Greenwillow
1960 Original Broadway Cast
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| # | Track | Artist/Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Overture/A Day Borrowed From Heaven | Orchestra | |
| 2. | The Music of Home | Ensemble/Anthony Perkins | |
| 3. | Dorrie's Wish/Gideon Briggs, I Love You | Bruce Mackay, Anthony Perkins, Chorus | |
| 4. | Summertime Love | Anthony Perkins, Ellen McCown | |
| 5. | Greenwillow Walk | Orchestra | |
| 6. | Walking Away Whistling | ellen McCown | |
| 7. | The Sermon | Cecil Kellaway, William Chapman | |
| 8. | Greenwillow Christmas (Carol) | Chorus | |
| 9. | Could've Been A Ring | Pert Kelton, Lee Cass | |
| 10. | Never Will I Marry | Anthony Perkins | |
| 11. | Faraway Boy | ellen McCown | |
| 12. | Clang Dang the Bell | Anthony Perkins, Pert Kelton, Lynn Brinker, Jan Tucker, Brenda Harris, John Megna | |
| 13. | What A Blessing | Cecil Kellaway | |
| 14. | He Died Good | The Villagers | |
| 15. | Summertime Love (Reprise) | Entire Company | |
| 16. | Finale | Entire Company |
Greenwillow is a little-known Frank Loesser gem in the Broadway bucolic mode, a genre that includes his own Most Happy Fella, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, and Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon. This recording has become something of a cult classic, perhaps because it stars Anthony Perkins (yes, the Psycho guy) in the lead role of Gideon Briggs. Perkins has a light but pleasant tenor that he uses to great effect, especially on his haunting solo 'Never Will I Marry.' Greenwillow has a lovely score with some particularly fine ensemble singing. This is a surprisingly subtle show that is sometimes dismissed by critics as a bit of pastoral fluff, but if you listen to it carefully you will discover that it is one of Loesser's finest works.