BAKER STREET MUSICAL OPENED IN BOSTON 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Baker Street, a musical composed by Canadians Marion Grudeff and Ray Jessel, opened here in Boston 50 years ago today, December 28, 1964, following its two week run in Toronto.
The musical, loosely based on the Sherlock Holmes mystery "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, is set in London around the time of England's Diamond Jubilee, a celebration of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Tolsey Clock
The Broadway version opened on February 16, 1965 at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. It ran for nine months and was nominated for four Tony Awards. Baker Street won Best Scene Design by Oliver Smith.
Baker Street, billed as an evening with Sherlock Holmes, was presented in two sets with a prologue and included sixteen scenes.
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The original Broadway cast included Inga Swenson, Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, Virginia Vestoff and Teddy Green. The show was produced by Alexander H. Cohen.
Among the more memorable numbers performed in the play were "What A Night This Is Going To Be," "Roof Space," "I'd Do It Again," and "It's So Simple."
The characters in order of appearance are...
Captain Gregg
Dr. Watson
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Lestrade
Irene Adler
Daisy
Baxter
Wiggins
Duckbellows
Nipper
Perkins
Macipper
Murillo
Professor Moriarty
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Baker Street, a musical composed by Canadians Marion Grudeff and Ray Jessel, opened here in Boston 50 years ago today, December 28, 1964, following its two week run in Toronto.
The musical, loosely based on the Sherlock Holmes mystery "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle, is set in London around the time of England's Diamond Jubilee, a celebration of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Tolsey Clock
Diamond Jubilee 1837-1897
Watson-under-Edge
Gloucestershire, England
Photo by Adrian Pingstone (2013)
Baker Street, billed as an evening with Sherlock Holmes, was presented in two sets with a prologue and included sixteen scenes.
The original Broadway cast included Inga Swenson, Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, Virginia Vestoff and Teddy Green. The show was produced by Alexander H. Cohen.
Among the more memorable numbers performed in the play were "What A Night This Is Going To Be," "Roof Space," "I'd Do It Again," and "It's So Simple."
The characters in order of appearance are...
Captain Gregg
Dr. Watson
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Lestrade
Irene Adler
Daisy
Baxter
Wiggins
Duckbellows
Nipper
Perkins
Macipper
Murillo
Professor Moriarty
