Jackie Gleason

On stage 5 productions, 19 years

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Worked with more than once5 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Act One: “The Parade” (Walter Pidgeon, Townspeople); “Oh, Please” (Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Eileen Herlie, Family); “I Would Die” (Susan Luckey, Robert Morse); “Sid, Ol’ Kid” (Jackie Gleason, Townspeople); “Staying Young” (Walter Pidgeon); “I Get Embarrassed” (Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie); “We’re Home” (Eileen Herlie); “Take Me Along…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “The Beardsley Ballet” (Robert Morse, Susan Luckey, Charles Bolender, Rae McLean, Paula Lloyd, Ensemble); “Oh, Please” (reprise) (Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel); “Promise Me a Rose” (Eileen Herlie, Jackie Gleason); “Staying Young” (reprise) (Walter Pidgeon); “Little Green Snake” (Jackie Gleason); “Nine O’Clock” (Robert Morse); “But…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times thought the first act was strictly routine Broadway, and although Jackie Gleason “brought down the house,” his portrayal made Sid a “cheap-jack” clown. But in the second act everything came together and Atkinson suggested it could have been performed twice. He praised “The Beardsley Ballet” (“bizarre,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• When Jackie Gleason left the musical in October 1960, William Bendix replaced him (and Sidney Blackmer succeeded Walter Pidgeon). During the era, when a star left a show the bottom usually fell out and the production soon closed. So it was with Take Me Along, which managed to run for only a few weeks after Gleason departed; similarly, whe…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• When RCA Victor’s cast album of Take Me Along was released with Jackie Gleason, it inaugurated a trend of sorts for the company. For some reason, RCA tended to pick up the cast album rights to musicals that starred television personalities, such as Wildcat (Lucille Ball), Do Re Mi (Phil Silvers), Let It Ride! (George Gobel), Little Me (Si…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Tony Awards and Nominations : Best Musical (Take Me Along ); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Jackie Gleason ); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Walter Pidgeon); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Robert Morse); Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Eileen Herlie); Best Director (Peter Glenville); Best Conductor and Musical Director (Lehman En…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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