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The Tony Awards: The First Years

The Tony Awards official website

Stephen Sondheim wins Tonys for best music and lyrics for COMPANY and FOLLIES in 1971 and 1972

Harvey Fierstein wins 1983 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Harvey Fierstein wins 1983 Tony Award for Best Play

Julie Taymor Winning Best Direction Of A Musical At The 1998 Tony Awards

Garry Hynes wins a Tony for best director of a play for THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE in 1998 (at 1:45 into the video)

Phylicia Rashad wins 2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Ali Stroker wins a Tony for best featured actress in a musical for OKLAHOMA! in 2019

"An Evening With Charles Strouse Up Close & Personal" at the Kennedy Center in 2009

Dramatists Guild Legacy Project with Charles Strouse in conversation with Michael John LaChiusa

Songwriters Charles Strouse and Lee Adams on getting hired to write Bye Bye Birdie

Charles Strouse and Sammy Davis Jr. on "American Musical Theater" in December 1964

Charles Strouse - Bonnie & Clyde (End Titles)

The Night They Raided Minsky's - Love Theme (Wait For Me)

Theme to ALL IN THE FAMILY performed by Caroll O' Connor and Jean Stapleton

Charles Strouse sings "Tomorrow" from ANNIE

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON ("CHARLIE AND ALGERNON") Cast Recording

Original London Cast Recording of NIGHTINGALE

Title song from DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER

Title song from MAYOR

All Dogs Go To Heaven Soundtrack

Full recording of NICK AND NORA on Broadway (1993)

Harvey Fierstein discusses his theatrical beginnings for Masterworks Broadway

Harvey Fierstein wins the Tony Award for best actor in a play for TORCH SONG TRILOGY in 1983

TORCH SONG TRILOGY wins the Tony Award for best play in 1983, with speeches by Fierstein and producer John Glines, who causes a national scandal by thanking his husband, Lawrence Lane

Harvey Fierstein wins 1983 Tony Award for Best Play

Joan Rivers interviews Harvey Fierstein about TORCH SONG TRILOGY on TV in 1984

Harvey Fierstein, Michael Urie, and Moises Kaufman discuss the 2017 off-Broadway revival of TORCH SONG TRILOGY on PBS Theater Talk

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on the 1984 Tony Awards

Harvey Fierstein discusses LA CAGE AUX FOLLES with Barbara Walters on the TV show “20/20” in 1983

Video version of TIDY ENDINGS, part of Fierstein’s play SAFE SEX, made for cable TV in 1988 with Fierstein and Stockard Channing

Harvey Fierstein: "If I Were A Rich Man" (Fiddler on the Roof-Broadway)

Harvey Fierstein discusses FIDDLER ON THE ROOF on PBS Theater Talk in 2005

Harvey Fierstein discusses LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on PBS Theater Talk in 2011

Harvey Fierstein as Zaza sings “I Am What I Am” in the 2011 revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in HAIRSPRAY on the 2003 Tony Awards

Harvey Fierstein sings “Coney Island” from A CATERED AFFAIR on TV on “Regis and Kelly” in 2008

Backstage at A CATERED AFFAIR on Broadway.com in 2008

Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken, and Bruce Feldman discuss NEWSIES on opening night in 2012

Harvey Fierstein and Alan Menken discuss NEWSIES on PBS Theater Talk in 2012

Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper discuss KINKY BOOTS on PBS Theater Talk in 2013

Harvey Fierstein discusses CASA VALENTINA with Elliott Forrest on TV in 2014

Harvey Fierstein discusses his memoir “I Was Better Last Night” with Patrick Pacheco on his cable access-TV show “All the Moving Parts” in 2022

Audio of the 1999 production

Audio of the 2001 production

Chita Rivera discusses CASPER THE MUSICAL in 2001

20 minute press reel of CASPER THE MUSICAL

Chita Rivera performs "In the Spirit"

Chita Rivera performs "Charge"

Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz - The Official Masterworks Broadway Site

Part 1 of original LP recording, featuring "Overture," "Sweet Music," "High and Low," "Hoops," "Confession," "New Sun in the Sky," and "Louisa":

Part 2 of original LP recording, featuring "Beggar Waltz," "Ballet Music," "White Heat," and "Dancing in the Dark"

1931 Victor Young - Gems from “The Band Wagon” (Munn, Rowland, Parker, Luther & trio, vocals)

Fred and Adele Astaire perform "Hoops" (audio only)

"Dancing in the Dark" performed by Tilly Losch, sung by Bing Crosby

1953 MGM Film Trailer

CHICAGO at the 1976 Tony Awards

Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon perform the "Hot Honey Rag"

Rehearsal footage from the original production

Full audio of Liza MInnelli performing as Roxie during a substitution for Gwen Verdon in 1975

Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in CHICAGO (1975, Broadway)

Chita Rivera sings "ALL THAT JAZZ" from the Original Broadway Cast Recording

Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1997 Broadway Cast Recording)

Chicago (2002) Official Trailer - Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere Movie HD

Marvin Hamlisch Official Website

Marvin Hamlisch discusses his interview at age 6½ for Juilliard

A CHORUS LINE on the 1976 Tony Awards

Complete video of 2006 Broadway revival of A CHORUS LINE

THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG on the 1979 Tony Awards

Boston critic Elliot Norton interviews Marvin Hamlisch about THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG in 1981

Jodi Benson sings “Disneyland” in SMILE on Broadway in 1986

1986 Press footage for SMILE

THE GOODBYE GIRL on the 1993 Tony Awards

Opening-night TV special for THE GOODBYE GIRL in 1993

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS on the 2002 Tony Awards

News preview of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR opening in Nashville in 2012

Rehearsal footage of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR in Nashville in 2012

Scenes from Maine’s Ogunquit Playhouse’s production of THE NUTTY PROFESSOR in 2022

“An Evening With Marvin Hamlisch: Up Close and Personal” - Marvin Hamlisch discusses his career with ASCAP director Michael Kerker, illustrated with performances by Karen Ziemba, Liz Callaway, and Kevin Earley, at the Kennedy Center in 2009

2012 Live From Lincoln Center tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, “One Singular Sensation”

The Library of Congress, which has Marvin Hamlisch’s archives, presents “An Evening of the Music of Marvin Hamlisch” with Lindsay Mendez, Capathia Jenkins, Bryce Pinkham, and Whitney Bashor in 2018

Original Broadway cast recording of A CHORUS LINE

Original Broadway cast recording of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG

“Secrets” from JEAN SEBERG sung in rehearsal at the National Theatre by original cast member Kelly Hunter

“Dreamers” from JEAN SEBERG sung by Louise Dearman with the BBC Orchestra in 2012

Performance demo recording provided by the show’s licensor for SMILE

Complete 1986 live soundboard recording of SMILE

Original Broadway cast recording of THE GOODBYE GIRL

Original London cast recording of THE GOODBYE GIRL

Original Broadway cast recording of SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Lyrics & Lyricists with Stephen Sondheim (1971)

"June is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording)

Mary Testa sings "To Keep My Love Alive" from A CONNECTICUT YANKEE

Lena Horne sings "At Long Last Love"

Ethel Waters sings "Taking a Chance on Love" from A CABIN IN THE SKY

Julie Andrews sings "I Could Have Danced All Night" from MY FAIR LADY

Noel Coward sings "Why Do The Wrong People Travel?" from SAIL AWAY

Jane Krakowski sings "A Trip to the Library" from SHE LOVES ME

"But, Mr. Adams" from 1776

"Prologue" from INTO THE WOODS (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)

"One Short Day" from WICKED

"Farmer Refuted" from HAMILTON

I Remember Mama (Rodgers/Charnin, 1979) | Ovrtur

Opening night audio of the show

I REMEMBER MAMA at the 1979 Tony Awards

Liv Ullmann sings "Time" on a Norwegian TV show in 1979

Walter Cronkite presents Richard Rodgers with the Lawrence Langer Memorial Award (44:50 in the video) at the 1979 Tony Awards

Joseph Stein & Lin-Manuel Miranda

SID CAESAR: Your Show of Shows [SKETCHES]

PLAIN AND FANCY (1955 Original Broadway Cast Album)

MR. WONDERFUL (1956 Broadway Cast Recording)

The title song of THE BODY BEAUTIFUL

JUNO (1959 Original Broadway Cast Recording)

TAKE ME ALONG (1959 Original Broadway Cast Album)

ZORBA (1968 Original Broadway Cast Album)

The title number from the Pre-Broadway tryout of SO LONG, 174TH STREET featuring Robert Morse (audio only)

Zero Mostel in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1977, Broadway)

Why Him? (from "Carmelina")

Joseph Stein interview with Rabbi Shaul Praver, Part 1

The Skin of Our Teeth (From "All About Us")

Joseph Stein interview with Rabbi Shaul Praver, Part 2

Joseph Stein interview with Rabbi Shaul Praver, Part 3

Mrs. Doubtfire (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ cast performs ‘Make Me A Woman’ live on TODAY

The Gender Problem ‘Tootsie’ Can’t Dress Up

Gender and Sexuality on Broadway: You Oughta Know Better

Me and Juliet (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Bill Hayes and Isabel Bigley perform a sequence on live television in 1953

Me and Juliet (U.S. radio programme, "Theater of Hits", 1954)

Rosemary Clooney & Tony Martin perform "No Other Love" on the 1954 TV special “General Foods 25th Anniversary Show

Theme from "Beneath the Southern Cross" from VICTORY AT SEA from which "No Other Love" was borrowed

CBS Camera Three half-hour salute to PINS AND NEEDLES in 1978

Cast of WISH YOU WERE HERE performs on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1952 (at the 21:50 mark in the video)

Eddie Fisher sings the title song of WISH YOU WERE HERE on TV in 1959

Florence Henderson sings “I Have to Tell You” from FANNY on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1954

Florence Henderson and Gary Wright sing “Be Kind to Your Parents” from FANNY on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1954

Walter Slezak sings “To My Wife” from FANNY on TV in the 1950s

1954 radio tribute to FANNY broadcast a few days after the show’s opening features members of the artistic team and cast discussing the show and performing

Silent color footage of the Broadway production of FANNY

Eddie Fisher sings the title song of FANNY at the Hollywood Bowl on TV in 1954

Dolores Gray and the DESTRY RIDES AGAIN company perform “Are You Ready, Gyp Watson” and “I Say Hello” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1959

On the 1959 TV special “Music From Shubert Alley,” Marc Breaux, George Reeder, and Swen Swenson perform “The Whip Dance,” choreographed by Michael Kidd, from DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (at 28:35 in the video)

Betty Garrett sings "South America Take it Away" from Harold Rome's "Call Me Mister" (1990)

At the same benefit original cast member Dolores Gray discusses DESTRY RIDES AGAIN and sings three songs from the score: “I Know Your Kind,” “I Say Hello,” and “Anyone Would Love You”; Harold Rome speaks and then plays and sings the title song to FANNY

Musical theater historian George Dansker discusses Harold Rome’s career at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford in 2023

1962 studio cast recording of PINS AND NEEDLES featuring Barbra Streisand and Harold Rome

1946 original Broadway cast recording of CALL ME MISTER

2002 studio cast recording of THAT’S THE TICKET!

Jack Cassidy sings the title song of WISH YOU WERE HERE on the 1952 original Broadway cast recording

Tony winner Sheila Bond sings “Shopping Around” from WISH YOU WERE HERE on the 1952 original Broadway cast recording

1954 original Broadway cast recording of FANNY

1959 original Broadway cast recording of DESTRY RIDES AGAIN

1962 original Broadway cast recording of I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE

2023 original off-Broadway cast recording of Classic Stage Company’s revival of I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE starring Santino Fontana and Joy Woods

1965 original Broadway cast recording of THE ZULU AND THE ZAYDA

1972 original London cast recording of GONE WITH THE WIND

Overture to La, La, Lucille (1919) by George Gershwin

Julie Hill sings “Nobody but You” from LA, LA, LUCILLE

Aquila Sol sings “Somehow It Seldom Comes True” from LA, LA, LUCILLE

From Now On (La, La, Lucille, 1919) // Jayce Ogren, conductor // Keyon Pickett, voice

Introducing La, La, Lucille // Andrew S. Kohler

A Gershwin Discovery // Orchestrations for the 1919 musical La La Lucille

Press promo for 2019 production

Lost Gershwin Musical La La Lucille Recovered

George Gershwin’s first musical rediscovered after nearly a century | The University Record

A Lost Gershwin Musical Has Been Found Nearly 100 Years After It Was Last Performed

1955 concept recording Part 1

1955 concept recording Part 2

Shinbone Alley (Broadway, Broadway Theatre, 1957)

Toujours Gai (From "Shinbone Alley")

Shinbone Alley (1960 Play of the Week) Songs - Eddie Bracken, Tammy Grimes, Jules Munshin

1970 SHINBONE ALLEY animated feature

Original Broadway cast recording of MAME

Angela Lansbury sings “Open a New Window” from MAME on the 1971 Tony Awards

The title song of MAME with Angela Lansbury on the 1975 Tony Awards

The complete title song sequence from MAME in the 1983 revival with Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury and Beatrice Arthur perform “Bosom Buddies” on the 1987 Tony Awards

Angela Lansbury discusses MAME with the Television Academy Foundation

Betty Comden and Adolph Green interviewed at Duke University in 1979

A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1959

1959 and 1977 Playbills for A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN

Betty Comden, Adolph Green, 1979

Betty Comden and Adolph Green discuss their career on PBS Theatre Talk in 1997

The Revuers (including Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Judy Holliday, with Leonard Bernstein on the piano) perform “The Girl With Two Left Feet” (audio only)

Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Cy Coleman discuss Greenwich Village and the nightclub the Village Vanguard in 1956 on TV

Cast album of THE LITTLEST REVUE available through Kritzerland Records

CD review for THE LITTLEST REVUE on SwapaCd.com

Bill McCutcheon sings “When the Sea Is All Around Us” by Sheldon Harnick and David Baker from the cast recording of SHOESTRING REVUE

Ben Bagley's George Gershwin Revisited (vinyl LP recording, 1966)

Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited (1970)

Cole Porter Revisited Vol İ

Ben Bagley's Irving Berlin Revisited (1967)

Chita Rivera sings "Big Stuff" from Ben Bagley's Leonard Bernstein Revisited

Katherine Hepburn sings "Merry Little Minuet" from Ben Bagley's Contemporary Broadway Revisited

Remembering Ben Bagley, Producer of Revues and Records

Ben Bagley, dead at 64

Stephen Sondheim at age 31 discusses his work as a lyricist on WEST SIDE STORY and GYPSY in 1961 on the local NYC TV show “The American Musical Theatre”

Jule Styne discusses his 1979 autobiography with Hugh Downs on TV and plays a medley from GYPSY

Arthur Laurents discusses GYPSY on New York 1 On Stage in 2008 Part 1

Part 2 of 2008 Laurents interview discusses GYPSY and WEST SIDE STORY

Ethel Merman sings “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” on the Kraft Music Hall in 1960

Silent footage of GYPSY rehearsals accompanied by Ethel Merman singing demo recordings of several songs, some with early, different versions of the lyrics

Ethel Merman and Gypsy Rose Lee discuss GYPSY on TV in 1967

Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, and Natalie Wood sing “Together, Wherever We Go,” cut from the 1962 film of GYPSY

Dolores Gray sings “Rose’s Turn” at the London benefit show “Stairway to the Stars” in 1989 (audio only)

Press reel for Angela Lansbury in 1974 GYPSY

Angela Lansbury sings “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” (not in character) on the 1975 Tony Awards in a tribute to the Winter Garden Theatre, where she played GYPSY

Tyne Daly performs “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” on Broadway in 1989

Tyne Daly performs “Rose’s Turn” on Broadway

Tyne Daly discusses GYPSY in 2007

Linda Lavin performs “Rose’s Turn” on Broadway in 1990

Bette Midler in GYPSY (complete 1993 TV film)

Betty Buckley performs “Rose’s Turn” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 1998

Bernadette Peters performs “Rose’s Turn” on the 2003 Tony Awards

Patti LuPone sings “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” on the 2008 Tony Awards

Imelda Staunton, Peter Davison, and Lara Pulver sing and dance “Together, Wherever We Go” in 2015

Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti in the final 12 minutes of GYPSY, including “Rose’s Turn”

Imelda Staunton sings “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” on the 2016 Olivier Awards

NPR “Tiny Desk Concert” of the 2024 GYPSY with Audra McDonald, Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson, Danny Burstein, Lesli Margherita, Lili Thomas, and Mylinda Hull singing “If Momma Wa Married,” “Together, Wherever We Go,” “You Gotta Get a Gimmick,” and “Some People”

Piano roll playing selections from the show

The Hudson Belle Two-step from KISSING TIME

Yvonne Arnaud (soprano) - Chiquita ('Kissing Time' - Grey & Caryll) (1919)

Phyllis Dare sings "Thousands of Years Ago"

Yvonne Arnaud (soprano) - Cherie, oh ma Cherie! ('Kissing Time' - Grey & Redstone) (1919)

British Musical Theatre cast and song listing for KISSING TIME

Original 1954 Broadway cast recording of THE BOY FRIEND starring Julie Andrews

Silent color footage of Julie Andrews in THE BOY FRIEND in 1954

Julie Andrews, Alice Ghostley, and company perform a medley from THE BOY FRIEND of “The Boy Friend,” “Won’t You Charleston With Me?,” and “I Could Be Happy With You” on TV on “The Julie Andrews Hour” in 1971

The cast of the Goodspeed Opera House’s 2005 production of THE BOY FRIEND, directed by Julie Andrews, performs the title song

Behind the scenes at the Menier Chocolate Factory’s 2019 production of THE BOY FRIEND

Cleo Laine sings “Big Best Shoes” on the 1958 original cast recording of VALMOUTH

BBC 1975 complete radio recording of VALMOUTH

1982 Chichester Festival Theatre revival cast recording of VALMOUTH

Ruthie Henshall sings “Whatever Happened to Love?” from the 1997 Chichester Festival Theatre revival of DIVORCE ME, DARLING!

1997 Chichester Festival Theatre revival cast recording of DIVORCE ME, DARLING!

Bruce Wilson sings “In This Room” from GOODBYE TO BERLIN at 54 Below

Unsigned review on CastAlbums.org of the cast recordings of HIS MONKEY WIFE and ALADDIN

Sandy Wilson’s The Buccaneer

Sandy Wilson: A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center

Sandy Wilson obituary

Sandy Wilson, Composer and Writer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ Dies at 90 (Published 2014)

Meredith Willson premieres his “Salvation Army Theme Song” on TV in 1958

Meredith Willson in 1961 on the NYC local TV show “The American Musical Theatre”

Meredith Willson America's Music Man

Songwriter Spotlight: Meredith Willson

The Music Man. 1957 Meredith Willson Demo

BARBARA COOK discusses THE MUSIC MAN on THEATER TALK

Meredith Willson Induction - 2020 Songbook Hall of Fame

THE MUSIC MAN original Broadway cast recording

THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN original Broadway cast recording

HERE’S LOVE original Broadway cast recording

Barbara Cook sings a medley from "The Music Man" on the Bell Telephone Hour, 1960.

Barbara Cook sings “Till There Was You” from THE MUSIC MAN on the 1987 Tony Awards

Robert Preston sings “Ya Got Trouble” in the 1962 film of THE MUSIC MAN

Robert Preston and company perform “Seventy-Six Trombones” in the 1962 film of THE MUSIC MAN

Shirley Jones sings “Till There Was You” in the 1962 film of THE MUSIC MAN

Tammy Grimes sings “I Ain’t Down Yet” from THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (though not as performed on stage) and “Dolce Far Niente/I May Never Fall in Love With You” (the latter with Mitchell Gregg) on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1961

Paul McCartney (accompanied by the rest of the Beatles) sings “Till There Was You” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1963

Bob Merrill | Songwriters Hall of Fame

Ken Mandelbaum's MUSICALS ON DISC: Remembering Bob Merrill

NEW GIRL IN TOWN original Broadway cast recording

Choreographer Bob Fosse discusses and Gwen Verdon performs “The Pony Dance” from NEW GIRL IN TOWN on TV in 1961 (starting at 15 minutes into the video)

Video excerpts from the Irish Repertory Theatre’s 2012 revival of NEW GIRL IN TOWN

Jackie Gleason and company perform “Sid, Old Kid” from TAKE ME ALONG on TV in 1960

TAKE ME ALONG original Broadway cast recording

CARNIVAL original Broadway cast recording

Anna Maria Alberghetti sings “Yes, My Heart” from CARNIVAL on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1961

Anne Hathaway stars in CARNIVAL at New York City Encores! in 2002 (video excerpts)

Original TV soundtrack to MR. MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL

Barbra Streisand sings “I’m the Greatest Star” in the 1968 film of FUNNY GIRL

Mimi Hines (who succeeded Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice) performs “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat” and “Who Are You Now?” from FUNNY GIRL on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1966

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S complete studio recording starring Faith Prince Act 1

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S complete studio recording starring Faith Prince Act 2

Alice Playten and schoolgirls and boys perform “Poor Little Person” from HENRY SWEET HENRY, choreography by Michael Bennett, on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1967

HENRY SWEET HENRY original Broadway cast recording

Tony Roberts and Robert Morse sing the title song of SUGAR on the show’s original cast recording

Original stars Robert Morse and Tony Roberts perform “The Music That Drives Men Mad” from SUGAR on TV in 1999

Angela Lansbury discusses PRETTYBELLE in 2012

Angela Lansbury sings “Manic Depressives” from PRETTYBELLE on the show’s studio cast recording

Robert Preston sings “I’m a Star” from THE PRINCE OF GRAND STREET in a live recording from 1978

Original Broadway cast recording

The Harvard Crimson’s review of the show’s Boston run prior to Broadway

The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Broadway, Sam S. Shubert Theatre, 1965)

Anthony Newley sings “Who Can I Turn To?” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1965

Sammy Davis Jr. sings “The Joker” from THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT - THE SMELL OF THE CROWD in an undated TV performance

Shirley Bassey sings “On a Wonderful Day Like Today” from THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT - THE SMELL OF THE CROWD on TV in 1976

Nina Simone sings “Feeling Good” in 1965

Excerpts from a revised 2016 production at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre

Adam Lambert sings “Feeling Good” on “American Idol” in 2009

Lauryn Hill sings “Feeling Good” in 2018 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Original off-Broadway cast recording

Up Close with THE LANDING Cast and Creatives

David Hyde Pierce, John Kander, and More Talk About The Landing

Vineyard Theatre's THE LANDING - Teaser

Interview with John Kander, Greg Pierce THE LANDING | Vineyard Theatre

THE LANDING actor Frankie Seratch sings “Corner of the Sky” at NYC’s Time to Shine in 2012

The Landing

Jay Records - The Landing

The Verdict: Critics Review John Kander-Greg Pierce Musical The Landing, Starring David Hyde Pierce, Off-Broadway

Original Broadway Cast Recording

Flahooley (Broadway, Broadhurst Theatre, 1951)

"Flahooley" on the Fred Waring Show

Women in Theatre: Barbara Cook

Blow Out the Trumpets for Flahooley! - TheaterMania.com

Flahooley: The ‘lost’ musical by the lyricist for Wizard of Oz

Original Broadway cast recording

Steven Suskin reviews the 2005 CD release of the Broadway cast recording on Playbill.com

Cyrano (Broadway, Palace Theatre, 1973)

Music Theatre International licensing page for CYRANO

Christopher Plummer on Cyrano de Bergerac (Part 37 of 44)

Christopher Plummer wins best actor in a musical at the 1974 Tony Awards (go to 2 hours and 12 minutes into the video)

Christopher Plummer discusses the Tony Awards in 2007

Press footage for the Broadway production

TV ad for the Broadway production

Complete RSC archival video of CARRIE starring Barbara Cook

Act 1 of the Broadway version of CARRIE starring Betty Buckley

1988 documentary film on the Broadway production, in German with English subtitles

The history of CARRIE in five minutes by enthusiast Shawn Mulligan

Complete video of 2012 off-Broadway production

2012 off-Broadway cast recording

Making-of Featurette: Carrie the Musical Premiere Cast Recording

Behind the Scenes: In Rehearsal with "Carrie" Off-Broadway Starring Marin Mazzie

Irving Berlin sings “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” from the 1943 film THIS IS THE ARMY

Ethel Waters sings “Supper Time,” about a woman whose husband has been lynched, on TV on “The Hollywood Palace” in 1969, introduced by Diana Ross

Ethel Waters sings “Heat Wave” from AS THOUSANDS CHEER on record in 1933 (audio only)

Marilyn Monroe and dancers perform “Heat Wave” in the 1954 film THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

Clark Gable and chorines sing and dance “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in the 1939 film IDIOT’S DELIGHT

Five songs from the 1925 musical comedy THE COCOANUTS, which starred the Marx Brothers, recorded in 1926 (audio only)

Danny Kaye performs the satirical “They’re Doin’ Choreography” from the 1954 film WHITE CHRISTMAS

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers perform “Cheek to Cheek,” written for the 1935 film TOP HAT

Rosemary Clooney sings “Love, You Didn’t Do Right by Me” from the 1954 film WHITE CHRISTMAS

Ethel Merman sings “You Can’t Get a Man With a Gun” on “The Merv Griffin Show” during Grand Old Opry Week in 1975

Ethel Merman sings “There’s No Business Like Show Business” in the 1954 film of the same name

Ethel Merman and company perform “Sun in the Morning” from the 1966 revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire perform “Easter Parade” in the 1948 film of the same name

Bing Crosby introduces “White Christmas” in the 1942 film HOLIDAY INN

Elaine Stritch (Ethel Merman’s understudy) and original cast member Russell Nype sing “You’re Just in Love” from CALL ME MADAM on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the 1950s

Ethel Merman and Donald O’Connor sing “You’re Just in Love” in the 1953 film of CALL ME MADAM

Kate Smith sings “God Bless America” in the 1943 film THIS IS THE ARMY

The Garrick Gaieties Archives - Rodgers & Hammerstein

Rodgers and Hart star in a musical short, “Makers of Melody,” in 1929:

Allan Gould and Ruth Tester sing “Manhattan” as it was done in THE GARRICK GAIETIES in the 1929 short “Makers of Melody”

Perry Como, Allyn Ann McLerie, and chorus perform “Mountain Greenery” as part of THE GARRICK GAIETIES in MGM’s 1948 Rodgers and Hart biopic WORDS AND MUSIC

Richard Rodgers discusses Larry Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1952

Rebecca Luker, Brian d’Arcy James, Jane Krakowski, Christine Ebersole, Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, Mary Cleere Haran, Ron Raines, and Susan Egan perform in the 1998 PBS-TV Great Performances special “The Rodgers and Hart Story”

Peggy Lee & Steve Lawrence "Manhattan" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1962

Brian d’Arcy James and Susan Egan sing “Mountain Greenery” in the 1998 TV special “The Rodgers and Hart Story”

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops 2002 salute to Rodgers and Hart with Audra McDonald, Lillias White, Rebecca Luker, Douglas Sills, Ron Raines, and Mary Testa

Complete video of original 1994 production as broadcast on PBS in 1996

PASSION on the 1994 Tony Awards

Donna Murphy sings “I Read” in the 1996 video

Donna Murphy sings “Loving You” in the 1996 video

Stephen Sondheim discusses Passion (2020)

Passion | Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, Audra McDonald | Lincoln Center | 2005 Full

Stephen Sondheim and Cast Discuss "Passion" with WQXR's Elliott Forrest

Lea Salonga Sings Stephen Sondheim's "Loving You" from the Musical PASSION

Passion: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Passion (1997 London Cast Recording)

Original 1962 Broadway cast recording

Zero Mostel sings “Comedy Tonight” on the 1971 Tony Awards

Jason Alexander and the company of JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY perform “Comedy Tonight” with Jerome Robbins’ original staging in 1989

Forum 1996 Press Reel (Nathan Lane)

Opening of the 1996 Tony Awards including a section of “Comedy Tonight” with Nathan Lane and company

Nathan Lane and company in the final section of “Comedy Tonight” in the 1996 revival

Lewis J. Stadlen, Nathan Lane, Mark-Linn Baker, and Ernie Sabella sing “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” in the 1996 revival

Mary Testa sings “That Dirty Old Man” in the 1996 revival

Original Broadway cast recording of CAN-CAN

Silent color footage of Gwen Verdon and the laundresses dancing the can-can in a law court to provide evidence in the original 1953 production of CAN-CAN

In the 1960 film Shirley MacLaine and Juliet Prowse lead the title number that caused Khruschev’s denunciation

Frank Sinatra sings “It’s All Right With Me” to Juliet Prowse in the 1960 film of CAN-CAN

Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan sing “Live and Let Live” in the 1960 film of CAN-CAN, with a rewritten lyric by Porter

1971 Tony Awards - Gwen Verdon dances again Can Can and presents the award for best Choreography

American Dance Machine Quadrille from Can Can!

Chita Rivera sings “I Love Paris” in a 1988 tour of CAN-CAN

C'est Magnifique - Can Can (1988 Tour) Chita Rivera

Patti LuPone sings “I Love Paris” in the 2004 Encores! concert presentation of CAN-CAN

Selections from the Paper Mill Playhouse’s 2014 production of CAN-CAN starring Jason Danieley and Kate Baldwin

Once On This Island (Original Broadway Cast)

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND on the 1990 Tony Awards

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND TV clips of “Mama Will Provide” (Kecia Lewis-Evans first, then her understudy, Fuscia Walker) and “Waiting for Life” (LaChanze) from 1990

LaChanze performs “Waiting for Life” in 2002 on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”

Interview with Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty in 2007 during the production of THE GLORIOUS ONES at Lincoln Center Theater

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND on the 2018 Tony Awards

Revival cast members sing “Rain,” “The Human Heart,” and “Waiting for Life” at Barnes and Noble for the release of the cast album

Once on This Island (2017 Broadway Cast Recording)

The revival cast performs “Why We Tell the Story” at the 2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

2020 interview with Ahrens and Flaherty on Seth Rudetsky’s “Stars in the House”

Damn Yankees Original Broadway Cast

Silent color footage of the original Broadway cast

Ray Walston stops the show in a song from "Damn Yankees" 1959 TV show.

Rae Allen and cast perform “Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo.” on TV in 1959

Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse discuss and perform “Whatever Lola Wants” on the NYC local TV show “The American Musical Theatre” in 1962

Gwen Verdon and Tab Hunter perform “Whatever Lola Wants” in the 1958 film

Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain

DAMN YANKEES on the 1994 Tony Awards, including Gwen Verdon and Jean Stapleton introducing an appearance by a 107-year-old George Abbott

Damn Yankees - "Heart" (1994) - MDA Telethon

Damn Yankees Revival Broadway - B Roll

DAMN YANKEES "Whatever Lola Wants" Bebe Neuwirth, Late Show 1994

Patricia Routledge sings “Take Care of This House” in a 1987 London memorial tribute to Alan Jay Lerner at the Drury Lane Theatre

Complete live audio recording of the show’s premiere performance in Philadelphia

Patricia Routledge sings “Duet for One” in 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

Julie Andrews sings “Take Care of This House” complete with its unpublished verse

Bruce Hubbard (Gilbert Price’s understudy) sings “Seena” from 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

Judy Kaye sings “Duet for One” conducted by John McGlinn

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Broadway, Times Square Church, 1976)

Davis Gaines sings "The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March"

Original off-Broadway cast recording