Mr. President (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Irving BerlinPerformer: Robert Ryan
Performer: Nanette Fabray
Performer: Anita Gillette
Performer: Jack Haskell
Performer: Stanley Grover
Performer: Jack Washburn
Performer: Wisa D'Orso
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-02-24
Music Label: Drg
Soundtracks:
- Act 1. Overture
- Act 1. Let's Go Back To The Waltz
- Act 1. In Our Hide-Away
- Act 1. The First Lady
- Act 1. Meat And Potatoes
- Act 1. I've Got To Be Around
- Act 1. The Secret Service
- Act 1. It Gets Lonely In The White House
- Act 1. Is He The Only Man In The World
- Act 1. They Love Me
- Act 1. Pigtails And Freckles
- Act 1. Don't Be Afraid Of Romance
- Act 1. Laugh It Up
- Act 1. Empty Pockets Filled With Love
- Act 2. Glad To Be Home
- Act 2. You Need A Hobby
- Act 2. The Washington Twist
- Act 2. The Only Dance I Know
- Act 2. I'm Gonna Get Him
- Act 2. This Is A Great Country / Finale
Music reviews of Mr. President (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, "MR. PRESIDENT" BELONGS IN YOUR LIBRARY . . .
Rating: 2 Stars
The way to enjoy MR. PRESIDENT? Program your CD player to skip any track that doesn't feature Nanette Fabray. Making silk purses was easy as pie for her.
Usually I submit my review before reading others, but this time, because I couldn`t come up with much positive to say, I turned to THE THEATER MANIA GUIDE TO MUSICAL THEATER RECORDINGS. It's scary how much Marc Miller and I agree on this recording. To quote: "There's scarcely a fresh idea in MR. PRESIDENT, just a lot of recycling of old ones that were better executed the first time: the latest dance craze ('The Washington Twist'); the contrapuntal duet ('Empty Pockets Filled With Love'); and the novelty number to wake up a drowsy Act II ('The Only Dance I Know'). One character even announces, 'The girl that I marry will have to be/Meat and potatoes, potatoes and meat like me.' (Huh?)" He praises Ms. Fabray ("always a pro") and goes on to write "First Daughter Anita Gillette is fine in 'The Secret Service.'"
Even though [MR. PRESIDENT is] "a look at a JFK-like First Family," everything about it feels as though it belongs in an earlier era. During the 60s, did anyone - with the possible exception of Frank Sinatra - refer to women as "dames"? No one I knew drove a "motor car." 1962 was the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, John Glenn's moon orbit, and the first use of silicone breast implants. Folk musicians were writing protest songs and people were turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. You wouldn't know from listening to this recording.
Many years ago, a student of mine wrote a story that went something like this. Once upon a time, a child was born with no body, just his head, which was okay until he discovered other children could run and play and do all sort of cool things. Every night he prayed to have a body, like all the other kids. And one morning he awoke to find his prayers had been answered. Ecstatic, he ran out of the house to share his good news and consequently was hit by a truck and killed. MORAL: Quit while you're ahead.
In spite of its flaws, MR. PRESIDENT belongs in your collection, along with all the other Irving Berlin shows. (AS THOUSANDS CHEER is available from Footlight.) It's a fiercely patriotic composer's last love letter to his adopted home. And if a patriotic show during the 60s seems like flag waving, "Do you know of a better flag to wave?"
Description of Mr. President (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
The original cast album starring film greats Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray has long been sought out by cast album collectors as it has been out of print for several years. Irving Berlin wrote "Mr. President" in 1962. The show was to be his final Broadway musical in a career that spanned six decades.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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