Indulge us for a moment, please, we collectors of cast albums and mavens of Tony Awards trivia. In 1975, a lot of Jerry Herman fans were very upset when his favorite among his scores, Mack and Mabel, didn't get a Tony nomination, while the score for a nine-performance rock opera by unknowns, The Lieutenant, did. The Lieutenant has since largely vanished, while Mack and Mabel is very much alive. But leave it to James …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:59PM on September 11, 2023