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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0090266035328
Format: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: April 14, 1992
Studio: RCA
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Physical exhaustion and severe illness forced Lucille Ball to prematurely end her acclaimed Broadway musical debut in WILDCAT, however the sparkling cast album remains for us to savour.
Tailored around the talents of it's ebullient, red-headed star, WILDCAT opened on Broadway, during a crippling blizzard, on December 16th 1960 at the Alvin Theatre following a very promising tryout in Philadelphia where critics praised Ball's exciting musical performance as Wildcat Jackson. Unfortunately ... Read More
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In late 1960, a friend and I attended one of the first performances of WILDCAT, a new musical at the Alvin Theater --now the Neil Simon Theater. We wanted to see the Broadway starring debut of Lucille Ball, at that time TV's outstanding comedienne. And we wanted the answer to the question of the ages: could she sing? The answer: No. But she could stay somewhere near the melody and she was kinda funny, so that left the musical stuff up to the rest of the cast and the musicians in the pit. The first Broadway ... Read More
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There's not much to add to the many positive reviews here, except to reiterate that "Wildcat" is a delight. I've been slowly replacing my show LPs, and the general test of whether or not to invest the money is if I can get certain songs out of my head. "Tall Hope" and "Corduroy Road" have been knocking around in my brain for years, so I took the plunge, got this CD, and am very glad I did. How great to rediscover comic gems like "What Takes My Fancy," and the beautiful ballads "You've Come Home" and "One ... Read More
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WILDCAT is back. Not the show, but the original Broadway cast recording.
This is one of those "fabulous flops" that have enough good elements to make you almost wish - I said almost - for a second chance. I am sure the show is still staged sometimes by community theatre groups who could have a lot of fun with it. But it was built on Lucile Ball's star power and without her it is less interesting.
Ball tends to "shout" the comedy songs (although her singing is not as bad as Lucy Ricardo's ... Read More
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"Wildcat" was Lucille Balls' first and last trip to Broadway as a leading lady(she was a chorine many, many, many years before) and even she could not save this box-office disappointment. There are three reasons for that.
1- Audiences flocked to the show expecting to see Lucy Riccardo not Wildcat Jackson, and when Miss Ball got wind to this fact she began mugging outside the script as Luuuuuuuucy-all that was needed was Desi Arnaz.
2- The book and score weren't exactly first-rate.
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