Kismet

Original Broadway Cast (1953)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included: Musical Numbers Only

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Louis Adrian

Cast

... Imam of the Mosque	Richard Oneto
... Muezzins	Gerald Cardoni Kirby Smith Ralph Strane Louis Polacek
... Doorman	Jack Mei Ling
... First Beggar	Earle MacVeigh
... Second Beggar	Robert Lamont
... Third Beggar	Rodolfo Silva
... Dervishes	Jack Dodds Marc Wilder
... Omar	Philip Coolidge
... A Public Poet, later called Hajj	Alfred Drake (i)
... Marsinah, his daughter	Doretta Morrow
... Hassan-Ben	Hal Hackett
... Jawan	Truman Gaige
... Street Dancer	Florence Lessing
... Akbar	Jack Dodds
... Assiz	Marc Wilder
... The Bangle Man	Richard Oneto
... Chief Policeman	Tom Charlesworth
... Second Policeman	Hal Hackett
... The Wazir of Police	Henry Calvin
... Wazir's Guards	Stephen Ferry Steve Reeves
... Lalume	Joan Diener
... Attendants	Mario Lamm John Weidemann
... The Princesses of Ababu	Patricia Dunn Bonnie Evans Reiko Sato
... The Caliph	Richard Kiley
... Slave Girls	Lila Jackson Carol Ohmart Joyce Palmer Sandra Stahl
... A Peddler	Earle MacVeigh
... A Servant	Richard Vine
... Princess Zubbediya of Damascus	Florence Lessing
... Ayah to Zubbediya	Lucy Andonian
... Princess Samaris of Bangalore	Beatrice Kraft
... Ayah to Samaris	Thelma Dare
... Street Women	Lynne Stuart Jo Ann O'Connell
... Prosecutor	Earle MacVeigh
... The Widow Yussef	Barbara Slate
... Diwan Dancers	Neile Adams Jack Dodds Marc Wilder
... Singers	Gerald Cardoni Anita Coulter Thelma Dare Lila Jackson Robert Lamont Jo Ann O'Connell Richard Oneto Louis Polacek Barbara Slate Kirby Smith Ralph Strane Lynne Stuart Erica Twiford Richard Vine George Yarick
... Dancers	Patricia Dale Lila Jackson Devra Kline Ania Romaine George E. Romaine Vida Ann Solomon Roberta Stevenson

Track List

Tracks

Overture
Sands of Time
Rhymes Have I
Fate
Bazaar of the Caravans
Not Since Nineveh
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Stranger in Paradise
He's in Love
Gesticulate
Night of My Nights
Was I Wazir?
Rahadlakum
And This Is My Beloved
The Olive Tree
Damascus
Bangalore
Finale

Trivia & History

Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow and Joan Diener were also in the London production so the Broadway cast recording was issued on Philips.

Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Studio
Material Included: Musical Numbers Only

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