The Most Happy Fella: 1992 Broadway Cast

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Label: Sony Masterworks
Release Date: June 9, 1992

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

LOESSER, FRANK
PERFORMER

1992 Revival Cast

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

June 09, 1992
UPC

090266129423
CATALOG NUMBER

09026612942
LABEL

Sony Masterworks
NUMBER OF DISCS

1
GENRE

Showtunes / Broadway

Works ⌄

Act I: Prelude

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Ooh! My Feet! (Cleo)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: I Know How It Is (Cleo)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Somebody, Somewhere (Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: The Most Happy Fella (Tony, Company)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Standing on the Corner (Herman, Jake, Clem, All)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: A Long Time Ago

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Joey, Joey, Joey

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Rosabella (Tony)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Abbondanza (Pasquale, Giuseppe, Ciccio)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Sposalizio (Giuseppe, Ciccio, Pasquale, Company)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Benvenuta (Pasquale, Ciccio, Giuseppe)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Aren't You Glad? (Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act I: Don't Cry (Joe)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: Fresno Beauties - Cold and Dead (Joe, Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: Love and Kindness (The Doctor)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: Happy to Make Your Acquaintance (Tony, Rosabella, Cleo)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: Big D (Herman, Cleo)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: How Beautiful the Days (Tony, Rosabella, Joe)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: Warm All Over (Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: I Like Everybody (Herman and Cleo) - I Love Him - I Know How It Is (Reprise)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act II: My Heart Is So Full of You (Tony, Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Mama, Mama

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act III: Song of a Summer Night (The Doctor, Ensemble)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act III: Please Let Me Tell You (Rosabella)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act III: I Made a Fist (Cleo, Herman)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter
Act III: Finale (Tony, Rosabella, Ensemble)

Composer: Frank Loesser

Ensemble: The Most Happy Fella Ensemble

Performer: Tim Stella, Michael Rafter

A chamber version of the big bustling 1956 folk opera by Frank Loesser, this revival of The Most Happy Fella opened on February 13, 1992 at the Booth Theatre, on Broadway. In spite of stellar performances by its cast – led by Spiro Malas as big-hearted Napa Valley vintner Tony; Sophie Hayden as Rosabella, his mail-order bride; Charles Pistone as Joe, the foreman whose picture Tony has sent instead of his own to lure Rosabella; and Liz Larsen as Cleo, Rosabella’s friend – and enthusiastic reviews, the show failed to find an audience and closed after playing 229 performances. Loesser’s robust score survives in this well nigh perfect recording, the first in stereo.

Music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser.
Principal cast includes: Spiro Malas (Tony); Sophie Hayden (Rosabella); Claudia Catania (Marie); Buddy Crutchfield (Ciccio); Tad Ingram (Postman); Liz Larsen (Cleo); Mark Lotito (Pasquale); Bill Nabel (Giuseppe); Charles Pistone (Joe); Scott Waara (Herman).
Recorded at BMG Studio A, New York, New York on March 23, 1992.

Tracklist:
1. Prelude 1:13
2. Ooh, My Feet 2:15
3. I Know How It Is 4:33
4. Somebody, Somewhere 2:12
5. The Most Happy Fella 3:52
6. Standing on the Corner 2:40
7. A Long Time Ago 1:56
8. Joey, Joey, Joey 3:38
9. Rosabella 2:38
10. Abbondanza 1:39
11. Sposalizio 2:41
12. Benvenuta 3:04
13. Aren't You Glad 2:46
14. Don't Cry 3:25
15. Fresno Beauties 3:13
16. Love and Kindness 2:10
17. Happy to Make Your Acquaintance 3:56
18. Big 'D' 5:01
19. How Beautiful the Days 3:09
20. Warm All Over 2:15
21. I Like Everybody 1:46
22. My Heart Is So Full of You 3:11
23. Mama, Mama 2:49
24. Song of a Summer Night 2:54
25. Please Let Me Tell You 1:27
26. I Made a Fist 1:05
27. Finale 2:15