I am in the midst of laundry this morning, and this afternoon I need to check out the RH Burnside Collection at the Lincoln Center NYPL for all I can learn about a Rodgers & Hart song, "The Pipes of Pansy," something they liked that was cut from the scores of DEAREST ENEMY, PEGGY-ANN, SHE'S MY BABY and God knows what else.
I'm hopng that there will be a copy of the piano-vocal score for the song in the Burnside Collection.
After that, I will assemble my scores for tomorrow's project, chill ot and watch a bit of tv. I've got THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN here and I really want to see it. It's a cast of who's who in NYC broadcasting and Broadway, 1956:
Martyn Green, still my favorite G&S patter song performer, in 1957 he replaced Max Adrian as Pangloss in the tour of CANDIDE
Robert Weede, the most happy fella
Robert Wright, who seemed to replace Alfred Drake in things like KISS ME, KATE
Johnny Desmond, who replaced Sydney Chaplin as Nicky Arnstein
Philippa Bevan, the original Mrs Pierce in MY FAIR LADY
John McGovern, whose Broadway career went all the way back to the GARRICK GAIETIES, and the original casts of ALL MY SONS and TEA AND SYMPATHY
John McGiver, I listened to him on the OBCR of THURBER CARNIVAL but my first memory of seeing him is in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S as the sales clerk
