This tribute to burlesque was a star vehicle for Ethel Merman. The score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim includes the Merman standard "Everything's Coming Up Roses," and the song that is invariably used to introduce anything having to do with the strip tease, "Let Me Entertain You." A 702-performance hit in its original production (which is captured here), the show was considered the definitive Merman performance and the crowning achievement of her long career. (It marked her final appearance in a new Broadway musical, though she later appeared in revivals.) It is also considered one of the great American musicals of all time, balanced between the broad show business entertainment represented by composer Jule Styne and the modern, dark, psychological drama typical of Stephen Sondheim, who, as with his previous effort, West Side Story, was contributing only lyrics, though he would go on to write music and lyrics for a series of musicals from the 1960s on.
Track Listing
Disc 1 (Side A)
Overture
Let Me Entertain You
Some People
Small World
Baby June and Her Newsboys
Mr. Goldstone, I Love You
Little Lamb
You'll Never Get Away From Me
Dainty June and Her Farmboys
Disc 1 (Side B)
If Momma Was Married
All I Need is the Girl
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Together Wherever We Go
You Gotta Have a Gimmick
Let Me Entertain You
Rose's Turn
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