Productions1 on Broadway
| 1964 | Alvin Theatre Original. April 7, 1964 · Noel Coward (Gower Champion uncredited) | 375 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature34 passages
In their musical version — initially titled Faster Than Sound — Beatrice Lillie (in her 13th and final Broadway appearance) portrayed the antic spiritualist Mme. Arcati who disrupts the second marriage of writer Charles Condomine (Edward Woodward) book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p201
High Spirits (5/7/64; 375 performances) top-lined Bea- trice Lillie and Tammy Grimes and was based on direc- tor Noél Coward’s play Blithe Spirit. The musical had a fine libretto and excellent score by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p394
High Spirits, 50, 210, 227 book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p339
while classical actor George Rose—known stateside for his role of the Common Man in the 1961 4 Man for All Seasons—unexpectedly entered the world of musical com-edy (and stayed). As things turned out, the unknown Wisdom did very well for himself on Broadway and was almost able to carry the flat-footed Walking Happy. Bu… book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p979
“Faster Than Sound” (with lyric and music credited to Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin) had originally been written for the team’s 1954 musical film Athena; it was performed by Vic Damone and chorus for a nightclub sequence, but was deleted from the final release print. A brief glimpse of the number can be seen as it’s abou… book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p574
Tony nominations: Best Direction (Musical), High Spirits, 1964; Best Author (Musical), The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1964. book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p185
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