MAGGIE FLYNN - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST - * 1968 RCA ORIGINAL PRESS * NEW/SEALED

MAGGIE FLYNN - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST

* 1968 RCA 6b LABEL * NEW/SEALED

Maggie Flynn is a musical with a book by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss (in collaboration with Morton DaCosta) and music and lyrics by Peretti, Creatore, and Weiss.

Based on an idea by John Flaxman, it was inspired by a true story set in the New York Draft Riots of 1863. The title character, an Irish woman providing asylum for orphaned children of runaway slaves, is on the verge of marrying a Union Army colonel when her vagabond husband Phineas Flynn (who abandoned her to pursue a theatrical career and whom she had presumed was dead) returns to the scene. The cast of characters is a mélange of Confederate insurgents, prostitutes and drunks, bigoted socialites, circus performers and a passel of African American kids endangered by the local political situation.

The Broadway production, directed by DaCosta and choreographed by Brian Macdonald, opened on October 23, 1968 at the ANTA Playhouse, where it ran for 82 performances and 6 previews. The cast included Shirley Jones and husband Jack Cassidy, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and Robert Kaye as Col. John Farraday. Among the orphans were newcomers Irene Cara, Giancarlo Esposito, and Stephanie Mills.

Critics found the basic situation of Jones and the children threatened by political unrest to be too similar to The Sound of Music, albeit told in an unrelentingly darker manner, and efforts to equate the New York Draft Riots with contemporary protests against the Vietnam War heavy-handed and counter-productive. "It is worth noting that two of the first night critics came up with the same line, calling Maggie Flynn the best Broadway musical since Her First Roman — thereby honoring a desperately lousy mishmash that opened three days earlier."
An original cast recording was released by RCA Victor and re-released on CD by DRG in 2009.

Plot: During the American Civil War, Maggie Flynn, a young Irish woman living in New York City, marries Phineas, charming but a scoundrel, who leaves her to join the circus. Maggie runs an orphanage for black orphans, and soon is engaged to Colonel John Farraday, a steady and faithful beau. However, Phineas, now called "The Clown" returns to win back his wife. They become caught up in the New York Draft Riots of 1863 and the orphanage burns down. (DSC)

Original Broadway Cast ‎– Maggie Flynn
Label: RCA Victor ‎– LSOD-2009
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US Released: 1968

Track List:
A1 –Unknown Artist Overture 2:55
A2 –Shirley Jones (2) And Children* Nice Cold Mornin' 2:27
A3 –Shirley Jones (2) And Saloon Boys* I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way 2:34
A4 –Jack Cassidy And Townspeople* Learn How To Laugh 2:37
A5 –Jack Cassidy Maggie Flynn 1:43
A6 –Shirley Jones (2), Jennifer Darling And Children* The Thank You Song 3:05
A7 –Robert Kaye And Jack Cassidy Look Around Your Little World 3:00
A8 –Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones (2), Children And Saloon Boys* Maggie Flynn (Reprise) 2:32
A9 –Shirley Jones (2) I Won't Let It Happen Again 2:33
B1 –Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones (2), Sybil And Ladies* How About A Ball? 2:27
B2 –Jack Cassidy Pitter Patter 1:28
B3 –Austin Colyer, Stanley Simmonds, William James, Men* They're Never Gonna Make Me Fight 3:44
B4 –Jack Cassidy Why Can't I Walk Away 2:35
B5 –Children* The Game Of War 1:40
B6 –Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Children, Bums & Ladies Of The Evening - Mr. Clown
B7 –Shirley Jones (2) Pitter Patter (Reprise) 4:09
B8 –Shirley Jones (2), Jack Cassidy Finale 1:38

Illustration – Jack Wolfhiser

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