Finian's Rainbow > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show

Finian's Rainbow (19)

Music

Burton Lane (256)

Lyrics

E.Y. Harburg (355)

Book

Fred Saidy (8)

Recording Details

Date

March 30, 1947

Type

Audio / Stage Cast

Language

English

Location

US / NY / New York

Theatre/Venue

46th Street Theatre

Recording Studio

Liederkranz Hall

Producer

Mitchell Ayres (19)

Engineer

Harold Chapman (2)

Director

Bretaigne Windust

Choreography

Michael Kidd (29)

Conductor

Ray Charles [2] (6)

Music Director

Milton Rosenstock (35)

Orchestrations

Robert Russell Bennett (205), Don Walker (125)

Vocal Arrangements

Lyn Murray (18)

Dance Music

Trude Rittmann (68)

Performer

Anita Alvarez (2) — Susan the Silent, Lorenzo Fuller (8) — 2nd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer, Alan Gilbert (11) — 1st Sharecropper, Jerry Laws (3) — 1st Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer, Ella Logan (29) — Sharon McLonergan, The Lyn Murray Singers, Delores Martin, Donald Richards (4) — Woody Mahoney, Albert Sharpe (3) — Finian McLonergan, Louis Sharp — 3rd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer, Maude Simmons — 4th Sharecropper, David Wayne (26) — Og

Musician

Sonny Terry — Harmonica

Notes

Recorded March 30, April 3, 7, 10, 1947.

Shortcode

[r3878]

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