"No Time At All"
with Irene Ryan, front and center, as Berthe,
in Stephen Schwartz's original production
of Pippin, 1972.
The many faces of Irene,
from young deb to old Grannie
on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Born in 1902, Irene had a stroke during a performance
of Pippin, and passed away in 1973.
HAD to include the above Geisha girls:
Irene and of course Nancy Kulp.
Was this a Hillbillies' Halloween epi??
Robert Morse, as young Richard,
and Susan Luckey as Muriel,
in Take Me Along, which had the music of Bob Merrill,
and starred Jackie Gleason, Walter Pigeon and Eileen Herlie.
It was 1959, and in just 2 years
Robert would find himself starring
(and Tony winning!) in
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
(Below, a window-washing JP on Broadway)
Below, Morse as J. Pierrpont Finch and Bertram Cooper
(Morse's alter ego on Mad Men).
Al Hirschfeld's ode to All American,
with music by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams,
and starring Ray Bolger,
caught in mid-leap via illustration and reality (below).
Ray could stop a show (and did)
back in the days of Where's Charley?,
("Once In Love With Amy").
Over 6 decades in "the biz".
At the cast recording of All American,
with Eileen Herlie, Ray, and recording maestro...Goddard Lieberson.
A bit of whimsy
from Pinocchio!
A "timely" Clock-strumental.
"When It's Sweet Pea Time In Georgia"
from Radio Gals,
which appeared off-Broadway back in 1997,
with the music of Mark Hardwick (Pump Boys, Oil City Symphony,
and a cameo in Broadway Danny Rose)
and Mike Craver.
While not an El Smasherino,
this show remains popular with small community groups,
like the one above from Sweet Jesus, Arkansas (yeah, right!).
Below, a New Yorker blurb...
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