty
Garret belt a number or two, but this isn’t that kind of show. Some of the
songs sound kind of sad and I never cared much for folk music, and I think that’s
what these songs are, but it’s possible I’m terribly wrong.
I believe there are other theatre
aficionados and collectors who will love to add this recording to their
library.
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