I truly hope DR William E. Lurie is able to come yell at you DR elmore. 
I don't. I didn't like him. He came to THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X at NYMF with his partner and stayed aloof from the HHW folk who were there, as I recall. DR Ben pointed him out to me.
He was a thoroughly unpleasant man on the Cast Recording List, spreading negativity, misguidedly blaming organizations and people about matters in which he knew nothing, from the Cole Porter Trust's and Rodgers & Hammerstein's involvement in productions to other matters, and very often misinformed: his epic post was to bitch about the new movie NEW MOON; he had fears about the 1928 Sigmund Romberg operetta getting mangled in a remake: the movie he was complaining about was the vampire film based on the "Twilight"(?) series. He appeared clueless but emphatically right.
DR Jose, in my rush to get out this morning, I forgot to address your last round of BOYS FROM SYRACUSE questions. The published vocal score and the rental materials are based on the 1968(?) London production of the 1964 Off-Broadway revival. There were substantial changes made to the libretto and the music, and this versions been the one leased for the last 30 years.
I know that the R&H Theatre Library would like to finish the 1938 restoration and make it available. Right now it's only rentable in special circumstances. I think they've got an uncorrected photocopy of the lost piano-conductor score that was made for Encores! They'd have to copy a new score from scratch. Perhaps when they finish the restoration of TOO MANY GIRLS . . .
