{"product_id":"42nd-street-1980-original-broadway-cast","title":"42nd Street (1980 Original Broadway Cast) - 7587","description":"Amazon.com\n\nLegendary Broadway impresario David Merrick had his last (and longest-running) hit in 1980 with 42nd Street, an adaptation of the 1933 RKO film best known as one of the classic backstage musicals, as well as a vehicle for Busby Berkeley's jaw-dropping choreography. The stage version preserves the film's terrific Harry Warren-Al Dubin songs, including \"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me,\" \"Shuffle Off to Buffalo,\" and the title tune, plus ringers \"We're in the Money\" and \"Lullaby of Broadway.\" Jerry Orbach plays down-and-out director Julian Marsh hoping for a comeback, and Tammy Grimes is the star Dorothy Brock who gives way to ingenue Peggy Sawyer (Wanda Richert). 42nd Street is fun listening (including a herd of tap dancers in the opening auditions), and even if it seems quaint compared to the grittier backstage look taken in A Chorus Line, which debuted five years earlier, the two shows coexisted on Broadway for many years. 42nd Street is also well known for one of Merrick's most infamous stunts: when director Gower Champion died the morning the show opened, Merrick kept the information to himself so he could announce it to a shocked audience and cast after the final curtain call. --David Horiuchi\n\nProduct description\n\nLegendary Broadway impresario David Merrick had his last (and longest-running) hit in 1980 with 42nd Street, an adaptation of the 1933 RKO film best known as one of the classic backstage musicals, as well as a vehicle for Busby Berkeley's jaw-dropping choreography. The stage version preserves the film's terrific Harry Warren-Al Dubin songs, including \"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me,\" \"Shuffle Off to Buffalo,\" and the title tune, plus ringers \"We're in the Money\" and \"Lullaby of Broadway.\" Jerry Orbach plays down-and-out director Julian Marsh hoping for a comeback, and Tammy Grimes is the star Dorothy Brock who gives way to ingenue Peggy Sawyer (Wanda Richert). 42nd Street is fun listening (including a herd of tap dancers in the opening auditions), and even if it seems quaint compared to the grittier backstage look taken in A Chorus Line, which debuted five years earlier, the two shows coexisted on Broadway for many years. 42nd Street is also well known for one of Merrick's most infamous stunts: when director Gower Champion died the morning the show opened, Merrick kept the information to himself so he could announce it to a shocked audience and cast after the final curtain call. --David Horiuchi\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000002W5Y\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B000002W5Y.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49566122836266,"sku":"GGV.B000002W5Y.LN","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_0351840e-e113-4c9c-bc54-e2947459c69e.jpg?v=1731196842","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/42nd-street-1980-original-broadway-cast","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}