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The Grand Tour / Original Broadway Cast

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Release Date: 08/05/2008 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 60001  
Composer:  Jerry Herman
Performer:  Chevi Colton,  Travis Hudson,  Florence Lacey,  Joel Grey,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 55 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.

Principal cast includes: Joel Grey, Florence Lacey, and Ron Holgate.

Wally Harper, conductor.

Opening on Broadway on February 5, 1979, The Grand Tour marked Herman’s return to Broadway after almost a decade away. It features Joel Grey, Florence Lacey and Ron Holgate in an adaptation of S.N. Behrman's play Jacobowsky and the Colonel. The Grand Tour secured three Tony nominations including one for Best Original Score. The original cast recording was made February 5, 1979 in Webster Hall, with Wally Harper conducting and Herman and Mike Berniker producing.

Recorded February 5, 1979, in Webster Hall, New York, NY.
Producers: Jerry Herman and Mike Read more Berniker.

Tracks:
1. Overture - Orchestra
2. I'll Be Here Tomorrow - Joel Grey
3. For Poland - Ronald Holgate / Joel Grey / Chorus
4. I Belong Here - Florence Lacey
5. Marianne - Ronald Holgate
6. We're Almost There - Florence Lacey / Stephen Vinovich / Joel Grey / Ronald Holgate / Travis Hudson / Gene Varrone / Passengers
7. More And More/Less And Less - Florence Lacey / Ronald Holgate
8. One Extraordinary Thing - Joel Grey / Florence Lacey / Ronald Holgate
9. Mrs. S.L. Jacobowsky - Joel Grey
10. Wedding Conversation / Mazeltov - Joel Grey / Gene Varrone
11. I Think, I Think - Ronald Holgate
12. Marianne (Reprise) - Joel Grey
13. You I Like - Joel Grey / Ronald Holgate
14. I Belong Here (Reprise) / I'll Be Here Tomorrow (Reprise) - Florence Lacey / Joel Grey
15. You I Like (Reprise) - Chorus
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Works on This Recording

1. The Grand Tour by Jerry Herman
Performer:  Chevi Colton (Voice), Travis Hudson (Voice), Florence Lacey (Voice),
Joel Grey (Voice), Ronald Holgate (Voice), Stephen Vinovich (Voice),
Gene Varrone (Voice)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1979; USA 
 Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York 

Sound Samples

Overture
I'll Be Here Tomorrow
For Poland
I Belong Here
Marianne
We're Almost There
More And More/Less And Less
One Extraordinary Thing
Mrs. S.L. Jacobowsky
Wedding Conversation/Mazeltov
I Think, I Think
Marianne (Reprise)
You I Like
I Belong Here (Reprise)
I'll Be Here Tomorrow (Reprise)
You I Like (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Fantastic Recording November 10, 2012 By N. Brown (Staten Island, NY) See All My Reviews "Great Jerry Herman score. The performers are all top-notch and the music is hummable." Report Abuse
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