Simple folk!

 Julie and Richard,

pre-Lancelot debacle.

From Lerner and Loewe's Camelot,

produced in 1960, with Moss Hart directing,

we'll hear "What Do The Simple Folk Do?"

 The show suffered from "mixed" reviews,

til Ed Sullivan had the cast appear on HIS show,

singing highlights, and then the crowds came!

Richard won a Tony for his first (and last) musical performance.

Below, the Camelot gang featuring, on the left,

Robert Goulet in his Broadway debut, age 27.

 "It's So Simple"...it's elementary!

Fritz Weaver as Sherlock in Baker Street,

with Martin Gabel as Professor Moriarty (above left),

Inga Swenson as Irene Adler,

and Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson (below center).

Music by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel,

although when the show had woes in previews,

Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock were brought in to write additional material.

It lasted about 10 months,

and then met its own Reichenbach Falls. 

 From Bells Are Ringing,

we'll hear "It's A Simple Little System"

which featured Eddie Lawrence in his Broadway debut.

Eddie was a monologist/writer who had his 10 minutes of fame

(possibly a whole half hour)

with his "Old Philosopher" act

and voice overs aplenty.

He was replaced in the movie version of Bells by

Eddie Foy Jr.

 Ben Vereen as the Leading Player (center left), 

with John Rubinstein (as Pippin),

singing about those "Simple Joys",

the work of Stephen "Wicked" Schwartz.

Ben won a Tony for his role in this show,

as did Bob Fosse for direction and choreography. 

Ben (below) played a similar "narrating" figure in

All That Jazz,

Fosse's semi-autobiographical movie of 1979.

 Anita Morris' contribution

(besides fitting well into her costumes...

designed btw by William Ivey Long, Tony Winner)

is "Simple"

from Nine (1982), with music by Maury Yeston.

Below, more of that amazing cast...

at the top, Karen Akers, Raul Julia,

Anita, and Shelly Burch.