That's Where! That's When!

"When The Kids Get Married"

Mary Martin and Robert Preston cavorting in I Do! I Do!

A 2 person cast, a simple set, and 40 years of marriage, by the same folks that brought us The Fantasticks, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

It opened in December of 1966, and played over 500 performances. Interesting replacements included the duos of Carol Lawrence/Gordon McRae and Carol Burnett/Rock Hudson.

Robert walked out with a Best Actor In A Musical Tony!

 Robert, Mary and Gower Champion, who directed and choreographed.

 

Chess, a musical created by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (both of ABBA) and Tim Rice.

It began as a "concept album", 

inspired by the 1972 chess match "of the century" between 

Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.

By 1988 it was on Broadway, starring Harry Goz, Judy Kuhn, and David Carroll.

We'll hear "Where I Want To Be".

 

Recorded "At The Algonquin", a club that no longer exists (sad face!),

Jessica Molaskey and Dave Frishberg's live recording

includes "I Can't Take You Nowhere"...first released in 1986.

 

A quartet of Broadway Matildas,

all of whom received a special Tony Award (The Tony Honors For Excellence In Theatre, to be exact) back in 2013. 

Sophia Gennusa
Oona Laurence
Bailey Ryon

and
Milly Shapiro

They alternated performances, in accordance with all those pesky child labor laws!

Below, Lauren Ward, who played Miss Honey in both the West End AND Bdway productions...

...as did Bertie Carvel as The Trunchbull! 

We'll hear one of favorites from that Tim Minchin goodie,

"When I Grow Up".