Richard Rogers Musical " Rex " - Window Card
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12530337 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
This is the rare window card for Kennedy Center tryout of "Rex, " a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and libretto by Sherman Yellen, based on the life of King Henry VIII. The original production starred Nicol Williamson. Following tryout engagements in Delaware, Washington and Boston, it opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 25, 1976 and closed June 5, 1976, after 14 previews and 49 regular performances. During tryouts, Har...old Prince took over as director (uncredited), with the original director Edwin Sherin remaining.[1] It is remembered for being a rare instance of a Richard Rodgers flop, and for being one of the early Broadway appearances of actress Glenn Close, her first in a musical. Until the Canadian premiere of Rex in 2010, this show was the only Richard Rodgers work since the 1940s not available for performance from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Clive Barnes, reviewing for The New York Times, wrote that it was "one of the most interminable musicals in yearsThe window card is shown in a black frame with non-glare glass, which is not part of the sale. This listing is for the poster only. I will be listing over 80 window cards from Broadway shows over the next week.I will combine postage if more than one poster is purchased.
