Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine (1967) Lincoln Center Workshop Cast Recording RARE

Description: A private limited-edition studio recording, available to those involved in the production and contributors to Music Theater of Lincoln Center. A 1967 musical adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic coming-of-age novel Dandelion Wine, with music by Billy Goldenberg and lyrics by Larry Alexander. Bradbury himself wrote the book, which Alexander recalls in a 2000 LA Times article was part of the reason the show was not picked up, at least for later productions: "As the lyricist of the original 1967 Lincoln Center production of Ray Bradbury’s “Dandelion Wine,” my first instinct after reading “Of Wine and Rosy Summer Memories” (by Daryl H. Miller, Aug. 20) was to write a long, detailed response to the misinformation as to how Colony Theatre director Terrence Shank and “the show’s creators” agreed to “proceed with new music and lyrics” for the 1981 production. Suffice it to say that no less notable and professional a Broadway producer than Stuart Ostrow (“1776,” “M. Butterfly”), who intended to mount a production of the show based on my lyrics and the now-legendary Billy Goldenberg score, regretfully decided against it after finding Bradbury’s book, in his words, “an unsalvageable mess.” It was only in 1981, when Billy and I were approached by Shank for the potential Colony Theatre revival, that I reread the script in the light of my experience in writing television, film and novels subsequent to 1967 and finally understood--and wholeheartedly agreed with--Ostrow’s objections. Billy and I, excited by the opportunity to at long last make the show work, begged Ray to examine the structure of the piece with an eye toward dramatic tension and resolution. His response was, “I’m not Tennessee Williams,” as if we were asking him to be Tennessee Williams. After consultation, Billy and I decided that to do the show in the form Ostrow rejected was not in our best interest and we withdrew the score--without, I might add, giving Bradbury and Shank our OK either verbally or in writing to replace our music and lyrics. Because we then as now consider Ray’s novel a true masterpiece, we did not pursue the matter. I do, however, want it on the record that the notion of “Dandelion Wine” as a musical did not originally come to Bradbury. It came to him after I stumbled on the book in a Grand Central Station paperback store and Billy and I--with the financial and artistic encouragement of such diverse mentors as Burgess Meredith, Jerry Lewis and Eleanor Slatkin of the Hollywood String Quartet--came west to play him the six sample songs we’d “spec’d” and discuss the possibilities with him." Anyway, this was the private cast recording with the workshop cast, including: Ronn Carroll, Pater Falzone, Penny Fuller, David Gold, Georgia Heaslip, Scott Jacoby, Art Lund, Joseph Macaulay, Casper Roos, Elaine Swann, and Christopher Votos as Douglas Spaulding. Track list:Side A:1. OpeningWizard of Wizards -- Chris Votos and Company2. A Long Time Coming -- Chris Votos & Scott Jacoby3. Dandelion Wine -- Casper Roos, Chris Votos, Scott Jacoby4. Para-Litefoot Tennis Sneakers -- Chris Votos & David Gold5. Walk Through the Night -- Georgia Heaslip & Elaine Swann6. This Special Summer -- Art Lund7. I Got Statistics -- Scott Jacoby & Chris Votos8. Happiness Machine -- David Gold & CompanySide B:1. Hey, Nonny No -- Elaine Swann2. Sir Douglas -- Penny Fuller3. The Dummers of Shiloh -- Joseph Macauley4. Tag-Along Tom -- Scott Jacoby, Peter Falzone, Chris Votos5. 1999 -- Art Lund & Penny FullerDandelion wine (Reprise) -- Ronn Carroll6. Tomorrow, All Day -- Penny Fuller7. Hey, Listen, Johnny, Johnny -- Chris Votos & Penny Fuller8. All the Magic -- Art Lund & Chris Votos9. Take One Step -- Art Lund & Chris Votos Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury set in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois, and serving as the first novel in his Green Town Trilogy. The novel developed from the short story "Dandelion Wine", which appeared in the June 1953 issue of Gourmet magazine. The title refers to a wine made with dandelion petals and other ingredients, commonly citrus fruit. In the story, dandelion wine, as made by the protagonist's grandfather, serves as a metaphor for distilling all of the joys of summer. The main character of the story is Douglas Spaulding, a 12-year-old boy loosely patterned after Bradbury. Most of the book is focused upon the routines of small-town America, and the simple joys of yesterday.

Price: 499.99 USD

Location: Utica, New York

End Time: 2024-10-14T13:48:38.000Z

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