Original Broadway Cast: Dance A Little Closer
The musical is set on New Year's Eve "in the avoidable future" in the grand Alpine Barclay Palace Hotel, where the guests find themselves in the midst of a potential nuclear Armageddon.
Read MoreThe musical is set on New Year's Eve "in the avoidable future" in the grand Alpine Barclay Palace Hotel, where the guests find themselves in the midst of a potential nuclear Armageddon. The characters are American singer Harry Aikens and Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey, who may have had a romantic fling years earlier. Among the others present are Cynthia's current paramour, Henry Kissinger-like diplomat Dr. Josef Winkler, a gay couple, a minister, and a freedom fighter.
The musical opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on May 11, 1983, where it closed after one performance and 25 previews. Directed by Lerner and choreographed by Billy Wilson, the cast included Len Cariou, Noel Craig, Liz Robertson, George Rose, Don Chastain, Brent Barrett, and Alyson Reed. Show business insiders dubbed it "Dance a Little Faster...Close a Little Sooner."
In his New York Times review Frank Rich described it as "a huge, extravagant mishmash...that seems to have taken on a rampaging, self-destructive life of its own," a sentiment similar to those expressed by the other critics.
Release Date | Feb 2, 2024 |
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Artist | Original Broadway Cast, Charles Strouse, Alan Jay Lerner |
Barcode | 5015062117424 |
Genre | Musical |
Label | Jay Records |
Format | CD |
- Overture
Orchestra - It Never Would've Worked
Harry and The Delights - Happy, Happy New Year
Harry, The Delights and Guests - No Man Is Worth It
Cynthia - What Are You Going to Do About It?
Harry and Holloway - Woman Who Thinks I'm Wonderful
Winkler - Pas de Deux | There's Never Been Anything Like Us
Harry - Another Life
Cynthia - Why Can't the World Go and Leave Us Alone?
Charles and Edward - He Always Comes Home to Me
Cynthia and Harry - I Got a New Girl
Harry and The Delights - Dance a Little Closer
Cynthia and Guests - There's Always One You Can't Forget
Harry and The Delights - Entr'acte | Homesick
Orchestra | Shirley, Bebe, Elaine - Mad
Harry and The Delights - I Don't Know | Anyone Who Loves
Harry, Boyle, The Contessa - Auf Wiedersein
Winkler - I Never Want to See You Again
Harry - On Top of the World
Cynthia - Finale
Harry, Cynthia and Company