{"product_id":"sweet-bye-and-bye","title":"Sweet Bye and Bye","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCould SWEET BYE AND BYE be the greatest theatre score no one's ever heard? It certainly boasts an amazing pedigree: music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Ogden Nash, a book by S. J. Perelman and Al Hirschfeld. It crashed and burned during its pre-Broadway tryout in 1946 for various reasons -- some conceptual, some creative, some casting-related -- but at the end of the day what's left is a glorious collection of songs: restlessly inventive, playful and romantic -- perhaps Vernon Duke's finest theatrical achievement. A futuristic farce sending up big business, telecommunications, robotics, space travel, self-help groups and even the traditions of courtship and matrimony, at heart SWEET BYE AND BYE is a simple love story with some of the most beautiful ballads Broadway had ever heard. The world premiere recording of this Broadway-musical-that-never-was has been lovingly restored from Duke and Nash's original manuscripts by producer Tommy Krasker and orchestrator Jason Carr. With conductor Eric Stern leading the orchestra, and featuring a cast of Broadway and recording veterans -- including Danny Burstein, Philip Chaffin, Jim Stanek, Heidi Blickenstaff, Graham Rowat, Michele Ragusa, Telly Leung, Sara Jean Ford and, in the starring role originated by Dolores Gray, Marin Mazzie -- SWEET BYE AND BYE is perhaps the ultimate jewel in the crown of PS Classics' forgotten musicals series.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45926343344319,"sku":"2c8be8cd-7e02-472e-975d-eaa62d61a7e4","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/763ee32c940a89e67a7e1ebfed7a8dfd.jpg?v=1785265204","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/sweet-bye-and-bye","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}