In the 1998 revival of Little Me
(that Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh goodie),
were Martin Short and Faith Prince.
It didn't last long on Bway, only 99 performances and it evaporated,
but we did get some interesting re-dos of the songs,
like the title one.
Bob Fosse choreographed the original production of 1963,
and was the only Tony Winner.
On book, Neil Simon!
Tammy was a two-time Tony Winner
for her work starring in The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Private Lives.
Replacements for Tammy
(well, the production went on for almost 3,500 performances!)
were Elizabeth Allen, Dolores Gray, and Millicent Martin.
Below, Lee Roy Reams, Lauren Bacall (backstage visitor), and Tammy.
From the 4th Broadway revival of Man Of La Mancha,
we'll hear Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (who starred as Aldonza/Dulcinea opposite Brian Stokes Mitchell)
singing "What Does He Want Of Me?"
This revival was done in 2002.
Previous Broadway productions starred Richard Kiley (who did 2 productions)
and Raul Julia.
Music: Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion.
Robin Williams recording the voice of the Genie in
Aladdin, the Disney animated film from 1992.
At first, John Candy, Steve Martin, and Eddie Murphy were thought of for the role.
But Robin was won over after a scene in which the Genie sprouts 2 heads and argues with himself!
A lot of his dialogue was actually ad-libbed (surprise, surprise!);
he supposedly improvised 52 characters over the course of the movie.
We'll hear "Friend Like Me" written by Al Menken and Howard Ashman.
On the MGM side, we'll hear a ME from
For Me And My Gal, which was a Busby Berkeley flick from 1942.
It was the first time Judy Garland (age 20 when it was released)
got to actually play an adult,
annnnnd it was Gene's film debut.
He was 29, having done Pal Joey on Broadway,
and choreographed Best Foot Forward (the off-Broadway production), so he was hardly a newbie!
Music was a lot of oldies from various tin-pan-alley songsters.
This pair would go on to do The Pirate and Summer Stock.
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