Original Cast - Gypsy / O.C.R. [CD]
Gypsy / O.C.R.
Original Cast
CD Rel Date: 2010-07-06
Digitally remastered edition of this 1959 release starring Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman. Based on a book by Arthur Laurent's with music written by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the show adapted the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee focusing on her mother Rose. It affectionately recounts her efforts to raise her two daughters and get them a career on the stage. The musical was produced by David Merrick and directed by Jerome Robbins. Ethel Merman starred as Rose, Jack Klugman as Herbie and Sandra Church as Louise. This production received no less than eight Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Xtra.
Tracklist:
- Overture - Orchestra
- May We Entertain You - Karen Moore ; Jacqueline Mayro
- Some People - Ethel Merman
- Small World - Ethel Merman ; Jack Klugman
- Mr Goldstone, I Love You - Ethel Merman
- Little Lamb - Sandra Church
- You'll Never Get Away from Me - Ethel Merman ; Jack Klugman
- Dainty June and Her Farmboys - Lane Bradbury, Sandra Church ; Farmboys
- If Mama Was Married - Sandra Church ; Lane Bradbury
- All I Need Is the Girl - Paul Wallace
- Everything's Coming Up Roses - Ethel Merman
- Together - Ethel Merman, ; Jack Klugman
- You Gotta Have a Gimmick - Faith Dane, Chotzi Foley ; Maria Karnilova
- Let Me Entertain You - Sandra Church
- Rose's Turn - Ethel Merman
- Baby June and Her Newsboys - Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore ; Newsboys
- Merman Memories Medley # 1 - Ethel Merman