Greenwillow - Original Broadway Cast
Product Details:
| Title: | Greenwillow |
| Composer: | Frank Loesser |
| Artists: | Original Broadway Cast: Anthony Perkins, Bruce Mackay, Lee Cass |
| Catalogue No: | DRG19006 |
| Format: | CD |
| Price: | $34.99 |
Product Description:
This is a genuine find. Interesting in large part for the performance by Tony Perkins, fresh from his career-defining (in both the good and bad senses) role in Hitchcock's "Psycho" - a very different work than "Greenwillow," obviously. At the time, apparently, many considered this play to be more of a lesser gem than a "Loesser gem" but listening afresh this a score that exudes considerable charm and originality. Some fascinating background and history of this show can be found in Charles Winecoff's biography of Perkins, titled "Split Image" - including the reaction of his fellow cast members to seeing Psycho all together one evening and how that affected the next performance of Greenwillow! A fascinating reissue.
Tracklisting:
1. Overture The Orchestra: A Day Borrowed From Heaven
2. The Music Of Home
3. Dorrie's Wish/Gideon Briggs: I Love You
4. Summertime Love
5. Greenwillow Walk
6. Walking Away Whistling
7. The Sermon
8. Greenwillow Christmas: (Carol)
9. Could've Been A Ring
10. Never Will I Marry
11. Faraway Boy
12. Clang Dang The Bell: Baptism Of A Calf
13. What A Blessing
14. He Died Good
15. Summertime Love: Reprise
16. Finale