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The Mad Show [Original Cast Recording]

Original Off-Broadway Cast - CD

The Mad Show Original Off-Broadway Cast CD
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  • 1. Overture - Opening Number
  • 1. Mad Show, musical play~Overture - Opening Number
  • 2. Academy Awards For Parents
  • 2. Mad Show, musical play~Academy Awards For Parents
  • 3. Mad Show, musical play~Eccch!
  • 3. Eccch!
  • 4. Mad Show, musical play~The Boy From...
  • 4. The Boy From...
  • 5. Mad Show, musical play~Well It Ain't
  • 5. Well It Ain't
  • 6. Misery Is
  • 6. Mad Show, musical play~Misery Is
  • 7. Handle With Care
  • 7. Mad Show, musical play~Handle With Care
  • 8. Hate Song
  • 8. Mad Show, musical play~Hate Song
  • 9. Mad Show, musical play~Entr'acte
  • 9. Entr'acte
  • 10. Mad Show, musical play~You Never Can Tell
  • 10. You Never Can Tell
  • 11. Mad Show, musical play~The Real Thing
  • 11. The Real Thing
  • 12. Looking For Someone
  • 12. Mad Show, musical play~Looking For Someone
  • 13. Kiddie T.V.
  • 13. Mad Show, musical play~Kiddie T.V.
  • 14. The Gift Of Maggie (And Others)
  • 14. Mad Show, musical play~The Gift Of Maggie (And Others)
  • 15. Mad Show, musical play~Football In Depth
  • 15. Football In Depth
  • 16. Finale
  • 16. Mad Show, musical play~Finale
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The Mad Show [Original Cast Recording] by Original Off-Broadway Cast on CD


The Mad Show, an Off-Broadway musical comedy revue, had a successful run of 871 performances after opening on January 9, 1966. The show, featuring a cast of five including future Broadway star Linda Lavin and future TV stars Jo Anne Worley (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and Dick Libertini, was produced under the imprimatur of Mad magazine and shared that publication's satiric sense of humor and orientation toward restless teenagers. Mary Rodgers composed the music, and she was joined by lyricists Marshall Barer, Larry Siegal, and Steven Vinaver, while Siegal and Stan Hart wrote the sketches. (A certain "Esteban Ria Nido," later revealed to be Stephen Sondheim, contributed lyrics to the parody of "The Girl From Ipanema" called "The Boy From ....") The cast album contains plenty of the sketch material along with the songs, as the cast sends up the liberal mores of the mid-'60s along with consumerism, television, and other targets, including the self-serious folk-rock singer/songwriters of the day ("Well It Ain't"). Throughout, the tone of the humor has a dismissive air of adolescent dissatisfaction with just about everything having to do with parents and the adult world in general, which means that, even though some of the specific material dated after the '60s, much of it remains current from one generation to another. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
  • Label: Drg
  • Genre: Music Theater, Soundtrack
  • Album Time: 42:58
  • Album Type: Soundtrack, Soundtrack, Cast

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  • The Mad Show Original Off-Broadway Cast CD
The Mad Show Original Off-Broadway Cast CD