Ethel Merman "GYPSY" Stephen Sondheim 1959 Waldorf-Astoria's Promenade Magazine

Description

This is a rare September 1959 issue of "PROMENADE MAGAZINE", the in-house entertainment guide for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. This issue featured the legendary ETHEL MERMAN on the front cover (with her stage family and troupe) from the
Original Broadway production of the JULE STYNE and STEPHEN SONDHEIM musical comedy "GYPSY" at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. (The production opened May 21st, 1959 at the Broadway Theatre, moved to the Imperial Theatre on August 15th, 1960, and ran for a combined 702 performances.) ..... The musical starred ETHEL MERMAN and the cast included JACK KLUGMAN, SANDRA CHURCH, LANE BRADBURY, MARIA KARNILOVA, PAUL WALLACE, MORT MARSHALL, JACQUELINE MAYRO, KAREN MOORE, FAITH DANE, CHOTZI FOLEY, LONEY LEWIS, DAVID WINTERS, MARILYN COOPER, JOE SILVER, IRVING "ERV" HARMON and PEG MURRAY ..... CREDITS: Music by JULE STYNE ("Bells Are Ringing", "Darling of the Day", "Do Re Mi", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Funny Girl", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Gypsy", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Hazel Flagg", "High Button Shoes", "Lorelei", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Sugar", "Prettybelle" and "Two on the Aisle"); Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS suggested by the memoirs of GYPSY ROSE LEE; Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM ("A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", "West Side Story", "Gypsy", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Sweeney Todd", "Pacific Overtures", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park With George", "Into the Woods", "Passion", "Assassins", "Road Show"); Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Costumes designed by RAOUL PENE DU BOIS; Dance Music arranged by JOHN KANDER; Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS; Produced by DAVID MERRICK and LELAND HAYWARD
..... DETAILS: The oversized 48 page magazine measures 8 1/2" X 11 1/2" inches and includes the wonderful cover photo as well as the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre listings, Restaurants, Fashion, Art Shows, Music and other goings-on ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear to the back cover, this magazine is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to any musical theatre collection. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.