Rex (musical)

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Rex
Music	Richard Rodgers
Lyrics	Sheldon Harnick
Book	Sherman Yellen
Productions	1976 Broadway production

Rex is a musical by Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen. It opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 25, 1976 and closed June 5, 1976, having had 14 performances in previews and 48 total performances. It is remembered for being a rare instance of a Richard Rodgers flop, and for being one of the early Broadway appearances of actress Glenn Close, her first in a musical. Rex is the only Richard Rodgers play since the 1940s not listed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library.

Andrew Lloyd Webber persuaded his ex-wife, Sarah Brightman to record the ballad "Away From You", the only song from the musical that has been separately released.

Years after the show closed, and after Rodgers's death, Sheldon Harnick and Sherman Yellen reworked the show, attempting to make its lead character more sympathetic, presenting it as part of the York Theatre's "Musicals In Mufti" series.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Songs 2.1 Act 1 2.2 Act 2

[edit] Cast

• Nicol Williamson as Henry VIII, King of England
• Tom Aldredge as Will Somers
• Penny Fuller as Anne Boleyn and Princess Elizabeth
• Barbara Andres as Queen Catherine of England
• Glenn Close as Princess Mary
• Martha Danielle as Queen Claude of France, Lady Margaret, and Queen Katherine Parr of England
• Ed Evanko as Mark Smeaton
• Merwin Goldsmith as Comus
• William Griffis as Cardinal Wolsey
• Michael John as Prince Edward
• Craig Lucas - Ensemble
• Valerie Mahaffey as Catherine Howard, Ensemble
• Stephen D. Newman as Francis, King of France
• Sparky Shapiro as Young Princess Elizabeth
• April Shawhan as Lady Jane Seymour
• Lillian Shelby as Nurse, Ensemble

[edit] Songs

[edit] Act 1

• "No Song More Pleasing" - Henry VIII and Mark Smeaton
• "The Field of Cloth of Gold" - Company
• "Where Is My Son?" - Company
• "Basse Dances" - Company
• "The Chase" - Comus, Will Somers, Mark Smeaton and Gentlemen
• "Away From You" - Henry VIII
• "As Once I Loved You" - Queen Catherine
• "Away From You" (reprise) - Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII
• "Elizabeth" - Mark Smeaton, Lady Margaret and Lady in Waiting
• "No Song More Pleasing" (reprise) - Lady Jane Seymour and Henry VIII
• "So Much You Loved Me" - Anne Boleyn
• "So Much You Loved Me" (reprise) - Anne Boleyn
• "Te Deum" - Company

[edit] Act 2

• "Christmas at Hampton Court" - Princess Elizabeth, Prince Edward and Princess Mary
• "The Wee Golden Warrior" - Will Somers, Prince Edward, Princess Elizabeth, Ladies and Gentlemen
• "The Masque" - Will Somers, Prince Edward, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Mary, Ladies and Gentlemen
• "Sword Dance" - Sword Dancers
• "From Afar" - Henry VIII
• "In Time" - Princess Elizabeth and Will Somers
• "In Time" (reprise) - Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward
• "Te Deum" (reprise) - Company

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