Gigi [Original Cast]

Gigi [Original Cast]

by Gigi / O.B.C.
Gigi [Original Cast]

Gigi [Original Cast]

by Gigi / O.B.C.

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Overview

Back in the early '70s, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe put together a stage version of their 1957 movie musical Gigi. It toured for six months before opening on Broadway in November of 1973, where it closed after 103 performances. This cast album is all that remains, and it doesn't come off nearly as well as the Vincente Minnelli movie or its soundtrack, but it does feature the legendary Alfred Drake as Honore, as well as Daniel Massey as Gaston, Agnes Moorehead as Aunt Alicia, and Karin Wolfe as Gigi. Casting was a problem from the start: Drake was excellent and Massey made a pleasant, rather Rex Harrison-like Gaston (a special irony, since Gigi grew out of My Fair Lady, which was a Harrison vehicle), but picking the title role was a major problem, and Karin Wolfe replaced the producers' first choice after the early performances. She wasn't the weak link vocally, but at 28 she was decidedly long-of-tooth to play the role of a 16-year-old, even with lots of stage makeup. However, the real problem lay in the score, particularly Lerner's decision to drop "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" and the lack of any really strong new songs (several were dropped in previews) to replace it. The Drake showcase "Paris Is Paris Again" is nice enough, but it barely measured up to the best parts of the film score. The cast album is good to have around, but it inevitably stands in the shadow of the soundtrack and the movie. The CD has good sound and excellent historical notes. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date: 12/13/1994
Label: Rca Victor / Rca
UPC: 0090266807024
Rank: 157608

Tracks

  1. Gigi~Overture
  2. Gigi~Thank Heaven for Little Girls
  3. Gigi~It's a Bore
  4. Gigi~The Earth and Other Minor Things
  5. Gigi~Paris Is Paris Again
  6. Gigi~She Is Not Thinking of Me
  7. Gigi~The Night They Invented Champagne
  8. Gigi~I Remember It Well
  9. Gigi~Gigi
  10. Gigi~The Contract
  11. Gigi~I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Reprise)
  12. Gigi~In This Wide, Wide World
  13. Gigi~Finale/Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Reprise)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Original Broadway Cast   Primary Artist
Karin Wolfe   Primary Artist
Alfred Drake   Primary Artist
Agnes Moorehead   Primary Artist
Daniel Massey   Primary Artist
George Gaynes   Primary Artist
Maria Karnilova   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Janet Gari   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Maria Karnilova   Performer
Agnes Moorehead   Performer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Michel Legrand   Composer
Alfred Drake   Performer
Harold Rome   Composer
Miklos Rozsa   Composer
George Gaynes   Performer
Karin Wolfe   Performer
Daniel Massey   Performer
Lerner & Loewe   Composer
Stan Freberg   Composer
Richard Adler   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Mark Mancina   Composer
Jerry Ross   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
John Kander   Composer
Trevor Rabin   Composer
David Shire   Composer
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