Peter Allen FULL Legs Diamond Musical (Closing Night) Mark Hellinger Theatre 19 Feb 1989

Legs Diamond opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on 26 December 1988, and closed on 19 February 1989, after 64 performances and 72 previews. This is the FULL musical taped on closing night on 19 February 1989, and includes the closing night curtain speech. This video is dedicated to Brandon D. for all his aspirations in putting on a show. Good luck in your theater project!!!😀
Music and Lyrics: Peter Allen
Book: Harvey Fierstein and Charles Suppon
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
Musical Director: Eric Stern
Choreography: Alan Johnson
Scenic design: David Mitchell
Costume design: Willa Kim
Lighting design: Jules Fisher
The cast included Peter Allen (Jack Diamond), Julie Wilson (Flo), Randall Edwards (Kiki Roberts), Brenda Braxton (Madge), Joe Silver (Arnold Rothstein), Jim Fyfe (Moran), Christian Kauffmann (Bones), Pat McNamara (Devane), and Raymond Serra (Augie).
SONG LIST:
Exterior shots of the theatre and signs: (0:00)
Act One
Prelude/When I Get My Name in Lights (1:28)
Speakeasy (9:33)
Applause (17:51)
Knockers (20:28)
I Was Made for Champagne (28:37)
Tropican Rhumba (34:32)
Sure Thing Baby (37:06)
Speakeasy Christmas (40:59)
Charge It to A. R. (42:16)
Only an Older Woman (48:59)
Taxi Dancers' Tango (53:07)
Only Steal from Thieves (59:34)
When I Get My Name In Lights (Reprise) (1:08:59)
Act Two
Cut of the Cards (1:13:26)
Gangland Chase (1:17:27)
Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1:23:54)
The Man Nobody Could Love (1:31:25)
The Music Went Out of My Life (1:40:00)
Say It Isn't So (1:44:58)
Say It Isn't So (Reprise) (1:50:13)
All I Wanted Was the Dream (1:54:47)
Finale (2:00:26)
Closing Speech (2:04:09)

[@VM-sq1ii]

PA got a raw deal on this. I had high hopes for him. It wasn't a bad show and the music was good. ❤🎉

[@TheMusicMagicofPeterAllen]

Unfortunately, there was so much going against it even before it made it to the previews.

[@VM-sq1ii]

@@TheMusicMagicofPeterAllenYes, I agree. Many factors contributed to its early demise.