Make A Wish (original Broadway Cast)

Original Broadway Cast

Make A Wish tells the story of the French orphan who escapes the orphanage to find love and glamour via the chorus line of a Parisian hot-spot. It opened on Broadway in April 1951 and ran for 102 performances. Music and lyrics were by Hugh Martin whose Best Foot Forward and Look Ma, I'm Dancing had previously been successful on the old white way. A year on he would travel to London to work on Love From Judy.The cast was headed by Nanette Fabray (best remembered for her film role in The Band Wagon) who had starred on Broadway in High Button Shoes and in Hollywood in the Our Gang films. She was supported by a strong team - Melville Cooper in a non-singing role; Helen Gallagher, soon to be a leading lady herself; Stephen Douglass, recently returned from London where he had originated the role of Billy Bigelow in Carousel to great success; and Harold Lang, who created the role of Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate.The cast album has long been sought after by collectors and we are delighted to be re-issuing it including bonus tracks recorded by Stephen Douglass while in London and in America. Almost all tracks are appearing on CD for the very first time. Douglass went on to star opposite Gwen Verdon in Damm Yankees and in 110 In The Shade, both on Broadway. He currently lives in the United Kingdom and kindly provided some of the production photographs reproduced in the CD booklet.

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