Compact Discoveries 196: Yours, Anne

From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
Length: 58:01

A dramatic musical based on "The Diary of Anne Frank," with music by Michael Cohen and libretto by Enid Futterman. Perfect for scheduling in April (Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month) or any time of the year. Read the full description.

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Playing: Compact Discoveries 196: Yours, Anne
From: Fred Flaxman

Cdslogo2inch_small Producer/host Fred Flaxman presents the complete, original off-Broadway cast recording starring Trini Alvarado in the title role. Betty Aberlin plays Mrs. Van Daan; David Cady is Peter Van Daan; Mervin Goldsmith plays Mr. Van Daan; George Guidall is Otto Frank; Hal Robinson is Mr. Dussel; Ann Talman is Margot Frank; and Dana Zeller-Alexis plays Mrs. Frank.

The musicians are Al Rogers, violins; Anne Callahan, cello; Bob Keller, flute and clarinet; Ann Yarborough, French horn; Dan Stickland, synthesizer and celeste; and Mark Lipman, piano.

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Piece Description

Producer/host Fred Flaxman presents the complete, original off-Broadway cast recording starring Trini Alvarado in the title role. Betty Aberlin plays Mrs. Van Daan; David Cady is Peter Van Daan; Mervin Goldsmith plays Mr. Van Daan; George Guidall is Otto Frank; Hal Robinson is Mr. Dussel; Ann Talman is Margot Frank; and Dana Zeller-Alexis plays Mrs. Frank.

The musicians are Al Rogers, violins; Anne Callahan, cello; Bob Keller, flute and clarinet; Ann Yarborough, French horn; Dan Stickland, synthesizer and celeste; and Mark Lipman, piano.

Transcript

Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2012 by Fred Flaxman

Program 196: "Yours, Anne"

MUSIC: Michael Cohen/Enid Futterman: “I Remember” from Yours, Anne performed by the original off-Broadway cast [Jay Productions CDJAY 1391, Track 15] [3:14]

I remember going to an off-Broadway dramatic musical in 1985 at Playhouse 91 in Manhattan called Yours, Anne. And I remember what a strange idea I thought it was to base a musical on The Diary of Anne Frank. But that was because the word “musical” was widely understood as a shortened form of “musical comedy,” and there was certainly nothing funny about the tragic story of a Jewish teenager hiding from the Nazis with her family in World War II. Just as the war was about to end, Anne Frank and her sister were transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they...
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