America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)
Overview
Rodgers’ friends and colleagues pay tribute to him. Among the original Broadway cast members reprising the songs they introduced are Vivienne Segal (“Bewitched” from “Pal Joey”) and Alfred Drake (“People Will Say We’re in Love” from “Oklahoma!”). Vera Zorina dances “Rodgers in Three Quarter Time,” a ballet created expressly for the show set to three Rodgers waltzes, and Mary Martin sings “Wonderful Guy” as Rodgers himself accompanies her on piano.
Cast
Valerie Bettis
Bing Crosby
Alfred Drake
Jerome Hines
Celeste Holm
Mary Martin
Vivienne Segal
Vera Zorina
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