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Can-Can
Musical
Original Broadway Cast

Music by Cole Porter
Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Abe Burrows

Description / My Opinion
Amazon.com - Ordered 04/08/99 - Shipped 04/14/99 - Received 04/24/99

Can-Can opened at the Shubert Theatre, New York, on May 17th, 1953 and ran for 892 performances.

Can-Can was originally recorded on May 17, 1953.

The booklet contains 2 big B&W one big color pictures of the show. There is a 9 pages text by David Foil, including a 2 pages synopsis.

Strangely, this old sounding recorded pleases me more than I could have thought at first listening. The performers are giving something to the songs that lead them out of music and sound fashion. The music is also rather out of time, being somehow simple and gay. A very nice score and very good singer performances makes that I appreciate listening to this recording from time to time. Some songs I appreciate: If You Loved Me Truly, It's Alright With Me, Every Man Is A Stupid Man and I Love Paris (the one I'm listening at while writing this, and that gives me some shivers...). Let's give a special mention to Lilo, who's the soul of this recording.

Musical Numbers
13:01IntroductionOrchestra
Maidens Typical Of FranceCompany
22:00Never Give Anything AwayLilo, Women's Chorus
32:09QuadrilleOrchestra
43:22C'est MagnifiqueLilo, Peter Cookson
54:34Come Along With MeErik Rhodes, Hans Conreid
61:54Live And Let LoveLilo
72:39I Am In LovePeter Cookson
83:11If You Loved Me TrulyGwen Verdon, Peter Cookson
91:32Montmart'Company
102:15Allez-Vous En, Go AwayLilo
112:57Never, Never Be An ArtistHans Conreid, Company
121:58It's All Right With MePeter Cookson
132:23Every Man Is A Stupid ManLilo
142:28I Love ParisLilo, Company
152:56Can-CanLilo, Women's Chorus
The Cast
Bailiff David Collyer
Registrar Michael Cavallaro
Policemen Joe Cusanelli
Jon Silo
Arthur Rubin
Ralph Beaumont
Michael DeMarco
Socrates Birsky
Judge Paul Barriere C. K. Alexander
Court President, Henri Marceaux David Thomas
Judge Aristide Forestier Peter Cookson
Claudine Gwen Verdon
Gabrielle Ruth Schoeni
Marie Basha Regis
Celestine Jean Kraemer
Hilaire Jussac Ferdinand Hilt
Boris Adzinidzinadze Hans Conried
Hercule Robert Penn
Theophile Phil Leeds
Etienne Richard Purdy
Waiter Clarence Hoffman
La Mome Pistache Lilo
Second Waiter Arthur Rubin
Cafe Waiter Jon Silo
Cafe Customer Joe Cusanelli
Jailer Deedee Wood
Model Ruth Vernon
Mimi Ann Sparkman
Customers Beverly Tassoni
David Thomas
Ferdinand Hilt
Second Arthur Rubin
Doctor Michael Cavallaro
Prosecutor Arthur Rubin
Dancers Conchita Del Rivero
Lynn Bernay
Mary Jane Doerr
Marcella Dodge
Ina Hawn
Ann Sparkman
Beverly Tassoni
Eleonore Treiber
Ruth Vernon
Deedee Wood
Ralph Beaumont
Socrates Birsky
Michael DeMarco
Al Lanti
Bert May
Tome Panko
Duncan Noble
Eddie Phillips
Michael Scittorale

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