Musical Theater History Was Made On This Very Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        I know that some of my girls will recognize who these people are.  They are Robert Preston and Barbara Cook in their signature roles of Harold Hill, and Barbara Cook in hers as Marian The Librarian.  The show, of course, is "The Music Man" and it opened at the Majestic Theater on this very evening in 1957.  To think, that was 68 years ago.  I was just three.

                                          I saw a revival of this show several years ago, at The Winter Garden, and while it still had the ability to charm, Sutton Foster's transposed vocals did not work.  But then no one could hold a candle to the divinity of Barbara Cook.

                                            So, let us remember these performers and this show.  Where are the likes thereof today?????????????

                                             To give you an idea, here is Barbara Cook singing "Goodnight, My Someone."  I cry each time I hear it.

                                        Enjoy, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!