Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Brigadoon by Alan Jay Lerner Brigadoon [Original Broadway Cast] Brigadoon was the fourth collaboration between lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, but it was their first success (to be followed by My Fair Lady and Camelot), running 581 performances on Broadway after opening on March 13, 1947. Lerner contrived an original script about two disillusioned postwar New Yorkers who encounter a magical Scottish village that comes to life only one day each century; of course, romance ensues. The show also produced the first original Broadway cast album ever released by RCA Victor Records, initially as a collection of five 78-rpm discs, though subsequently released on LP, cassette, and CD. In any format, however, it retains the limitations of its early genesis; consisting of only ten tracks, it runs a mere 32 and a half minutes. The only major song that's missing, predictably, is the show's raciest one, "The Love of My Life," secondary character Meg Brockie's account of her hopeful promiscuity. Pamela Britton, who played the part, does get to sing her other comic number, "My Mother's Weddin' Day," albeit with a lyrical change that eliminates the song's big punch line, that she had attended that wedding! Of course, the show's major songs -- "Almost Like Being in Love," "Come to Me, Bend to Me," and "The Heather on the Hill" -- are present, sung by a strong-voiced cast led by David Brooks, Marion Bell, and Lee Sullivan. And the score is consistently effective, also including such winning uptempo songs as "Down on MacConnachy Square" and "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean." The cast album was a reasonable collection for its time and, in fact, turned out to be more complete than the disappointing original soundtrack album that turned up seven years later. But a 1957 studio cast version featuring Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones was a better accounting of the score, and later recordings contained much more of the music, while not being bothered with the censorship issues that bedeviled this first recording. Brigadoon. Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon is the enchanting and beloved Broadway and West End musical that inspired the classic MGM film, and numerous productions all over the world. Featuring such standards as "Almost Like Being in Love," "Come to Me, Bend To Me," and "Heather on the Hill," Brigadoon is a timeless, romantic classic which vividly brings the mystery and magic of the Scottish highlands to life. New Yorker Tommy Albright unexpectedly arrives at the mysterious Scottish Highland village of Brigadoon, which only appears for one day every 100 years. When Tommy meets and falls in love with Fiona, a beautiful villager in this magical hamlet, he must decide whether to return to his old life, or stay in Brigadoon — forever. The Legend of Brigadoon. In my quest for Scottish lore and Kelley’s reminder of February Brigadoon… I have been learning about the Legend of Brigadoon. Definition of BRIGADOON from Websters :a place that is idyllic, unaffected by time, or remote from reality. The Legend: The legend of Brigadoon is the story of a mythical village in the Scottish Highlands. The village became enchanted centuries ago remaining unchanged and invisible to the outside world except for one special day every hundred years when it could be seen and even visited by outsiders. This enchanted day is spent in joy and celebration. Those who happen upon Brigadoon may remain in this beguiling place only if they love another enough to give up the world outside. Visitors were even allowed to stay but if anyone left the village during the enchanted day, then the miracle would be broken and it would mean the end for them all! The most common portrayal of the legend was the1947 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Fredrick Loewe. The story involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village which appears for only one day every hundred years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. A 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk. The story behind the name of Brigadoon is a bit complex. Some people believe that the musical was named for Brigid, a Celtic goddess. Others suggest that it is named for Brig o’ Doon, a famous Scottish landmark which is referenced in a Robert Burns poem. It may also be a compound of the Celtic words briga, for “town” and dun, for “fortifications,” suggesting a fortified or sheltered town. There are Brigadoon Architecture styles and Piper songs and so many web sites my Google fingers are having a Ball. Brigadoon at Glenlaurel will become an annual event in February the Month of Love… One Enchaining Day February 22nd, which seems to be the most popular day of visibility for the Village and for Celebrations around Scotland. Enchantment and Romance from the moment you happen upon the roof tops of Glenlaurel as they emerge from the mist… Let your fairy unfold. Review: Lerner & Loewe’s Golden ‘Brigadoon’ With Kelli O’Hara and Aasif Mandvi. I won’t bore you with the history of Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner’s first hit, 1947’s Brigadoon, and its ranking in the Golden Age of Goofy Musicals; you either grew up with Vincente Minnelli’s 1954 film (Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse) and the cast albums of the original and the many revivals, or you didn’t. You either know “The Heather on the Hill” is as beloved of jazz musicians as it is of Broadway fanatics, or you don’t. You either dismiss it as a second-tier riff on the themes Lerner & Loewe’s competitors Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein had established with Oklahoma! and Carousel , or you don’t care because the Brigadoon score is simply so beautiful. What’s important about Brigadoon right now is that it’s being given a ravishing revival by City Center’s Encores! that will only be around through this weekend. Thus it’s as ephemeral as the story it tells, and as essential a ray of light as one could hope for today, thanks to a luminous performance by Kelli O’Hara and the thrilling staging by director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, improving on his previous Broadway venture, An American In Paris . Related Story. Padma Lakshmi, Aasif Mandvi, Nik Dodani And More Celebrate Kamala Harris As First South Asian VP Candidate, Discuss Power Of Voting. This is the story of two jaded Manhattanites, slightly stolid Tommy Albright (Patrick Wilson) and frequently tanked Jeff Douglas (Aasif Mandvi) who take a hike in the Scottish highlands and stumble on the twee village of Brigadoon. They soon learn the place charmed to live outside of time, as each dawn for its agreeable townsfolk is a century’s leap for the rest of the world. Let revolutions unfold, world wars ravage, rock music corrupt – for Brigadoonians, it’s always the cozy, bagpipe-serenaded 1700s. Aasif Mandvi and Stephanie J. Block in ‘Brigadoon.’ Joan Marcus. The casting is pitch-perfect across the board, giving life to cut-out figures. Tommy falls in love with Fiona (O’Hara). Jeff finds his comic foil in man- hungry Meg (Stephanie J. Block). Fiona’s sister Jean (Sara Esty) is set to marry Charlie (Ross Lekites) to the consternation of Harry (Robert Fairchild), driven mad with the hopelessness of it all. Kelli O’Hara herself seems refreshed with each new conquest of our musicals, as if time has not passed for her, from classics – South Pacific , The King and I – to which she returns next spring in London – and the upcoming Met production of Cosi fan tutte – to new works, notably The Light in the Piazza and The Bridges of Madison County . There are several fine, versatile sopranos working in the theater today, but I don’t know of any whose voice has only grown richer, fuller at both the top and bottom, as O’Hara’s. Whether the achingly tender “Heather on the Hill” or the anthemic “Almost like Being in Love” or the sad reverie of “From This Day On” – all duets with the redoubtable Wilson – O’Hara is impossibly beautiful, vocally and in conveying Fiona’s romantic determination and heartbreak. Brigadoon is a dance musical, and Lerner and Loewe drafted Rodgers and Hammerstein’s trail blazing choreographer Agnes de Mille to lend her Martha-Graham-meets-show-biz psychological layers to the show. Wheeldon is true to that mandate and, as with Paris , he’s recruited superb dancers (notably his Paris star, Robert Fairchild) to bring the big dance numbers to life. This is the annual Encores! gala, when the actors are off book and the settings and costumes go beyond the usual concert-version constraints. So there are extraordinary projections by 59 productions, burnished lighting by Ken Billington and lovely, subtle clothes by Emily Rebholz. Rob Berman conducts the Encores! orchestra with his usual command. So Brigadoon isn’t Camelot and surely not My Fair Lady . But as Brooks Atkinson wrote of the original production at the Ziegfeld Theatre (as distant a memory as Brigadoon itself): it’s “impossible to say where the music and dancing leave off and the story begins in this beautifully orchestrated Scotch idyll…an orchestration of the theater’s myriad arts like a singing story-book for an idealized country fair long ago.” True as ever. Brigadoon. Piano/Vocal Selections Piano/Vocal Composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. Vocal Selections. Broadway, Movies. Softcover. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.313469). Item Number: HL.313469. ISBN 9781423483977. 9.0x12.0x0.211 inches. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe. 13 selections from the Lerner & Loewe classic presented in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part. Includes: Almost like Being in Love * Brigadoon * Come to Me, Bend to Me * Down on MacConnachy Square * From This Day On * The Heather on the Hill * I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean * Jeannie's Packin' Up * The Love of My Life * My Mother's Weddin' Day * Prologue * There but for You Go I * Waitin' for My Dearie. Prologue Almost Like Being In Love Waitin' For My Dearie Brigadoon The Love Of My Life Come To Me, Bend To Me Down On MacConnachy Square I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean Jeannie's Packin' Up My Mother's Weddin' Day From This Day On The Heather On The Hill There But For You Go I. Piano/Vocal Selections Piano/Vocal Composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. Vocal Selections. Broadway, Movies. Softcover. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.313469). Item Number: HL.313469. ISBN 9781423483977. 9.0x12.0x0.211 inches. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe. 13 selections from the Lerner & Loewe classic presented in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part. Includes: Almost like Being in Love * Brigadoon * Come to Me, Bend to Me * Down on MacConnachy Square * From This Day On * The Heather on the Hill * I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean * Jeannie's Packin' Up * The Love of My Life * My Mother's Weddin' Day * Prologue * There but for You Go I * Waitin' for My Dearie.