Description: This is a rare COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB MAGAZINE (Vol. 5, No. 9) featuring ETHEL MERMAN and the Original Broadway Cast recording of the JULE STYNE and STEPHEN SONDHEIM musical comedy "GYPSY" on the front cover. (The production opened May 21st, 1959 at New York's Broadway Theatre, moved to the Imperial Theatre on August 15th, 1960, and ran for a combined 702 performances.) ..... The legendary ETHEL MERMAN created several of the most endearing characters in musical theatre history; "Reno Sweeney" in Cole Porter's "Anything Goes", "Annie Oakley" in Irving Berlin's greatest success "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Mama Rose" in Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's "GYPSY" ..... In addition to ETHEL MERMAN, the cast included JACK KLUGMAN, SANDRA CHURCH, LANE BRADBURY, MARIA KARNILOVA, PAUL WALLACE, MORT MARSHALL, JACQUELINE MAYRO, KAREN MOORE, FAITH DANE, CHOTZI FOLEY, LONEY LEWIS, DAVID WINTERS, MARILYN COOPER, JOE SILVER, IRVING "ERV" HARMON and PEG MURRAY ..... CREDITS: Music by JULE STYNE ("Bells Are Ringing", "Darling of the Day", "Do Re Mi", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Funny Girl", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Gypsy", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Hazel Flagg", "High Button Shoes", "Lorelei", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Sugar", "Prettybelle" and "Two on the Aisle"); Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS suggested by the memoirs of GYPSY ROSE LEE; Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM ("A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", "West Side Story", "Gypsy", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Sweeney Todd", "Pacific Overtures", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park With George", "Into the Woods", "Passion", "Assassins", "Road Show"); Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Costumes designed by RAOUL PENE DU BOIS; Dance Music arranged by JOHN KANDER; Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS; Produced by DAVID MERRICK and LELAND HAYWARD ..... DETAILS: The twenty page magazine measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/4" inches and includes three pages (in addition to the cover) dedicated to "GYPSY" and many additional new Columbia Records releases ..... CONDITION: This rare magazine is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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