Jane Morgan & The Cast Of 'Mame' "It's Today" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Jane Morgan & The Cast Of 'Mame' "It's Today" on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 15, 1968. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdS...
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[@hnc52]

My second Broadway show was Mame with Jane Morgan. I was a mere teen at the time. Fantastic performance.

[@PhilAlumb]

Angela's role Forever...but I would've Loved to see Judy Garland do a version!😍💯

[@brucebider]

She would have been phenomenal. Jerry Herman himself was campaigning for the producers to hire her to replace Angela Lansbury (which she very much wanted to do), but they sadly but probably wisely told him that they could not entrust her to do eight performances a week.

[@flipspicksphilip4677]

They should have given Garland a 3 month run with an alternate doing the matinees. And then they could have kept extending her contract if all went well. Maybe it would have changed her trajectory, and she might have been around to do the movie. ❤ Jane Morgan is fabulous in this clip. 👏

[@NickyMay16]

Judy Garland would have given the performance of her career. Thank God we have Garland impersonator Debbie Wileman singing It's Today and If He Walked Into My Life on her wonderful album. Lorna Luft would not be able to tell it's not her mother singing.

[@MrRichiekaye]

When NYC theater was at its brilliant apex, which now it's at its nadir.

[@tj921able]

Thank you for sharing this. It was certainly energetic. I love this. I have never seen Mame. Seeing this, I would certainly love to.

[@akrenwinkle]

Beneath all that glamour and French ways, all that pizzaz. Who knew?

[@ginnylorenz5265]

Best I've ever heard it sung!!!

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Rosalind Russell was the best "Auntie Mame" and Jane Morgan was the best "Mame."

[@brettmastema7056]

Sounds exactly like a cast recording. So neat. Lol the horn playing looked so real. Lol

[@mikehudson8884]

So good to keep on finding more Miss Morgan clips....Miss Morgan can sing anything....Wonderful lady.

[@rslitman]

Please give us more of these Broadway ensembles. Request - "Oliver!", featuring future Monkee Davy Jones on February 9, 1964, a show famous for another performance.

[@alwaysblake148]

The lovely and talented Jane Morgan is now 99 years old. She has had an extraordinary career and life. Google has images of her in 2011 when she received her Star in Hollywood. She looked great.

[@RickCarter-kb6vp]

I am not familiar with Jane Morgan, but Angela Lansbury was a tough act to follow. This was really her musical role (of course Rosalind Russell was indomitable in the original non-musical, version).. even Lucille Ball’s big time screen version pales in comparison.

[@that70sgirl90]

Fantastic... "It's Today!" 🙆‍♀️ Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@Johnnycdrums]

I am also a fan of the theatre. I can tell if a girl is theatre trained or classical trained. I think I like them both.

[@candleshoemanor]

How fun, and what a treat to see Onna White's choreography!

[@miyoshiumeki]

Goose bump worthy

[@miyoshiumeki]

What a pro!

[@anthonyL1995]

Don’t hate me but I think she’s better in this role.

[@juanmonge7418]

On KZbin there was a segment from the “Danny Kaye variety show” with Caterina Valente. They did this song with dancers. It was great. It is no longer on KZbin.

[@laytonjones2093]

Where's Angela

[@netram28]

Angela left Mame after a year or so. Janis Paige replaced her first, then Jane Morgan. Broadway shows often appeared on Ed Sullivan after they had been running a while and they needed the publicity to boost the box office. Incidentally, Jane Morgan was replaced by Ann Miller who kept the show alive on Broadway into 1970.

[@markmcarthy596]

You either love it or you don’t. They’re Very talented-but give me Tommy instead pinball

[@juanmonge7418]

The end reminds me of the rich man’s frug from “Sweet Charity”.

[@miamiracer]

Boy! The costumes and choreography are really bad, looks like a second rate HS production. She's good but doesn't interact with the guests at her party which is something Angela did beautifully.

[@brucebider]

That is the original Broadway production, only difference being Jane Morgan and some of the other performers, as it was three years into the run. The choreography and the costumes are exactly what was on the stage of the Winter Garden.

[@IHAPPENTOLIKENEWYORK]

The sets used here actually are not exactly the same as what was on stage at the Winter Garden in fact they are quite different. Most notably the staircase at the Winter Garden was a large circular one that moved automatically on a track for various scene changes. The set used here is much smaller and was likely an improvised one at The Ed Sullivan Theatre where it was filmed. @@brucebider

[@brucebider]

@@IHAPPENTOLIKENEWYORK Very interesting -- thank you for your knowledgeable reply.