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Original Broadway Cast* – The Body Beautiful

Label:Blue Pear Records – BP 1006Format:Vinyl, LP, MonoCountry:USReleased:
Genre:Stage & ScreenStyle:MusicalA1Company*–OvertureA2Jack Warden, Boy Dancers And Singers*–Where Are They?A3Mindy Carson With Bob Daley (2), Louis Kosman, Mitchell Nutick, Bill Richards (9) And Harry Lee Rogers–The Body BeautifulA4Steve Forrest (4) And William Hickey–Pffft!A5Barbara McNair And Lonnie Sattin With Dorothy Aull, Bette Graham, Buzz Halliday, Mary Louise, Mace Barrett, Jack DeLon, Tom Raskin (2) And Knute Sullivan–Fair WarningA6Mindy Carson–Leave Well Enough AloneA7Jack Warden–Blonde BluesA8Mara Lynn And Jack Warden–Blonde Blues DanceA9Tony Atkins (4), Armand Bonay, Richard Chitos, Richard De Bella, Edmund Gaynes, Tommy Halloran, Jeff Roberts (10) And Alan Weeks–Uh-Huh, Oh Yeah!A10Mindy Carson, Steve Forrest (4) And Ensemble*–All Of These And MoreA11Edward Becker, Bob Daley (2), Jack DeLon, Broc Peters*, Albert Popwell, Tom Raskin (2), Knute Sullivan And Bob Wiensko–NobilityA12Mindy Carson–The Body Beautiful (reprise)B1Company*–Entr'ActeB2Singers And Dancers* With Kathie Forman–Summer IsB3Mara Lynn, Jane Romano And Helen Silver–The Honeymoon Is OverB4Mindy Carson And The Kids*–Just My LuckB5Barbara McNair And Lonnie Sattin–All Of These And More (reprise)B6William Hickey, Singers And Dancers*–Art Of ConversationB7Jack Warden, Mara Lynn And Dancers*–GloriaB8Mindy Carson And Barbara McNair–A Relatively Simple AffairB9Entire Company*–Finale

• Directed By – George Schaefer
• Lyrics By – Sheldon Harnick
• Music By – Jerry Bock
• Music By [Dance Music] – Genevieve Pitot
• Music Director, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements] – Milton Greene
• Orchestrated By – Ted Royal
• Sleeve Notes – Niles Marsh
• Written-By [Book By] – Joseph Stein, Will Glickman*

The Body Beautiful (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick)
Starring Mindy Carson and Barbara McNair
Blue Pear BP 1006 Limited Collectors Edition
mono
USA 1958 Live recording from theater sound system
Original Cast Recording

The Body Beautiful is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock.

The first collaboration by Harnick and Bock, and the only one to have a contemporary setting, its plot focuses on a wealthy Dartmouth College graduate who aspires to be a prize-winning boxer and the girl he loves who disapproves of his ambitions. His fight manager must cope with uninspired fighters, two ex-wives and a new girlfriend.

After a tryout at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Broadway production, directed by George Schaefer and choreographed by Herbert Ross, opened on January 23, 1958, at The Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 60 performances. The cast included Mindy Carson, Steve Forrest, Jack Warden, Barbara McNair, William Hickey, and Brock Peters.

Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen and her husband Richard Kollmar co-produced the short-run musical, along with Albert W. Selden. Kilgallen, very visible due to her appearances as a panelist on network TV's What's My Line?, and her fellow panelists made mention of The Body Beautiful on various episodes of the game show during this time period.

In fact, during one live telecast of the Sunday-night staple on CBS, a well-built man named Ed Becker, one of the cast members of the ill-fated musical, appeared as a contestant with his line identified as "chorus boy." Becker stumped Kilgallen and the rest of the panel much to the delight of host John Charles Daly.

Despite the failure of The Body Beautiful, its score captured the attention of theatrical director George Abbott and producer Hal Prince. They hired the songwriting team of Harnick and Bock for their next project, the politically themed Fiorello!, which proved to be a hit.[1] Its success paved the way for a creative team including Prince to pitch Fiddler on the Roof to financial backers with songs from Harnick and Bock as an important part of the pitch. Upon that show's Broadway premiere in September 1964, it became an overnight sensation, was presented in many foreign countries and eventually became a staple of Jewish culture throughout the world.

The Body BeautifulOriginal Cast RecordingMusicJerry BockLyricsSheldon HarnickBookJoseph Stein
Will GlickmanProductions1958 Broadway