Miss Spectacular
Miss Spectacular | |
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Studio Recording | |
Music | Jerry Herman |
Lyrics | Jerry Herman |
Productions | Unproduced |
Miss Spectacular is an unproduced musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and additional lyrics by Steve Lawrence and Michael Feinstein. Steve Wynn had asked Herman to write a musical that would be presented at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, possibly in 2000.[1] Wynn planned to install the musical in its theater for a long-term engagement, but when the property was sold to MGM the new owners had no interest in the project.[2]
In 2003, there were new plans for staging the musical in Las Vegas with Tommy Tune directing and the search for the leading lady done with a television talent show. There has been no further word on this project.[3]
Its plot focuses on a girl from the Midwest who heads to Las Vegas in search of fame and fortune as a chorus girl.
Undaunted by the collapse of the arrangement, Herman gathered together a cast of Broadway performers, including Lawrence, Feinstein, Faith Prince, Christine Baranski, Debbie Gravitte, and Karen Morrow, and a full orchestra to record a concept album that was released on the DRG label in 2002. His score is reminiscent of such early work as Hello, Dolly! and Mame, resplendent with old-fashioned, hummable tunes.[4]
Song list
- "Overture"
- "Miss What's Her Name "
- "Las Vegas"
- "Ziegfeld Girl"
- "Sarah Jane"
- "Ziegfeld Girl (Reprise)"
- "Where in the World is My Prince?"
- "No Other Music"
- "I Wanna Live Each Night"
- "Miss Spectacular"
- "My Great Dream"
Source:[5]
References
- ↑ "Las Vegas Life", "Mr. Spectacular", January 2000
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, Jerry Fink, October 18, 2006
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/77481.html playbill.com article, 1/23/03
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/71124.html playbill.com review of recording, 7/28/02
- ↑ Jerry Herman: Poet of the Showtune (2004), Steve Citron, p. 298, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10082-5
- "Herman's Miss Spectacular Stalled by Corporate Merger", playbill.com, July 26, 2000