LADY BE GREAT!

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Welcome to a new Wildcard Wednesday! This week I’m offering a sort of bonus Musical Theatre Monday in honor of the 105th anniversary of Oh Lady! Lady!!’s 1918 premiere. Among the best of all the so-called “Princess Theatre shows” — by Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and P.G. Wodehouse — Oh Lady! Lady!! originally starred future Rodgers & Hart muse Vivienne Segal, and included a handful of great numbers, including “Not Yet,” “Before I Met You,” “Waiting Around The Corner,” and (before it was cut) the initial version of Show Boat’s classic “Bill.”

In honor of this great score, I’m offering — for subscribers who comment below to alert me of their private, non-commercial interest — access to a live songs-only audio of a concert production conducted by John McGlinn at Carnegie Hall in 1985 (the inspiration for a still-unreleased studio recording). As a taste, here’s George Dvorsky and Jeanne Lehman…

 

 

Come back next week for another Wildcard! And stay tuned Tuesday for more 3rd Rock!

42 thoughts on “LADY BE GREAT!”

  1. Jackson: Thanks so much for this wonderful offer. Yes, please provide me access to the live songs-only audio of a concert production conducted by John McGlinn at Carnegie Hall in 1985 that you mention above. My interest is personal and not commercial. Paul Berg

  3. I was friendly with the performers in this reconstruction. I did not know John McGlinn; but I have enjoyed his restoration efforts. I would love to hear more of this early Kern show.

    • Hi, Miranda! Thanks for reading and commenting.

      From my understanding, a lot of McGlinn projects are unreleased because he was fired before their technical completion, and they were thus abandoned.

      I have emailed you at your gmail address.

  13. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Jerome Kern is one of the greats. I would love to hear this recording!

  15. Hi Jackson
    I would like to have access to “Oh Lady, Lady I like to hear the music of the composers and song writers from their earlier years to discover gems that I would not ever hear being born after the period they were were made.
    Thanks so much.
    Donna

  16. This might be my favorite Kern show. I had no idea there was a recording. I’d be thrilled to hear it.

    • Hi, James! Thanks for reading and commenting.

      Please subscribe to this blog using your preferred email address and I will send a link your way!

    • Hi, Steed! Thanks for reading and commenting.

      Please subscribe to this blog using your preferred email address and I will send a link your way!

  19. Hi Jackson—is this recording still available? I love the unreleased studio recording of this score, and it would be such a treat to hear it in a live setting with that great cast. Thank you!

  20. Hi Jackson,
    I missed this post in February. I hope that I’m not too late to hear this score.

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