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RCA Victor06.06.200009026-63690-2
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Saratoga
Musical
1959 Original Broadway Cast

Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Based on the novel Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber

Description / My Opinion
CD Now - Ordered 09.01.2000 - Shipped 09.08.2000 - Received

Recorded on December 13, 1959, in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City.

Producer Robert Fryer, Settings & Costumes Designed by Cecil Beaton, Choregraphy by Ralph Beaumont, Lighting by Jean Rosenthal, Musical Direction by Jerry Arlen, Vocal Arrangements by Herbert Greene, Orchestrations by Philip J. Lang, Music for Dances by Genevieve Pitot, Dramatized and Directed by Mr. DaCosta, Album Produced by Bob Bollard.

Saratoga opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 7, 1959, and closed after 80 performances.

The booklet contains 2 big and 4 medium B&W pictures of the recording sessions (stated as coming from RCA Victor Archives). The jewel box back cover also has a medium B&W picture. There is a 5 pages text by Andrew Velez, and a nearly 2 pages synopsis followed by some critics reviews samples.

Musical Numbers
12:33One Step, Two StepCarol Lawrence, Ensemble
21:41I'll Be RespectableCarol Lawrence
32:$4Gettin' A ManOdette Myrtil, Carol Brice
43:10Why Fight This?Carol Lawrence, Howard Keel
52:45Petticoat HighEnsemble
62:13A Game Of PokerHoward Keel, Carol Lawrence
73:45Love Held LightlyOdette Myrtil
A Game Of Poker (Reprise)Carol Lawrence, Howard Keel, Odette Myrtil
81:44Saratoga: DuetCarol Lawrence, Howard Keel
92:02Countin' Our ChickensCarol Lawrence, Howard Keel
101:55You Or No OneHoward Keel
112:28The CureEnsemble
122:22The Man In My LifeCarol Lawrence
132:31The Men Who Run The CountryRobber Barons (Male Ensemble)
143:21Goose Never Be A PeacockCarol Brice
150:51Dog Eat DogMale Ensemble
162:00The Railroad Fight
Dance music by Genevieve Pitot
Orchestra
171:42FinaleEnsemble
The Cast
Cupide Tun Tun
Clio Dulaine Carol Lawrence
Kakou Carol Brice
Belle Piquery Odette Myrtil
The Drapery Man Mark Zeller
The Carpenter Albert Popwell
Shorty Augie Rios
Maudey Brenda Long
The Charwoman Virginia Capers
Mrs. LeClerc Martha King
M. Augustin Haussy Richard Graham
Clint Maroon Howard Keel
M. Begué Truman Gaige
Grandmother Dulaine Natalie Core
Madame Dulaine Beatrice Bushkin
Charlotte Thérèse Jeannine Masterson
Léon Mark Zeller
Editor Truman Gaige
Haberdashery Clerk Frank Green
Fabric Salesman Barney Johnston
M. LaFosse Lanier Davis
Mrs. Sophie Bellop Edith King
Mrs. Porcelain Natalie Core
Mr. Gould Truman Gaige
Bart Van Steed Warde Donovan
Mr. Bean James Mollhollin
Daisy Porcelain Gerrianne Raphael
Clarissa Van Steed Isabella Hoopes
Miss Diggs Janyce Wagner
Children Brenda Long
Linda Wright
Augie Rios
Wayne Robertson
Townspeople, Guests, etc. Betsy Bridge
Beatrice Bushkin
Virginia Capers
Martha King
Ina Kurland
Jeannine Masterson
Carol Taylor
Gerrianne Raphael
Lois Van Pelt
Janyce Wagner
Beverley Jane Welch
Socrates Birsky
John Blanchard
Joseph Crawford
Lanier Davis
Paul Dixon
Vito Durante
Jose Falcion
Julius Fields
John Ford
Jerry Fries
Gene Gavin
Frank Green
Nathaniel Horne
Barney Johnston
Louis Kosman
Jack Matthew
Oran Osburn
John Pero
Harold Pierson
Albert Popwell
Charles Queenan
Mark Zeller
Merritt Thompson

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