STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - ANGELA LANSBURY - MAME (A NEW MUSICAL)

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Last Tuesday (10/11/22) brought us the sad news that Dame Angela Lansbury had passed away 5 days before her 97th Birthday. The Irish-British and American actress whose career spanned 8 decades was known for several roles across stage, film, and television including 12 seasons as the lovable mystery writing sleuth, J.B. Fletcher, on Murder, She Wrote. She was one of the last members of the Golden Age of Hollywood and has the accolades to go along with it, including six Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, a Laurence Olivier Award, an Academy Honorary Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award,a Star on the Walk Of Fame, as well as being appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). But long before all that she starred in the 1966 musical Mame, and that is our focus today.

Mame ( A New Musical) opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on May 24, 1966. It was based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, as well as the 1956 Broadway play by  Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, with lyrics by Jerry Herman. It stars Lansbury as Mame Dennis, with Bea Arthur, as her best girl, Vera Charles and 11 year old Frankie Michaels as her nephew, Young Patrick, who Mame Dennis has been entrusted to raise after the death of her Brother. Our copy belonged to my beautiful Wife, Lynn's Mother, who was fortunate enough to see the show and instilled in her daughter a love for all things Angela Lansbury. (Thanks Mom.) 

After it's initial run in Winter Garden, the production moved to Broadway and ran until January 3, 1970, for a total of 1,508 performances and five previews. Here's a look at the score :

The soundtrack was released in 1966 on the Columbia Masterworks label with production by Goddard Lieberson and artwork by Bill Berta.

A1 Orchestra – Overture

A2 Jane Connell, Frankie Michaels– St. Bridget

A3 Angela Lansbury And All – It's Today

A4 Angela Lansbury And All – Open A New Window

A5 Beatrice Arthur, Angela Lansbury And Moon Maidens – The Man In The Moon

A6 Frankie Michaels, Angela Lansbury– My Best Girl

A7 Angela Lansbury, Frankie Michaels, Jane Connell, Sab Shimono– We Need A Liitle Christmas

B1 Charles Braswell And All – Mame

B2 Frankie Michaels, Jerry Lanning– The Letter

B3 Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur– Bosom Buddies

B4 Jane Connell– Gooch's Song

B5 Angela Lansbury And All – That's How Young I Feel

B6 Angela Lansbury– If He Walked Into My Life

B7 Angela Lansbury And All – The Finale