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| 1970 | Broadhurst Theatre Original. April 8, 1970 · Albert Marre | 9 performances |
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She worked exclusively with her husband, director Albert Marre, on two out-of-town folders (La Belle, and At the Grand), two fast flops (Cry for Us All and Home Sweet Homer, both with scores by composer Mitch Leigh), and one super smash, Man of La Mancha. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p175
His final musical was 1970’s unfortunate Cry for Us All, singing the songs “The Mayor’s Chair” and “Aggie, Oh Aggie,” while losing much of his stage time to the ever-expanding role of Broadway’s version of Maria Callas, the lusty/busty diva Backstage __ Joan Diener. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p220
Kasha and Hirschhorn had, in fact, also provided additional songs for Al’s brother Larry’s stage version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which had already undergone two failed pre-Broadway try-outs. Perseverance pays off, we are told, so a third attempt finally made it to the Alvin in 1982 (for five, count ’em, per… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p221
Leigh is a fine composer who needs knowledgeable advice about what to do with his ability. There is a great deal of music in this show—more than 20 musical numbers—but one song has nothing to do with another, musically, and few of them (I think just one) have anything to do with turn-of-the-century Irish Brooklyn, wher… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p224
Cry for Us All was troubled from the first, undergoing an especially arduous tryout. Leigh and Marre’s second musical, Chu-Chem, “the first Chinese-Jewish musical,” had mercifully shuttered in Philadelphia in 1966 (although it would rise again, like a moo shoo phoenix, for a brief Broadway gasp in 1989). Cry for Us All… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p225
After painting out the houseboards, they changed ’em once more, going back to the cheerier Cry for Us All. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p226
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