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Description / My Opinion
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Music Boulevard - Ordered 03/03/99 - Shipped 03/09/99 - Received 03/17/99 Opened Thurday, December 30, 1948 at the New Century Theatre and ran 1077 performances. The booklet contains 7 big and 2 medium B&W pictures of the performers on stage and a medium picture of the original playbill. There is also a text by Miles Kreuger (about 6 pages) about the making of the show. No synopsis. A highly enjoyable recording (I needed about 5 listenings before starting to get rid of this "old thing" feeling though). I'm not a fan of the whole score, but most of the songs are very pretty, and there are some nicely rememberable songs (Too Darn Hot, Wunderbar, ...). Maybe nearly all of the songs are rememberable and at least quite entertaining. I'm quite happy of it.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 2:42 | Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 1:44 | Another Op'nin', Another Show | Anabelle Hill, Ensemble |
| 3 | 3:12 | Why Can't You Behave? | Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang |
| 4 | 3:37 | Wunderbar | Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake |
| 5 | 3:36 | So In Love | Patricia Morison |
| 6 | 2:15 | We Open In Venice | Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Harold Lang, Lisa Kirk |
| 7 | 2:06 | Tom, Dick Or Harry | Edwin Clay, Harold Lang, Charles Wood, Lisa Kirk |
| 8 | 2:13 | I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua | Alfred Drake, Ensemble |
| 9 | 2:23 | I Hate Men | Patricia Morison |
| 10 | 4:11 | Were Thine That Special Face | Alfred Drake, Ensemble |
| 11 | 4:02 | Too Darn Hot | Lorenzo Fuller, Eddie Sledge, Dred Davis |
| 12 | 4:22 | Where Is The Life That Late I Led? | Alfred Drake |
| 13 | 4:00 | Always True To You (In My Fashion) | Lisa Kirk |
| 14 | 2:09 | Bianca | Harold Lang, Ensemble |
| 15 | 2:13 | So In Love (Reprise) | Alfred Drake |
| 16 | 1:43 | Brush Up Your Shakespeare | Harry Clark, Jack Diamond |
| 17 | 1:53 | I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple | Patricia Morison |
| 18 | 0:53 | Kiss Me, Kate (Finale) | Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Company |
| 19 | 6:11 | Kiss Me, Kate (Overture) | Orchestra |
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The Cast
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| | Fred Graham | Alfred Drake | | | Petruchio | Alfred Drake | | | Lilli Vanessi | Patricia Morison | | | Katharine | Patricia Morison | | | Lois Lane | Lisa Kirk | | | Bianca | Lisa Kirk | | | Bill Calhoun | Harold Lang | | | Lucentio | Harold Lang | | | Harry Trevor | Thomas Holer | | | Baptista | Thomas Holer | | | Ralph | Don Mayo | | | Hattie | Annabelle Hill | | | Paul | Lorenzo Fuller | | | First Man | Harry Clark | | | Second Man | Jack Diamond | | | Stage Doorman | Bill Lilling | | | Harrison Howell | Denis Green | | | Gremio | Edwin Clay | | | Hortensio | Charles Wood | | | Haberdasher | John Castello | | | Tailor | Marc Breaux | | | Specialty Dancers | Fred Davis | | | | Eddie Sledge |
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