Mercury bought the rights to make the Broadway cast recording, but no recording was ever made, even though the Broadway production included songs that had not been in the London production (and so were not on the cast recording of that production).
Charlotte Rae left her role as Mrs. Walsingham during the pre-Broadway tryout of Half a Sixpence in oder to play Mrs. Bardell.
The production managed to recoup the investment thanks to strong grosses during the long pre-Broadway tour.
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