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The first major Broadway revival of My Fair Lady was billed as the 20th anniversary production and, in fact, opened 20 years to the month after the first one in March 1976. Lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe joined theatrical producer Herman Levin in supervising the new staging in a style as close to the original as possible, and the cast album was produced by Goddard Lieberson, just as the 1956 one had been. Julie Andrews was by then too old to play Eliza Doolittle, and Rex Harrison apparently was unavailable to be Professor Henry Higgins (he would return to Broadway in a 25th anniversary production), so the principals this time around were Christine Andreas and Ian Richardson. The sole cast holdover after 20 years was Robert Coote, back in the minor role of Colonel Pickering. Lieberson had a bit more time to include on the album, and he used it to add the instrumental "Embassy Waltz," an extra verse of "Get Me to the Church on Time," and the show's closing bit of dialogue between Richardson and Andreas. Otherwise, the score was very similar to what it always had been. The effect, aurally, was not unlike what it might have been like for a theatergoer of the late '50s who showed up well into the run of the original production to find that most of the original stars had been replaced by competent, professional actors attempting to replicate the performances. Richardson rolled his "R"'s more than Harrison, and Andreas lacked Andrews' humor, but their recitals were perfectly acceptable -- as substitutes, that is. In fact, no one in the cast bettered the original performers, not George Rose as Alfred P. Doolittle, nor Jerry Lanning as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, capable as they were. It's no wonder that this cast album went out of print and stayed out of print until 30 years later, when Sony BMG Entertainment's Masterworks Broadway imprint finally got around to reissuing it on CD in 2006, by which time it was a curiosity of a nearly forgotten staging of a landmark show.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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My Fair Lady (Frederick Loewe)
My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer, Main Artist - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director, Main Artist - Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Robert Coote, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Kevin Marcum, Main Artist - Jack Starkey, Main Artist - William James, Main Artist - Stan Page, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
George Rose, Main Artist - My Fair Lady Ensemble (1976), Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Robert Coote, Main Artist - Sonja Anderson, Main Artist - Lynn Fitzpatrick, Main Artist - Karen Gibson, Main Artist - Vickie Patik, Main Artist - Kevin Lane Dearinger, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Sylvia O'Brien, Main Artist - Karen Gibson, Main Artist - Sonja Anderson, Main Artist - Lynn Fitzpatrick, Main Artist - Vickie Patik, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
My Fair Lady Ensemble (1976), Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jerry Lanning, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment
My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer, Main Artist - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Robert Coote, Main Artist - Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Sylvia O'Brien, Main Artist - Sonja Anderson, Main Artist - Lynn Fitzpatrick, Main Artist - Karen Gibson, Main Artist - Vickie Patik, Main Artist - Kevin Lane Dearinger, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Jerry Lanning, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
George Rose, Main Artist - My Fair Lady Ensemble (1976), Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Robert Coote, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ian Richardson, Main Artist - Christine Andreas, Main Artist - Goddard Lieberson, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - My Fair Lady Orchestra (1976), Associated Performer - Theodore Saidenberg, Conductor, Director - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Robert Russell Bennett, Arranger - Phil Lang, Arranger
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
The first major Broadway revival of My Fair Lady was billed as the 20th anniversary production and, in fact, opened 20 years to the month after the first one in March 1976. Lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe joined theatrical producer Herman Levin in supervising the new staging in a style as close to the original as possible, and the cast album was produced by Goddard Lieberson, just as the 1956 one had been. Julie Andrews was by then too old to play Eliza Doolittle, and Rex Harrison apparently was unavailable to be Professor Henry Higgins (he would return to Broadway in a 25th anniversary production), so the principals this time around were Christine Andreas and Ian Richardson. The sole cast holdover after 20 years was Robert Coote, back in the minor role of Colonel Pickering. Lieberson had a bit more time to include on the album, and he used it to add the instrumental "Embassy Waltz," an extra verse of "Get Me to the Church on Time," and the show's closing bit of dialogue between Richardson and Andreas. Otherwise, the score was very similar to what it always had been. The effect, aurally, was not unlike what it might have been like for a theatergoer of the late '50s who showed up well into the run of the original production to find that most of the original stars had been replaced by competent, professional actors attempting to replicate the performances. Richardson rolled his "R"'s more than Harrison, and Andreas lacked Andrews' humor, but their recitals were perfectly acceptable -- as substitutes, that is. In fact, no one in the cast bettered the original performers, not George Rose as Alfred P. Doolittle, nor Jerry Lanning as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, capable as they were. It's no wonder that this cast album went out of print and stayed out of print until 30 years later, when Sony BMG Entertainment's Masterworks Broadway imprint finally got around to reissuing it on CD in 2006, by which time it was a curiosity of a nearly forgotten staging of a landmark show.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:14
- Main artists: 20th Anniversary Broadway Cast of My Fair Lady
- Composer: Frederick Loewe
- Label: Masterworks Broadway
- Genre: Soundtracks Musical Theatre
Originally released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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