Susan Johnson "CAREFREE HEART" Wright and Forrest 1957 Musical FLOP Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "RICH MAN, POOR MAN" from the original production of the ROBERT WRIGHT and GEORGE FORREST musical comedy flop "CAREFREE HEART". (The production opened September 30th, 1957 at the Cass Theatre in Detroit, Michigan and closed October 26th, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio, failing to arrive in New York.) ..... The musical starred JACK CARTER, SUSAN JOHNSON, MELVILLE COOPER and BILLIE WORTH and featured ALLEN CASE, JAYNE TURNER, WILLIAM OLVIS, MICHAEL KERMOYAN, VIRGINIA MARTIN, DEAN DITTMANN, JACQUELYN McKEEVER and JACK BITTNER ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by ROBERT WRIGHT and GEORGE FORREST ("Song of Norway", "Kismet", "At the Grand", "Magdalena", "Dumas and Son", "Kean", "Anya", "Timbuktu", "Grand Hotel"); Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Costumes designed by MILES WHITE; Choreographed by DANIA KRUPSKA; Directed by H. C. POTTER; Produced by LYNN LOESSER and SHAMUS LOCKE ..... DETAILS: The oversized six page piece of sheet music measures 9" X 12" inches and is copyrighted 1955 by Robert Craig Wright and George Forrest for Frank Music Corp., New York, New York. The back cover promotes several songs from the ROBERT WRIGHT and GEORGE FORREST musical "KISMET" (third scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare piece of sheet music is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian
. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard
.
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