Added in the 1995 concert: "There Won't Be Trumpets"—Fay Apple; "There's Always A Woman"—Fay Apple and Cora. Ironically, it soon became apparent that it had been Lascoe, an old pro...who had made her feel like an amateur. Summer festivals typically aren’t. [14], A London production of Anyone can Whistle opened at the Jermyn Street Studio Theatre, London, in association with Primavera Productions, running from March 10, 2010, to April 17, 2010. As he tries to stop Fay, the inmates mingle with the townspeople, until no one can guess who is who. She appears at the rock with all forty-nine of the inmates, or “Cookies” in tow, intending to let them take some of the water. Although she knows she still isn't out of her shell, Fay angrily swears to go it alone. Cerveris has appeared several times at the Ravinia Festival Concerts (Chicago), including: Passion (2003), Sunday In The Park With George (2004), and Anyone Can Whistle in 2005. Ravinia Festival August 8, 2010 Patti LuPone, George Hearn, Patrick Cassidy. Love this cast! One of the latter was a Sondheim-Laurents musical (now named Side Show). The zany opening number from the 2005 staged concert of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' "Anyone Can Whistle." The town council becomes suspicious of this and tries to force the truth out, but Hapgood questions them until they begin to doubt their own sanity. Anyone Can Whistle. This concert, billed as A Little Sondheim Music, was a reunion of sorts for the four — each has starred in multiple Ravinia productions of Sondheim works over the past ten years (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion, Anyone Can Whistle and Gypsy). It was directed by Christopher Pazdernik and music directed by Aaron Benham. Musical direction was provided by Wayne Gwillim. Asked to identify the missing Cookies, Hapgood begins questioning random people and sorting them into two groups, group A, and group one, but refuses to divulge which group is which. He is instantly taken for the new assistant. After multiple revisions, the show opened on Broadway on April 4, 1964, at the Majestic Theatre, where it closed after 9 performances and 12 previews, unable to overcome negative notices from major papers such as the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. (“A Parade in Town”) She and Schub plan an emergency meeting at her house. The annual Antoinette Perry Awards will be presented this Sunday at Radio City Music Hall so “Trove Thursday” commemorates that event with a celebrated Broadway flop that didn’t win a single Tony—a complete live performance of Stephen Sondheim’s wildly eccentric Anyone Can Whistle featuring the divine Audra McDonald as Fay, Michael Cerveris as Hapgood … Fay tries to get Hapgood to expose the miracle, but he warns her no one will believe it is a fake, because it works as a miracle should. (“Come Play Wiz Me”) Fay tries to get Hapgood's help in exposing the miracle. The 2005 Ravinia Festival Production of Anyone Can Whistle, also known as my favorite version of my favorite show. history, and Stephen Sondheim was present at the post-matinee talkback on April 10. "[21], "Anyone Can Whistle - Internet Broadway Database". It was recorded for the original Broadway cast recording but not included on the LP release; it was reinstated on a later CD release. ": 'Anyone Can Whistle' Plays City Center April 8-11". Back at the hotel, Hapgood comes up with an idea, telling Fay to destroy the inmates' records. After multiple revisions, the show opened on Broadway on April 4, 1964, at the Majestic Theatre, where it closed after 9 performances and 12 previews, unable to overcome negative notices from major papers such as the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. Fay wants his help stopping the Mayoress, but he refuses, since he is through with crusading. As she does, the Cookies appear and begin to dance (“Everybody Says Don't”). Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane,"[1] the show tells a story of an economically-depressed town whose corrupt Mayoress, in an attempt to draw tourists, decides to create a fake "miracle" - which draws the attention of Fay Apple, an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum called "The Cookie Jar," and a "doctor" with secrets of his own. She tells him the world needs people like him, and Hapgood can't turn himself in. [9], In 2003, Sony reissued the original Broadway cast recording on compact disc. Maybe you could show me how to let go? The show suffered further setbacks when supporting actor Henry Lascoe, who played Comptroller Schubb, suffered a heart attack during the show's out-of-town tryout, and was replaced by Gabriel Dell. Spare him the gory details." [12], New York City Center Encores! Let me know! Although there were some things that were cut that I don't like. (“The Cookie Chase”) As it ends, Fay is captured, and Dr. Detmold suddenly recognizes her. Anyone Can Whistle Original Broadway Cast 1964 [as Simple] Scott Bakula, Ensemble Anyone Can Whistle Live at Carnegie Hall 1995 [as Simple (The Interrogation)] The Lame, the Halt and the Blind [cut song; replaced by Miracle Song] Stephen Sondheim [demo] Anyone Can Whistle Original Broadway Cast 1964 [2003 remaster] Stephen Sondheim (demo) presented a staged concert from April 8 through April 11, 2010, with Sutton Foster as Nurse Fay Apple, Donna Murphy as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, and Raul Esparza as Hapgood, with direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. Act three begins with Cora at her house with her council. Chicago credits include Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, Marius in Les Misérables, Corny Collins in Hairspray and Tommy in The Who’s Tommy at Paramount Theatre, Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein, … Scenic design was by William and Jean Eckart, costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge, and lighting design by Jules Fisher. No producer yet. Cora arrives on the scene with the Cookie Jar's manager, Dr. Detmold, but he says that Fay has taken the records to identify the inmates. Since 2001 Ravinia has assembled its own Sondheim repertory company that includes Broadway stars Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, George Hearn and Michael Cerveris along with director Lonny Price and conductor Paul Gemignani, who leads the orchestras on most Sondheim cast albums. I love that they included \"There's Always a Woman\", one of my favorite songs! At that moment, Cora receives a telegram from the governor warning that if the quota of forty-nine cookies is not filled, she will be impeached. program at New York City Center.[4]. "Porchlight Debuts Its New Series "Porchlight Revisits..." with ANYONE CAN WHISTLE on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m.", "Discover a little known, early piece by musical theatre genius, Stephen Sondheim", "Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers" (2000), Steven Suskin, Oxford University Press, p. 278, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&oldid=1016170593, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Me and My Town — Cora Hoover Hooper and Boys, Miracle Song — Cora Hoover Hooper, Treasurer Cooley, Townspeople, Tourists and Pilgrims, Come Play Wiz Me — Fay Apple, J. Bowden Hapgood and Boys, I've Got You to Lean On — Cora Hoover Hooper, Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, Chief Magruder and Boys, Cora's Chase (The Cookie Chase) - Company, I'm Like the Bluebird (Reprise 1) - Cookies, With So Little to Be Sure Of — Fay Apple and J. Bowden Hapgood, I've Got You to Lean On (Reprise) - Cora Hoover Hooper and Comptroller Schub, I'm Like the Bluebird (Reprise 2) - Cookies. Cora is too caught up with his logic to care. Fay disappears, and hiding from the police, admits that she hopes for one miracle - for a hero who can come and deliver the town from the madness (“There Won't Be Trumpets”). Fay refuses to take her wig off, and confesses to him that this disguise, left over from a college play, is the only way she can break out of her rigid and cynical persona. The song is still included in the officially licensed scripts and scores for performance. mountings of Pal Joey and Can-Can. [8], On April 8, 1995, a staged concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Lansbury served as narrator, with Madeline Kahn as Cora, Bernadette Peters as Fay, and Scott Bakula as Hapgood. It starred Adam Brazier as Hapgood, Kate Hennig as Cora, Blythe Wilson as Fay, and Richard Ouzounian as Narrator, who also served as director. 195 notes. Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score. (“With So Little to be Sure Of”) Word comes of a new miracle, two towns over, of a statue with a warm heart. The scheming Comptroller Schub tells her that he has a plan to save her administration, and the town, promising “It's highly unethical.” He tells her to meet him at the rock on the edge of town. Cerveris has appeared several times at the Ravinia Festival Concerts (Chicago), including: Passion (2003), [25] Sunday In The Park With George (2004), [26] and Anyone Can Whistle in 2005. Laurents had wanted Barbra Streisand for the role of Fay, but she turned it down to star in Funny Girl. Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone sing There's Always A Woman from Anyone Can Whistle [Ravinia, 26 August 2005] #Audra McDonald #patti lupone #stephen sondheim #anyone can whistle #Arthur Laurents. Choreography was by Sam Strasfeld. The town instantly proclaims a miracle, and Cora and her council eagerly anticipate tourist dollars as they boast of the water's curative powers. "[5] No news of the show appeared until July 14, 1963, in an article in The New York Times about Kermit Bloomgarden, where it discussed the four shows he was producing for the coming season; two were maybes, two were definite. staged concert … Fay tells the townspeople about the fake miracle, but the town refuses to believe her. The show received widely varied reviews (including negative notices from the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune),[2] and closed after a run of 12 previews and 9 performances. One performance on June 1, 1997 at the Savoy Theatre, London Directed by Michele Hardy Conducted by Stewart Mackintosh Link to the original production of Anyone Can Whistle. LuPone, for example, first played Gypsy's Momma Rose in concert at Ravinia and thanked the festival when she won a Tony for Arthur Laurents' Broadway revival of the show in 2008. ... I’ll always remember Anyone Can Whistle because Steve came because he rarely got to see it and it’s his own piece. [3], In the decades since its closing, Anyone has not been produced on the scale of other Sondheim musicals; notable productions include a 1995 concert version at Carnegie Hall, a pair of stagings in London and Los Angeles in 2003 that incorporated revisions, and a 2010 concert staging for the Encores! As act two opens, the two groups are now in bitter rivalry over who is the normal group (“A-1 March”) Another stranger, a French woman in a feathered coat appears. [13] The production was the second most attended in Encores! Sondheim called the reviews "humiliating" and the audiences "hostile." Mr. Sondheim has written several pleasing songs but not enough of them to give the musical wings. In April 1995, Anyone Can Whistle was rescued from oblivion through a high profile, one-night-only benefit concert performance at Carnegie Hall. Hapgood appears again, saying 'That's good enough for me.' Laurents, ignoring criticism about the show's message being trite and its absurdist style difficult to comprehend, poured his energies into restaging rather than dealing with the crux of the problem. Also signed were Lee Remick as Nurse Fay Apple and Harry Guardino as Hapgood. When he doesn't answer, she tries to whistle - and succeeds in blowing a shrill, ugly whistle. Cora realizes she and Schub are meant for each other, and they dance off together. As they embrace, the water begins flowing from the rock - a true miracle this time. (“Simple”) As the extended musical sequence ends, the lights black out except for a spotlight on Hapgood, who announces to the audience, “You are all mad!” Seconds later, the stage lights are restored. Following a tryout period in Philadelphia, Anyone opened at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on April 4, 1964. Horrified at seeing what she might become, Fay returns to the rock calling for Hapgood. Anyone Can Whistle will be helmed by Lonny Price and with musical direction by regular Sondheim collaborator Paul Gemignani. First in its Sondheim series when she starred as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Desiree in A Little Night Music, Fosca in Passion, Cora Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle, Madame Rose in Gypsy and in two different roles in Sunday in the Park with George. "There Won't Be Trumpets," a song cut during previews, has become a favorite of cabaret performers. "Finale Ultimo" is attached to the end of "With So Little to Be Sure Of" on the Original Cast Recording. Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone and Company. In different combinations, these six artists have given Ravinia highly lauded productions of Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Passion, Anyone Can Whistle … Schub has put the miracle on hiatus, but announces that they can easily turn the town against Hapgood by blaming him for it. A meager description was furnished by Mr. Laurents, who refused to elaborate. That way Fay can be free of them and they can stop pretending. At the rock, a local mother, Mrs. Schroeder, tries to tell her child, Baby Joan, to come down from the rock, when Baby Joan licks it - and a spring of water begins flowing from it. He performed in the New York City Center Encores! "There Won't Be Trumpets" Audra McDonald as Nurse Fay Apple in Anyone Can Whistle at the Ravinia Festival.This is the extended scene with the song preceded by Fay's impassioned speech. The 2005 Ravinia Festival Production of Anyone Can Whistle, also known as my favorite version of my favorite show. Hapgood, however, sees through her disguise and wants to question her first. Genevieve VenJohnson last appeared in Next Theatre’s Miss Witherspoon.Chicago performances: The House of Martin Guerre, A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre); Carmen, Desire Under The Elms, The Iphigenia Cycle (Court Theatre - The Iphigenia Cycle remounted Off-Broadway at the American Place Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare); The Left Hand of … Cast . The show became a cult favorite, and a truncated original cast recording released by Columbia Records sold well among Sondheim fans and musical theatre buffs. [15][16], Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago presented Anyone Can Whistle in 2013 as a part of "Porchlight Revisits" series, in which they stage three forgotten musicals per year. The show was first announced in The New York Times on October 5, 1961: "For the winter of 1962, [Arthur Laurents] is nurturing another musical project, The Natives Are Restless. The concert was recorded by Columbia Records, preserving for the first time musical passages and numbers not included on the original Broadway cast recording. "Is a Parade in Town? As Schub runs off to warn Cora, Fay seeks out Hapgood in his hotel, and the two seduce each other in the style of a French romantic film. With a few exceptions back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Ravinia was not really a commissioning organization. [11], On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere (in concert) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario. The minute his much less confident understudy took over, she felt free to blossom, which she spectacularly did." ("I'm Like the Bluebird") All the money is in the hands of Cora Hoover Hooper, the stylish, ruthless mayoress and her cronies - Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, and Police Chief Magruder. ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (Tracked) 08/26/2005 (Ravinia Festival - Highland Park, IL) ANYTHING GOES 1988 - Exact Date Unknown (Vivian Beaumont Theatre) WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Tracked) 12/18/2010 (Belasco Theatre, Broadway - Matinee - OBC) The story is set in an imaginary American town that has gone bankrupt. Anyone Can Whistle. Choreographer Herbert Ross received the show's sole Tony Award nomination. It is damn hard to concentrate ... when all the atmosphere is filled with gloom and forebodings about will the show get the money to go on? Everyone has one now, and no one needs a replacement.) Choreographer Herbert Ross received the show's sole Tony Award nomination. When Fay is reluctant, Hapgood produces a record of his own - he is her fiftieth Cookie. Additional cast included Juan Chioran as Comptroller Shub, Jonathan Monro as Treasurer Cooley, and Mark Harapiak as Chief Magruder. Schub tells her that since Hapgood never said who is normal or not, they can arrest anyone at random until the quota is filled. I just want more people to experience the current definitive production of Anyone Can Whistle ❤ Parting ways, they reflect on what they briefly shared. ("Miracle Song") It is soon revealed to Cora that the miracle is a fake, controlled by a pump inside the rock. He asks Fay to come with him, but she still can't bring herself to break free. [28] Evita The show marked the stage musical debut of Angela Lansbury. Two revivals were staged that year, one in London, at the Bridewell Theatre, and one in Los Angeles, at the Matrix Theatre. (“Anyone Can Whistle”) Meanwhile, the two groups continue to march, and Cora, trying to give a speech, realizes that Hapgood has stolen her limelight. They are scheduled to appear together in the composer's Anyone Can Whistle at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois on August 26, ... her own solo pieces and Encores! The only person in town who doubts the miracle is Fay Apple, an eternally skeptical young nurse from the Cookie Jar who refuses to believe in miracles. Devin DeSantis. Love this cast! Again, Schub has the answer - since the Cookie Jar is still successful, they can turn the entire town into one big Cookie Jar! This page was last edited on 5 April 2021, at 19:21. The narrative and staging will be Mr. Laurent's handiwork; music and lyrics that of Stephen Sondheim. "[20], Steven Suskin wrote in his 2000 book about Broadway composers: The "fascinating extended musical scenes, with extended choral work, ... immediately marked Sondheim as the most distinctive theatre composer of his time. This behavior is considered unusual for Laurents, which runs contrary to his current reputation. [17], A new production directed by Phil Willmott opened at the Union Theatre in London, running from February 8 through March 11, 2017.[18]. The stage set has vanished, and the cast is revealed in theater seats, holding programs, applauding the audience, as the act ends. At that moment a mysterious stranger, J. Bowden Hapgood, arrives asking for directions to the Cookie Jar. (Its former major industry was the production of an unidentified product that never wore out. The first act sanity sequence ... and the third act chase ... are unlike anything that came before. Schub realizes that if they drink the water and do not change, people will discover the fraud. Marriott Theatre: Honeymoon in Vegas, City of Angels, Godspell, Cinderella After the Ball, The Velveteen Rabbit, Mary Poppins, 9 to 5, and Shenandoah. Sondheim discovered that Laurents hated doing backers' auditions and he took over that responsibility, playing and singing more than 30. He tells Cora that he is expecting a new assistant who might help them. The program will include highlights from past Ravinia Festival presentations of Sondheim shows including Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Passion, Sunday in the Park with George, Anyone Can Whistle and Gypsy. Ravinia President and CEO Welz Kauffman launched the Sondheim 75 series in 2001 to honor the most influential music theater composer of the past … Anyone Can Whistle Ravinia Festival Cast (2005) ... Cora Hoover Hooper Anyone Can Whistle Ravinia Festival Cast (2005) ... Cora Hoover Hooper Can-Can Encores! Scenic design was by William and Jean Eckart, costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge, and lighting design by Jules Fisher. Wish there was a Cast Recording.This production shortened the show from Three Acts to Two and I think it works incredibly well. Anyone Can Whistle Covent Garden Festival Concert; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents. Since 2000 LuPone has appeared regularly at the Ravinia Festival. They found 115 investors to back the $350,000 production, including Richard Rodgers and Sondheim's father.[5]. Anyone Can Whistle Ravinia Festival Talking Broadway August 29, 2005. She made her Ravinia debut in 1999 and returned to appear as Clara in Passion, Dot in Sunday in the Park with George and Fay Apple in Anyone Can Whistle. Mrs. Lovett, Desiree, Fosca, Yvonne, Cora, and Rose in the Ravinia Festival concerts of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Little Night Music, Passion, Sunday in the Park with George, Anyone Can Whistle, and Gypsy respectively … staged concert of The Apple Tree in 2005, with Kristin Chenoweth. According to Sondheim, "Lansbury was so insecure onstage, and unhappy with her performance, that we considered replacing her. The performers yell rather than talk and run rather than walk. For example, the cut song "There's Always A Woman" was included at this concert. Additional cast included Chip Zien, Ken Page, and Harvey Evans, the only original cast member to reprise his original role. [10], The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois, presented a staged concert on August 26 and 27, 2005, with Audra McDonald (Fay), Michael Cerveris (Hapgood) and Patti LuPone (Cora). Although the title might indicate otherwise, it is indigenous in content and contemporary in scope. 2005 Ravinia Festival Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, Audra McDonald Missing "Simple" Anything Goes. Bernadette Peters, Scott Bakula and the late Madeleine Kahn headlined alongside narrator Angela Lansbury. 15th Anniversary concert of the 1986 … (“See What it Gets You”) As Cora and the police force begin rounding up Cookies, Fay tries to get the key away from the guards in an extended ballet sequence. Ravinia Festival. "There Won't Be Trumpets" was cut from the original production. As Fay resumes work, Detmold's real new assistant arrives, and Fay is horrified to realize that she is even more practical, rigid and disbelieving than Fay herself, and the new nurse marches the Cookies off to the next town to disprove the new miracle. I just.. love Anyone Can Whistle, y'all.Act One: https://youtu.be/_IIKmcPPYdY *Not my Recording*I can remove this if requested, but I didn't see anything about not being able to upload it. Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her work in stage musicals.She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards.She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.. LuPone began her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972 and made her Broadway debut in Three … Follow. You will remember that the reason the song was cut … Discovering the fraud, Cora and the council confront them. Inspired by his record, Fay begins to tear the records up. The dancing is the cream. He is a practicing idealist who, after years of attempted heroism, is tired of crusading and has come to the Cookie Jar to retire. She introduces herself as the Lady from Lourdes, a professional Miracle Inspector, come to investigate the miracle. [7]. pyrrhicvic. [5] In a letter to Bloomgarden, Laurents wrote, "I beg you not to mention the money problems or any difficulties to Steve anymore. It is really Fay Apple in disguise. Cora appears carried in a litter by her backup singers, and admits that she can accept anything except unpopularity (“Me and My Town”). Photo by Jim Steere : Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone and Company In April 1995, Anyone Can Whistle was rescued from oblivion through a high profile, one-night-only benefit concert performance at Carnegie Hall. (Finale), Howard Taubman in his The New York Times review wrote that Laurents's "book lacks the fantasy that would make the idea work, and his staging has not improved matters. She begins to hope, however, that Hapgood may be the one who can help her learn to be free. Since 1975, we have presented more than 135 productions to an estimated 7 million people, and have received a record 370 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations. However, its score has become acclaimed as a part of Sondheim's canon, and songs such as the title tune, "Everybody Says Don't", and "There Won't Be Trumpets" have been widely performed. (“I've Got You to Lean On”) A mob quickly forms outside the hotel, and Hapgood and Fay, still disguised, take refuge under the rock. The only place in town doing good business is the local Sanatorium, known as “The Cookie Jar,” whose inmates look much healthier than the disgruntled townspeople. Cora warns that she will arrest forty-nine people, normal or not, and Fay, helplessly, identifies all the Cookies, except Hapgood. [27] He performed in the New York City Center Encores! The group celebrates their alliance. The director is Tom Littler, with Musical Director Tom Attwood, and a cast that includes Issy van Randwyck (Mayoress), Rosalie Craig (Nurse Fay Apple) and David Ricardo-Pearce (Hapgood). Detmold tells Cora that even without the records, Fay can identify the inmates from memory. [6] Following rehearsals in New York City, the company started pre-Broadway tryouts in Philadelphia from March 2 to 21, 1964. Soon the town is all but deserted, and Cora is again upstaged. Replacement. 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