Ruth Leon recommends…. PERFORMANCES TO KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
Ruth Leon recommendsPeter Pan with Mary Martin
In 1954 the Broadway musical of J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan won Tony Awards for both its stars, the queen of Broadway, Mary Martin and her co-star, the incomparable Cyril Ritchard.
The score was by Moose Charlap and Carolyn Leigh and if Charlap and Leigh weren’t a heavy-duty enough composer/lyricist team for one musical, there was additional music from Jule Styne and some more lyrics from Comden and Green. It was staged, choreographed and adapted for Broadway and TV by Jerome Robbins.
The original stage production was televised by NBC in 1960, with the original cast, which also starred tiny Sondra Lee, still going strong today at 91, as Tiger Lily.
Blissfully, and thanks to the indefatigable research of my friend Gerald Berkowitz, this gem is now available on YouTube and definitely not to be missed.
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