"""i.e."", drastic editing, in order to succeed. Soon afterwards, Lerner was hospitalised for three weeks with a bleeding ulcer. Soon after he was discharged, Hart suffered his second heart attack, and Lerner stepped in as temporary director for the rest of the out-of-town run. ""Camelot"" then moved to Boston, edited, but still running well over the intended length. The production team tried to find another director, even phoning José Ferrer, who could not undertake the job. Lerner and Loewe disagreed on how to proceed with the show, as Loewe did not want to make any major changes without Hart's guidance."
"way up and think that's the only direction life has. ... He worked hard; he made people happy. In 2016, Goulet was portrayed by Broadway star Matt Bogart in episode 4 of HBO's ""Vinyl"" as an act for American Century. Columbia Records (except as noted): Robert Goulet Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Cast as Sir Lancelot and originating the role in the 1960 Broadway musical ""Camelot"" starring opposite established Broadway stars Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, he achieved instant"
"Robert Goulet Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Cast as Sir Lancelot and originating the role in the 1960 Broadway musical ""Camelot"" starring opposite established Broadway stars Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, he achieved instant recognition with his performance and interpretation of the song ""If Ever I Would Leave You"", which became his signature song. His debut in ""Camelot"" marked the beginning of a stage, screen, and recording career. A Grammy Award and Tony Award winner, his career spanned almost"
"Tony Award for Best Musical. MGM took notice and commissioned them to write the film musical ""Gigi"" (1958), which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Their next Broadway musical was ""Camelot"" in 1960. The production starred Richard Burton, Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet. According to ""Playbill"", ""The show achieved an unprecedented advance sale of three and a half million dollars, propelled in part by a preview on the Ed Sullivan Show that featured its stars, Richard Burton and Julie Andrews."" ""Camelot"" ran for 873 performances. Loewe then decided to retire to Palm Springs, California, not writing anything until he"
"Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel ""The Once and Future King"". The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions, and the 1967 film ""Camelot"". The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks. The musical has become associated with the Kennedy Administration, which is sometimes"
"Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot in their stage production ""Camelot"". Lerner and Loewe, impressed by Goulet's talent, signed the virtual newcomer to play the part, opposite Richard Burton (King Arthur) and Julie Andrews (Queen Guenevere). ""Camelot"" opened in Toronto in October 1960. It then played a four-week engagement in Boston, and finally opened on Broadway two months later. Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his show-stopping romantic ballad, ""If Ever I Would Leave You"" which would become his signature song. After the run of ""Camelot"", Goulet appeared on ""The Danny"
"slow to earn money. Advance sales managed to keep ""Camelot"" running for three months until a twenty-minute extract was broadcast on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" which helped ""Camelot"" achieve great success, and an unprecedented three-year run overall from 1960 to 1963. Its success lead to Burton being called ""The King of Broadway"", and he went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The original soundtrack of the musical topped the ""Billboard"" charts throughout 1961 after its release at the end of 1960. John F. Kennedy, who was then the President of the United States, reportedly"
"go off together happily engaged. (""Note: Based on Original Broadway Production, 1960"") In New York, the Broadway production opened on April 14, 1960, at the Martin Beck Theatre, transferring to the 54th Street Theatre and then the Shubert Theatre, closing on October 7, 1961, after 607 performances. The show was produced by Edward Padula and directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, with orchestrations by Robert Ginzler, scenic design by Robert Randolph, costumes by Miles White and lighting by Peggy Clark. The original Broadway cast included Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, Paul Lynde, Dick Gautier, Susan Watson, Kay Medford, Charles Nelson"
"make the second act less comical, replacing the scene between her and Mordred with a Mordred/Arthur scene. § — Cut shortly into the original 1960 run, still present on cast album; restored in most subsequent revivals. Sources: Playbill (vault); IBDB Source: IBDB Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White novel ""The Once and Future King"". The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on"
"Hollywood region of Los Angeles, so Gene could foster his singing career, as there was much more studio recording work available in Hollywood and Los Angeles than in San Francisco. They had two children, Monica (b. 1954) and John (b. 1963). They lived in various parts of Los Angeles until 1995, when they moved to Camarillo, California. Their marriage lasted for 55 years until Lois died on April 3, 2009, at the age of 78. Gene Merlino Gene Merlino is a retired singer and musician, best known for providing the singing voice of Lancelot in the musical movie Camelot, and"
"at his home in Hawley, Pennsylvania on January 27, 2017, aged 84. Holiday appeared previously on Broadway in ""Fiorello!"" opposite Tom Bosley. He also starred as Sir Lancelot in the 1964 touring company of ""Camelot"" opposite Howard Keel. After ""It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman"" ended, Bob moved to Los Angeles and co-starred with Anthony Roberts in ""Promises, Promises"". After leaving show business, Holiday opened Bob Holiday Custom Homes, LLC. He spent 30 years as a successful home builder in the Pocono Mountains, and retired in 2009. His assistant for the last ten years of his life was a dedicated"
"Design of a Musical for ""Fiorello!"" and Best Musical (as producers) for ""Once Upon a Mattress"" in 1960 and for Best Scenic Design for ""Mame"" in 1966. The couple taught at Southern Methodist University after their Broadway careers ended. In 2006, a book entitled ""The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart"" by Andrew Harris was published. It includes sketches from every show the Eckarts designed. William and Jean Eckart William and Jean Eckart were a husband-and-wife team of theatre designers in the 1950s and 1960s. They designed sets, costumes, and lighting for many productions, including ""Mame"","
"Rodgers and Hammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein refers to composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together were an influential, innovative and successful American musical theatre writing team. They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, initiating what is considered the ""golden age"" of musical theatre. Five of their Broadway shows, ""Oklahoma!"", ""Carousel"", ""South Pacific"", ""The King and I"" and ""The Sound of Music"", were outstanding successes, as was the television broadcast of ""Cinderella"" (1957). Of the other four that the team produced on Broadway during their lifetimes, ""Flower Drum Song"" was"
"night in camp, Arthur meets a young stowaway named Tom of Warwick, who has come to join the Round Table. His speech reminds Arthur of the idealism and hope that he had as a young king, and inspires him. Arthur knights Tom, and sends him back to England to grow up there, that he might pass on to future generations the ideals of chivalry and Camelot (""Camelot"" (reprise)). ""Camelot"" opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 3, 1960 and closed on January 5, 1963 after 873 performances and 2 previews. Directed by Moss Hart, the choreography was by"
"and later transferred to San Francisco where it closed on December 13, 1969. The musical closed before reaching Broadway. Richard Morris was the director, Edwin Lester was the producer, and Danny Daniels was the choreographer. John Cullum starred as Christopher Columbus and Chita Rivera starred as his mistress. Jean Fenn played Queen Isabella. Sergio Franchi was previously cast as Columbus. 1491 (musical) 1491 is a musical centered around Christopher Columbus before his voyage to discover the New World. Music and lyrics are by American composer and playwright Meredith Willson. It was Willson's final musical. The book was by Willson and"
"Lindsay and his wife Dorothy Stickney. It ran for over seven years to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway. Other work included the books for ""The Sound of Music"", the Cole Porter musical ""Red, Hot and Blue"", the Irving Berlin musical ""Call Me Madam"", and the production of the play ""Arsenic and Old Lace"". Their last collaboration was the 1962 Irving Berlin musical, ""Mr. President"". In addition to writing the books for Broadway shows, they were also ""show doctors"" who were asked to come improve Broadway shows in out-of-town tryouts, assisting the director and author of the show to"
"Wheeler & Woolsey Wheeler & Woolsey were an American vaudeville comedy double act who performed together in comedy films from the late 1920s until Robert Woolsey's death in 1938. The team comprised Bert Wheeler (1895–1968) of New Jersey and Robert Woolsey (1888–1938) of California. The Broadway theatre performers were initially teamed as the comedy relief for the 1927 Broadway musical ""Rio Rita"", and came to Hollywood to reprise these roles for the film version. The film's success convinced them to become a permanent team, and they continued to make very popular comedy feature films from 1930 until 1937, all for"
"authors produced other innovative works in the 1960s, such as ""Celebration"" and ""I Do! I Do!"", the first two-character Broadway musical. The 1960s would see a number of blockbusters, like ""Fiddler on the Roof"" (1964; 3,242 performances), ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1964; 2,844 performances), ""Funny Girl"" (1964; 1,348 performances) and ""Man of La Mancha"" (1965; 2,328 performances), and some more risqué pieces like ""Cabaret"", before ending with the emergence of the rock musical. Two men had considerable impact on musical theatre history beginning in this decade: Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman. The first project for which Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics"
"on October 25, 1940 and closed on March 8, 1941 after 156 performances. The musical is based on the story ""Little Joe"" by Lynn Root. Musicals Tonight! presented a staged concert of the musical at the 14th Street YMHA, New York City in October 2003. The musical was presented in a staged concert by Encores! in February 2016, starring Chuck Cooper, Norm Lewis, and LaChanze. Source: Internet Broadway Database ACT 1: ACT 2: The original Broadway characters and cast: The musical was very well received. Gerald Bordman wrote ""Wisely, everyone involved in the show rejected the easy excesses and crassness"
"lived to the age of 102. In the early 1940s, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, each a longtime Broadway veteran, joined forces and began their collaboration by writing two musicals that became massive hits, ""Oklahoma!"" (1943) and ""Carousel"" (1945). An innovation for its time in integrating song, dialogue and dance, ""Oklahoma!"" would serve as ""the model for Broadway shows for decades"". In 1999, ""Time"" magazine named ""Carousel"" the best musical of the century, writing that Rodgers and Hammerstein ""set the standards for the 20th century musical"". Their next effort, ""Allegro"" (1947), was a comparative disappointment, running for"
"Broadway Melody of 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy. It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including ""Begin the Beguine"". The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's ""Broadway Melody"" series of films, and is notable for being the only on-screen pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered the finest film musical dancers of their time. Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance"
"the biography of Helen Morgan, famous torch singer who had also appeared as the mulatto Julie LaVerne in three of the four productions of ""Show Boat"" mentioned above. Sammy White (actor) Sammy White ""(né"" Samuel Kwait; 28 May 1894 Providence, Rhode Island – 3 March 1960 Beverly Hills, California) was an American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films. He appeared with Lew Clayton, as Clayton and White, in the Broadway show ""Schubert Gaieties of 1919"". With his first wife, Eva Puck, White appeared in vaudeville as Puck and White. They starred in the original Broadway stage version"
"1967 adaptation of the Broadway musical ""Camelot"" removed most of the fantasy elements from T. H. White's classic ""The Once and Future King"", on which the musical had been based. The 1960s also saw a new adaption of Haggard's ""She"" in 1965 starring Ursula Andress as the immortal ""She who must be obeyed"" and was followed by a sequel in 1968 ""The Vengeance of She"" based loosely on the novel both produced by Hammer Film Productions, 1968 also saw the release of ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" based on a story by Ian Fleming with a script from Roald Dahl. Fantasy"
"Rodgers and Hammerstein's new show, ""Me and Juliet"", although ""South Pacific"" had to be moved to Boston for five weeks because of schedule conflicts. When it closed on January 16, 1954, after 1,925 performances, it was the second-longest-running musical in Broadway history, after ""Oklahoma!"". At the final performance, Myron McCormick, the only cast member remaining from the opening, led the performers and audience in ""Auld Lang Syne""; the curtain did not fall but remained raised as the audience left the theatre. On a South Pacific island during World War II, two half-Polynesian children, Ngana and Jerome, happily sing as they"
"years. Starring Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach and Gwen Verdon in her last Broadway role, it suffered from a cynical attitude, which contrasted with the record-breaking popularity of ""A Chorus Line"". Though rumors of a film production directed again by Fosse were heard, the show did not seriously re-surface until 1996, when it was revived as part of the ""Encores!"" series. A huge hit, the minimalist production transferred to Broadway and holds the record as the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It is the second longest-running show in Broadway history, behind only ""The Phantom of"
"The Barkleys of Broadway The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 Technicolor musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) with the addition of ""They Can't Take That Away from Me"" by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques François and Gale Robbins."
"Camelot (film) Camelot is a 1967 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Joshua Logan and starring Richard Harris as King Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere, and Franco Nero as Lancelot. The film is an adaptation of the musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Lerner also wrote the screenplay. King Arthur is preparing for a great battle against his friend, Sir Lancelot, a battle he does not wish to fight but has been forced into. Arthur reflects on the sad circumstances which have led him to this situation and asks his childhood mentor, Merlyn, for advice. Merlyn appears to"
"viewed as too moralistic, and the Broadway run ended after nine months; it was followed by a short national tour. It had no West End production and has rarely been revived. There are two recordings of ""Allegro"", the original cast album and a studio recording released in 2009. Oscar Hammerstein II had always wanted to write a serious drama, one which would address the problems of life confronting ordinary people. By early 1946, three years after his partnership with Richard Rodgers commenced, the duo had two hits (""Oklahoma!"" and ""Carousel"") on Broadway, and success as producers of musicals others had"
"Lerner and Loewe Lerner and Loewe were the team of lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, known primarily for the music and lyrics of some of Broadway's most successful musicals, including ""My Fair Lady"", ""Camelot"", and ""Brigadoon"". Among the songs from the couple are ""Wand'rin' Star"", ""Almost Like Being in Love"", ""Get Me to the Church on Time"", ""The Rain in Spain"" and ""I Could Have Danced All Night"". Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, more commonly known as Fritz, met in 1942 at the Lambs Club in New York City where, according to Loewe, he"
"the musical was shown in 1956. The original Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 5, 1944, directed by William Schorr and produced by John C. Wilson in association with Nat Goldstone. Agnes de Mille was the choreographer, and her contributions included a Civil War ballet. The production starred Celeste Holm as Evelina, David Brooks as Jeff Calhoun, Dooley Wilson as the slave Pompey, and Joan McCracken in the featured dancing role as Daisy. While successful—it closed on April 27, 1946 after 657 performances on Broadway—it has seldom been revived. Alisa Roost directed an Off-Broadway revival, which recreated"
"Hollywood, ran for a total of 1,007 performances until its end on April 24, 1965. A film version based on the play was released in November 1965 with Ford and Sullivan reprising their Broadway roles. Never Too Late (play) Never Too Late is a 1962 Broadway play by Sumner Arthur Long. ""Never Too Late"" starred Paul Ford and Maureen O'Sullivan as Harry and Edith Lambert, a middle-aged couple about to become parents once again. Starring as the couple's adult daughter Kate and her husband Charlie Clinton, were Fran Sharon and Orson Bean, as well as Leona Maricle and House Jameson"
"Grady McLeod Bowman, Barry Busby, Leslie Donna Flesner, Gaelen Gilliland, Albert Guerzon, Raymond J. Lee, George Merrick, Jessica Naimy, Zachary Prince, Catherine Ricafort, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Erica Sweany, Cary Tedder, and Katie Webber. On March 31, the producers announced its closing on Broadway due to poor sales at the box office. According to ""Playbill"", ""The musical was praised by critics, but failed to catch on at the box office.""The show closed on Broadway on April 5, 2015. On March 12, 2017, the London premiere was given by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra conducted by Jason Robert Brown in a"
"Dillon took over in the roles of Sam and Molly respectively. The production closed on 6 October 2012. The musical opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 23 April 2012, following previews from 15 March Directed by Matthew Warchus, original stars Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy reprised their roles, with newcomers Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Oda Mae) and Bryce Pinkham (Carl). According to Levy, ""[For the Broadway production], emotional moments in the show have been fine-tuned, a line or two has been changed here or there...a couple of songs have been replaced, some characters have been tweaked. All for the"