Legends - Carol Lawrence
Monday 1 May 2006 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Edward Seckerson talks to the original "Maria" in West Side Story. In a conversation recorded last month from Los Angeles, they discuss the exacting preparation of that production and also explore her two subsequent starring roles in Arlen and Mercer's "Saratoga" and the little-known Jule Styne show "Subways are for Sleeping".
Plus a definitive Bank Holiday recipe for spaghetti bolognese.
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Producer: Bill Lloyd
Factsheet: Shona Pew
Legends: Carol Lawrence
Edward Seckerson talks to the original "Maria" in West Side Story. In a conversation recorded last month from Los Angeles, they discuss the exacting preparation of that production and also explore her two subsequent starring roles in Arlen and Mercer's "Saratoga" and the little-known Jule Styne show "Subways are for Sleeping". Plus a definitive Bank Holiday recipe for spaghetti bolognese.
CD: West Side Story- Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tr.5 - "Maria" - Larry Kent, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Music: Bernstein/Lyrics: Sondheim
SONY CLASSICAL/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SK 60724
CD: West Side Story- Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tr.2 - "Tonight" - Larry Kent, Carol Lawrence,New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Music: Bernstein/Lyrics: Sondheim
SONY CLASSICAL/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SK 60724
CD: West Side Story- Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tr.12 - "I Feel Pretty" - Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Carmen Guiterrez, Elizabeth Taylor,
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Music: Bernstein/Lyrics: Sondheim
SONY CLASSICAL/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SK 60724
CD: West Side Story- Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tr.15 - "A Boy Like That/I Have A Love" - Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Music: Bernstein/Lyrics: Sondheim
SONY CLASSICAL/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SK 60724
CD: Saratoga - Original Cast Recording
Tr.2 - "I'll Be Respectable" - Carol Lawrence
Music: Arlen/Lyrics: Mercer
RCA VICTOR 09026 63690-2
CD: Saratoga - Original Cast Recording
Tr.4 - "Why Fight This?" - Carol Lawrence and Howard Keel
Music: Arlen/Lyrics: Mercer
RCA VICTOR 09026 63690-2
CD: Subways Are For Sleeping - Original Cast Recording
Tr.10 - "I Said It And I'm Glad" - Carol Lawrence
Music: Styne/Lyrics: Comden/Green
FYNSWORTH ALLEY FA 001 LE
CD: Subways Are For Sleeping - Original Cast Recording
Tr.14 - "Comes Once In This Lifetime" - Sydney Chaplin, Carol Lawrence, Company
Music: Styne/Lyrics: Comden/Green
FYNSWORTH ALLEY FA 001 LE
Dur: 03'18" / Pub.NA
Private Recording
"Sleeping Bee" from "House of Flowers" - Carol Lawrence
Music: Arlen/Lyrics: Capote
CD: Do I Hear a Waltz?
Tr.3 - "Last Week Americans" - Carol Lawrence
Music: Rodgers/Lyrics: Sondheim
FYNSWORTH ALLEY 302 062 126 2
CD: West Side Story- Original Broadway Cast Recording
Tr.16 - "Somewhere - Finale" - Company, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Music: Bernstein/Lyrics: Sondheim
SONY CLASSICAL/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SK 60724
