Do Re Mi – BROADWAY CAST***

Overture/Waiting Waiting/All You Need Is A Quarter/Take A Job/Its Legitimate/I Know About Love/Cry Like The Wind/Ambition/Fireworks/What’s New At The Zoo/Asking For You/The Late Late Show/Adventure/Make Someone Happy/All Of My Life/Finale

The Broadway musical Do Re Mi starred Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker. It opened in December 1960 at the St. James Theatre and ran for 400 performances. Plot involves a con man who tries to go straight as a juke box salesman. Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. (US:12)

“Although Do Re Mi was not top drawer it managed a modest Broadway run. Headlining the cast were the incomparable Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker, comic actor/singers par-excellence. Silvers was not new to playing a con man and here lends his considerable comedic talent to It's Legitimate and The Late Late Show, and the two leads make a minor classic out of Ambition. Incidentally, Mr. Silvers will absolutely break your heart with the show's closing number, All Of My Life. What kept Do Re Mi from becoming a smash was its thin plot.”

“It is a superb album. Phil Silvers is as good as you would expect, but Nancy Walker is also excellent. Silvers is particularly effective on It's Legitimate and All Of My Life. Make Someone Happy is a beautiful ballad and I Know About Love is a fine bittersweet song. Fireworks, a duet, has more sparkle than any real fireworks. Highly recommended.”

“The score is good to average, but it is still nice to listen to, some of the songs (It`s Legitimate and Asking For You for instance) are quite catchy but there’s nothing I would call a hit, something that’s really sticks in your ears. The orchestration is in the usual Styne style, which is swinging and sounds well.”

“With all that proven talent, the show should have been better, The score proves to have been one of Styne and Comden/Green's less successful, with the one memorable song being Make Someone Happy, although the irrepressible Silvers, one of the great clowns of the era, makes a strong impression.”