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Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

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#1Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:34pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

It opened 50 years ago this week, on April 4, 1964, running 9 performances.

Here are some production photos.


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#2Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:36pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#2Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#3Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#4Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#5Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#6Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:37pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#7Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:39pm

I was just listening to this yesterday!

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#8Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#9Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#10Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#11Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#12Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:40pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#13Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 3:41pm

Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE


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#14Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 4:02pm

Love these! Love the Harvey Evans pics. Thanks!


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#15Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 5:19pm

If only JAY records would finally get the funds to release their complete recording after, what 15 years now? (They just finally released the complete One Touch of Venus, so...) In the mean time we can just keep listening to their posting of the complete Don't Ballet from it I guess... https://soundcloud.com/jayrecords/everybody-says-dont-dont

Happy Birthday AYC!

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#16Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 5:27pm

^ THIS!

I wish (and hope!) the Encores! performance a few years ago was recorded...if only for posterity purposes. That was possible my favorite Encores! to date.

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#17Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 6:55pm

'Anyone Can Whistle' is one of my all time favorite SONDHEIM songs...infact i love the whole score...from beginning to end...it's pure magic...

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#18Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/9/14 at 11:33pm

I have not seen most of these pictures before. Thank you SO much for posting! I love this show!! As if my avatar didn't already tell you that.

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#19Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/10/14 at 7:33am


These are wonderful. Thank you so much for posting them, Mr. Nowack!


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#20Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/11/14 at 6:24am

Excellent. Thank you for sharing. Plenty here I haven't seen before.

Some of the backdrops remind me of Top Cat (Boss Cat?).

And thrilled, 50 years later, to be seeing Dame Angela still on stage, tomorrow, in Blithe Spirit.

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#21Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 4/11/14 at 6:51am

What a wonderful post celebrating a glorious, under-appreciated musical. It may have its flaws, and there are a lot of them, but I love it from start to finish!

Happy Birthday, ACW!!

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#22Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 7/10/14 at 1:58am

Listening to the cast album for the first time, back when all I knew of Sondheim was "Sweeney", "Merrily" and "Company", I had a classic WTF moment hearing "Simple" for the first time. I remember looking over at my stereo in disbelief.

Does anybody know what sort of reviews the two act reduction of the show got?


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#23Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 7/10/14 at 3:50pm

Truly underrated Sondheim show. I love the OBC, I will give it a spin in honor of its anniversary! Those pics are great!

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#24Happy 50th anniversary to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Posted: 7/11/14 at 3:35pm

Mr.Nowack...you're the best. I just loved your HIGH SPIRITS spread last March as well as the FADE OUT! FADE IN! anniversary photos (did I miss SHE LOVES ME last April?). These are just as great. Just when I thought I'd seen all there is to see you pop up with more. Much appreciated!